1. Indo-American Center
6328 N. California Ave
Chicago, IL 60659
(Devon & California)
• 27 full-time staff
members
• 10 part-time staff
members
• 10 volunteers but
varies

2. Indo-American Center
Mission:
"To promote the wellbeing of South Asian
immigrants through services that facilitate
their adjustment, integration and friendship
with the wider society, nurturing their sense
of community and fostering appreciation for
their heritage and culture."
(indoamerica.org/history)

3. Indo-American Center
History:
• Established in 1990 by a group of Indian
immigrants seeking to respond to the needs of
Chicago's South Asian immigrant population
• Originally a one-room office providing
immigration assistance
• Has grown in size and offered services
• Now the oldest South Asian organization in
Chicago (indoamerican.org/history)

4. Indo-American Center
Services:
• Public Benefits Assistance
• Citizenship and Immigration Assistance
• Adult Literacy Program
• Youth Development Program
• Civics and American History
• Computer Classes
• Seniors' Program
• Workforce Development
• Legal Clinic
(indoamerican.org/programs-and-services)

5. Indo-American Center
Youth Development Program:
• Mon - Fri, 3-6pm
• Ages 6-12
• Food provided by Greater
Chicago Food Depository
• Academic Assistance
• Recreation Time
• Physical Fitness
• Social Development
(indoamerican.org/youth-program)

6. Indo-American Center
Strengths:
• Welcoming to all people
• Staff is very dedicated to helping even on a
meager wage
Weaknesses:
• Understaffed - only about 37 people
servicing hundreds of people
• Underfunded - operating on an annual
budget of $800,000

7. Stories from our Service Learning
Experience
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
o Nineveh and Kristen
Asian Human Services
o Kevin
Indo-American Center
o Sheridan

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