The nonprofit group provides dozens of programs for students and seniors in Brooklyn. <\/p>\n
The New York State Assembly\u2019s Asian Pacific American Task Force<\/a>\u00a0on Nov. 13 announced a major boost for the Brooklyn Chinese-American Association<\/a>, unveiling $920,000 in state funding to support the organization\u2019s expanding network of services for Chinese American and immigrant families in south Brooklyn.<\/p>\n The allocation is part of a wider $30 million investment for Asian American and Pacific Islander New Yorkers in the 2025\u201326 state budget, the third year in a row that the APA Task Force has secured this level of statewide support.<\/p>\n Task Force Chair Assemblymember Grace Lee said the sustained funding marks a continued effort to strengthen resources for Asian American communities at a moment when federal programs face political pressure.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAs Republicans in Washington are defunding SNAP benefits and healthcare and attacking our immigrant communities, it is even more important than ever that in New York, we fight to make sure\u00a0Asian\u00a0American\u00a0communities get support and resources,” said Lee.<\/p>\n She noted that this year\u2019s grant ensures BCA can continue serving south Brooklyn\u2019s growing Chinese American population.<\/p>\n Assemblymember William Colton,\u00a0who represents many of the residents served by BCA, called the nonprofit a critical link for immigrant families and seniors. He said the grant will help sustain programs that span education, childcare and senior support.<\/p>\n The BCA operates after-school programs for more than 1,600 students across six public schools and serves more than 700 seniors daily.<\/p>\n BCA President and Chief Executive Officer Paul Mak said state support in recent years has allowed the organization to significantly scale its work, especially in the wake of COVID-19 and rising anti-Asian incidents.\u00a0<\/p>\n The nonprofit expanded a 24-hour crime-prevention hotline, distributed more than 85,000 grab-and-go meals, checked in on over 4,000 homebound seniors and connected roughly 2,300 residents with case managers to navigate benefits and services.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cSince its founding, BCA has proven itself to be an important organization that delivers crucial services to residents across southwest Brooklyn,\u201d said Colton.<\/p>\n The group also hosted around 70 health and youth-development workshops reaching more than 8,500 participants.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a mother and an immigrant myself, I know how important it is to have trusted community organizations that understand our families\u2019 needs,\u201d said Council Member Susan Zhuang.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The nonprofit group provides dozens of programs for students and seniors in Brooklyn. The New York State Assembly\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,27897,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-49618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-chinese-american-association","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}