The Chinese American Service League (CASL) is

non-profit A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...

agency based in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rock ...

. It provides social services such as English language classes, job training, and child care for

Chinese American Chinese Americans are Americans of Han Chinese ancestry. Chinese Americans constitute a subgroup of East Asian Americans which also constitute a subgroup of Asian Americans. Many Chinese Americans along with their ancestors trace lineage from ...

immigrants. CASL was started by Ms. Bernie Wong in 1982. In 1998, CASL sponsored and opened the Senior Housing Facility. In 2007, the non-profit built a new headquarters in

Chinatown, Chicago Chinatown is a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, along S. Wentworth Avenue between Cermak Road and W. 26th St. Over a third of Chicago's Chinese population resides in this ethnic enclave, making it one of the largest concentrations of ...

Administrator JCCC

"jccc-chi.org, July 30, 2012, accessed March, 14, 2014

References

Asian-American culture in Chicago Chinese-American culture in Illinois Chinese-American organizations Asian-American organizations {{nonprofit-org-stub

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