Our Agency

Asian Human Services was established in 1978 to meet the social-service needs of the pan-Asian community in Chicago.  Now we serve thousands of clients each year from many countries, and offer low-income, at-risk members of our community a wide range of social programs. 

An agency that began humbly in 1978 now has an annual operating budget of close to $8 million.  We receive our funding from a wide array of federal, state, city and foundation grants, and private contributions.

Asian Human Services exists to provide quality, compassionate, and culturally competent services in over 28 languages to low-income Asian-American and immigrant and refugee communities in metropolitan Chicago.

• Serves thousands of clients per year?

• Welcomes Asians, immigrants, and native-born Americans?

• Is located in Chicago and the suburbs?

• Serves clients of all ages?

• Has a health clinic and a charter school?

• Offers services that are either free or on a sliding scale?

• Maintains strict confidentiality?

Our main offices are located on the northside of Chicago, where several programs are housed. Passages Charter School is just to the south of Uptown. Our Family Health Center is on the northwest side of Chicago and in Rogers Park.

We also have one office on Chicago’s Southside in Chinatown and our newest office is in suburban Palatine.

More than one hundred highly qualified staff members, many immigrants themselves, reflect the diversity of our clientele. Our team members were born in many countries, including India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Korea, China, Iran, and Bosnia. Asian Human Services is unique in the way that it manages continued growth, increased clients with more services, and expanded locations. Yet we retain our initial character: highly qualified professionals who mirror the makeup of the clientele: diverse, immigrant-based, and committed to the community.