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- EIN 23-7394584
- 522 Grand Ave Oakland CA 94610-3515 USA
- http://www.aicrc.org
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Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Foster Care, Homeless & Housing, Homeless Centers, Human Services
Mission: Our mission is to preserve and promote the integrity and culture of American Indian youth and their families. Founded by a group of American Indian nurses over 33 years ago to provide basic coping skills to a relocated population of Native Americans, AICRC serves the community in 10 counties of the greater San Francisco Bay Area. The American Indian family has always been a resourceful, influential, and productive cornerstone of our society. By providing foster care, counseling, teen health education including pregnancy and HIV prevention and educational services, AICRC helps Indian families stay together and promotes the success of our Native youth.
Programs: Services are provided under two main programs: the Indian Education Center and Social Services. The Indian Education Center services include: academic advising and college preparation; leadership building through a youth council; cultural arts workshops and presentations; educational field trips; an after-school tutorial program; computer training and career exploration; a reading program; parent development; and resources for teachers. Social Services include: family preservation and reunification; Indian Child Welfare Act advocacy; individual, family and community social work; foster home recruitment, training and certification; foster home placement with culturally-supportive families; I-CAN (Indian Child Advocacy Network) providing counseling services to at-risk children and their families; 21 Generations, an adolescent pregnancy prevention program providing teen health workshops and a culturally-relevant health curriculum, a Peer Educator Program, traditionally-based talking circles and a referral system for pregnant and/or parenting teens; resource and referral information; and consultation and training with Indian and non-Indian agencies.