Pui Tak Center

Community departmentimmigrant welcoming center: immigrants are unfamiliar with most aspects of living in chicago. Our immigrant welcoming center provides information and referral, case management, crisis intervention and educational workshops. 1290 immigrants and others with limited english proficiency received assistance through the immigrant welcoming center in fy2024.disability services: our disability services provides individualized support, advocacy and training to families affected by disabilities. Our 1 corinthians 1:27 family support group fosters relationships so that families affected by disabilities can support each other. Poiema community day services equips young adults affected by disability with life skills training and prepare them for work opportunities.home based support services assists families who receive government funding that enables family members with disabilities to receive services in their home and community. In fy2024, 71 families received support.hope counseling services: pui tak center opened hope counseling services to provide mental health counseling to both chinatown community members and the christian community in greater chicagoland. The program offers individual, couples and family counseling in cantonese, english, and mandarin.community service projects: pui tak center has periodic projects that help low-income immigrants and limited english speakers to access available services and benefits. In fy2024, pui tak center coordinated vaccination events, provided income tax preparation assistance (124 households served), and helped over 461 households apply for various cash assistance program.

Children & youth department - pui tak center offers academic support and enrichment programs to elementary and high school students after school and during the summer. Academic support include tutoring, esl classes and college preparation classes. The enrichment programs includes service learning opportunities and computer coding. In addition, the youth program offers internships that expose youth to education and community services. In fy2024, 213 children and 340 youth participated in our programs.