Chinese American Service League
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The Chinese American Service League (CASL) is non-profit
agency which is based in Chicago
, Illinois
and which provides social services such as English language classes, job training and child care for newly arrived Chinese American
immigrants. It has a budget of $9.3 million and helps more than 18,000 people every year in the Chicago area and nearby Midwestern states. Kenneth Tang, a 52 year old immigrant who now owns his own bakery is a typical client success story. He said: “CASL gave me the golden chance to better understand American society at large, and their standards and preference in the baking industry in particular. For immigrants like us, [getting a] chance is what makes all the difference."
Non-profit organization
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agency which is based in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
and which provides social services such as English language classes, job training and child care for newly arrived Chinese American
Chinese American
Chinese Americans represent Americans of Chinese descent. Chinese Americans constitute one group of overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans, which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans...
immigrants. It has a budget of $9.3 million and helps more than 18,000 people every year in the Chicago area and nearby Midwestern states. Kenneth Tang, a 52 year old immigrant who now owns his own bakery is a typical client success story. He said: “CASL gave me the golden chance to better understand American society at large, and their standards and preference in the baking industry in particular. For immigrants like us, [getting a] chance is what makes all the difference."