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ICSC's mission is to serve Pierce County's SE Asian community (Cambodian, Vietnamese and Laotian) by providing basic survival services, social and economic education, family support and promotion of cultural preservation. The U.S. Office of Refugee Assistance has designated ICSC as a Mutual Aid Association and is deemed to be "part and parcel of the community-based nature of service delivery systems benefiting refugee populations.

Description:
Bilingual case managers offer assistance, advocacy and referral services with daily life challenges as well as providing educational programs for individuals and families struggling with the challenges of living and raising a family in a very different cultural setting. While assisting them with making the adjustments to American life, we remain culturally sensitive and encourage cultural preservation. Services provided include basic food outreach, parenting classes on the school system and juvenile justice system, a Diversion/Probation program, chemical dependency prevention education, domestic violence and sexual assault prevention education and advocacy services, senior nutrition program, senior activities, life skills classes for youth, environmental justice education and activities, social services to families to access services and emergency services to stabilize families in crisis. Volunteers ESL classes in Cambodian and Vietnamese.

History:
ICSC, a 501(c)3 non profit agency, was established in response to the influx of Southeast Asian refugees and immigrants. Established in 1982, we remain located on the Eastside of Tacoma. The founding fathers were themselves refugees with the vision of providing services to their peers to help them adjust to life in the United States and the numerous challenges in that new life with the cultural differences and language and income barriers.

Contact people:

Nancy Moody, Finance Officer , (phone), (email) Korath Norin, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Donna Woskow, Program Director, (phone), (email)

Address:

PO Box 8382 Tacoma, WA 98418