African American Community Service Agency: About

AACSA Agency General Programs

The African American Community Service Agency is available to community members seven days a week. Our facilities open early and close late to accommodate busy schedules. Here are some of the program our community can participate in supporting either via donation or as a volunteer.

Beyond School Hours
The Beyond School Hours program contains a collaboration of various programs designed to address the educational, health, emotional, awareness, and mental development of youth beyond their school activities. This program includes the following:

AACSA Leadership Academy
Summer Day Camp
Kids Club
Discovering the Total Woman from the Inside Out
AACSA Home Work Center
Youth Music Collaberation with UGMX

Computer Training Center
The Computer Training Center program includes computer education in software/ hardware, multi-media training, and other technology programs. This program model has a controlled environment that is innovative and offers an opportunity for community reintegration with private, public and community partnering.

Young Adults Education Workshop
The Young Adults Education Workshop program provides workshops and seminars designed to prepare young adults in transitioning to adult life. The program includes seminars like interview techniques, resume writing, how to dress for success, financial management, volunteerism …etc.

Health & Wellness Program
The Health & Wellness Program provides events, workshops and seminars that deal with the health/mental and emotional development of the community. This program includes the following:

Thursday Senior Brown Bag Distribution
Senior Holiday/Christmas Luncheon
Thanksgiving Food Baskets
Christmas Toys for Tots

Information Referral Center
The Information Referral Center program provides a web portal in which organizations, churches and other non-profit organizations can post a profile advertising services and activities that are value-added services to the community. The community is able to access the portal to search for organizations that provides a service they are seeking. This portal also provides the ability for organizations to post information that the community find valuable like programs, events and activities that is going on in the community. The Information Referral Center program is designed to meet a major void that has been identified by the community.

Information Career Center
The Information Career Center program provides tools, services and activities designed to help the community obtain jobs, intern opportunities and career development. This program provides the ability for visitors to search for jobs and intern opportunities via our computers or binders containing the job listings, interns and volunteer postings. This program also includes organizing and sponsoring job fairs at the Agency, seminars that cover anything from interview techniques to how to dress for success and workshops that allow the community to share their experiences and leads that others may take advantage to obtain a job.

Referral Network for Social Services

For more information on any of our programs contact the Agency at 408.292.3276 or email us at info@sjaacsa.org. If you are interested in working with the Fundraising Committee on any one of the programs listed, please send your interest to us at info@sjaacsa.org. Please include your contact info and which program(s) you are interested in volunteering as part of the Fundraising Committee. We are also accepting donations in which you can specify which program(s) you want to support or you can make a general donation.