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- EIN 52-2148028
- (202) 706-7150
- 1627 K St Nw Ste 610 Washington DC 20006-1706 USA
- www.apalrc.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Civil Rights, Crime & Law, Legal Services, Minority Rights, Voter Education & Registration, Voting Rights
Mission: The asian pacific american legal resource center is the national capital region's nonprofit advocate advancing the legal and civil rights of asian pacific americans through direct services, education, and advocacy. The apalrc addresses the legal needs of low-income and limited-english proficient asian pacific americans and advocates for broad-based system change on civil rights issues impacting asian pacific americans.
Programs: Legal services-the apalrc established the multilingual legal helpline and the legal interpreter project from its inception to provide linguistically accessible and culturally appropriate legal services to low-income asian americans with limited english proficiency in the district of columbia, maryland and northern virginia. Since our founding in 1998, we have matured from an "intake and referral" model to a full-fledged legal services program. We provide legal assistance in the area of immigration, abuse prevention, family law, housing, employment, victim assistance, disability, public assistance and consumer matters. Immigration legal assistance comprises more than a third of our caseload, with a particular focus on providing legal representation to victims of trafficking, crime and domestic violence. The second largest area of focus is family law where we provide individual legal representation to victims of domestic violence in abuse prevention, child custody and support as well as divorce proceedings. In light of the increasing pressure from gentrification, the apalrc has also focused on legal assistance and advocacy in preserving affordable housing, especially in the chinatown neighborhood of washington, d. C.