Programs

The grant will support the efforts of ACRS’ Children, Youth and Families Program to improve the health and well-being for boys and young men of color. 

“Since I've been coming to ACRS, my happiness has grown. This place gives me strength. It lifts my heart. Perhaps that is the biggest reason I come here.”

The Indiana mayor and presidential candidate visited ACRS to learn more about the issues that most impact AAPI communities after hearing about our Asian American and Pacific Islander Democracy [...]

“Stereotypes shouldn’t generally exist. They prevent me from being myself.” Youth with the ACRS Southeast Asian Young Men’s and Young Women’s Group (SEA-YM/YW) take ownership of the complexities [...]

By Andria Keirn, Americorps Employment and Self Sufficiency Aide Throughout the month of June, hundreds of thousands of people pack the streets of major cities across the country (and the world) [...]

By Caitlin Foster, Americorps Citizenship Aide Le Troung Cao calls the United States “The Freedom Country.” After years of dreaming of a nation where, as he says, “you have freedom of speech, [...]

By Andria Keirn, Americorps Employment and Self Sufficiency Aide Earlier this month, shouts from a room tucked away in our new offices in Bellevue’s Lake Hills neighborhood echoed through [...]

By Andria Keirn, Americorps Employment and Self Sufficiency Aide “Before, I would hide under the bed sheets all the time because I didn’t want to answer the phone, and I hated opening up the [...]

By Ingrid Chan, Employment Case Manager On a recent rainy morning at the Rainier Beach Library, you might have stumbled upon two groups of adults in a glass-walled room, staring down intently at [...]