Asian Help Services (AHS) was established in 1986 as a not-for-profit nonsectarian organization by the United Methodist Church Metropolitan Ministries. AHS assists immigrants, refugees, business people, students, and visitors and their families from Asia to Central Indiana.

Services Offered

English and citizenship classes (day and evening)
Counseling: Trans-cultural, marriage and family, and crisis counseling.
Employment Services
Medical assistance
Interpretation/Translation
Domestic violence and abuse: guidance and shelter
Referrals to other service agencies (medical services, legal aid services, etc)
General Advocacy Services (hospitals, clinics, schools and legal offices)
Workshops: elderly, parenting, anti-smoking, and breast cancer
Miscellaneous: American home tours and field trips

Tutoring, home tour and field trips and Workshops (as scheduled)
Elderly care
Parenting
Anti-smoking
Breast cancer

Cross-Cultural Counseling
Vulnerable Asians face various difficulties with language and cultural barriers. The counseling helps alleviate these barriers and empowers Asians as they discover the ability to build their new homeland in the U.S.A.

Marriage and Family Counseling
This counseling assist families and couples who are having difficulty adjusting to the American life-style emotionally, physically and spiritually. Counseling supports families coping with the pressures of adapting to their new culture. The program helps to rebuild and stabilize the relationships that preserve and strengthen family unity.

Medical Assistance
AHS connects Asians to particular support for the prevention of serious illness (etc. breast cancer and uterine cancer for women, prostate check up for men and children's immunization services).

Employment Services
AHS assists Asian people in finding secure employment, including information regarding the existence of and location of jobs. AHS also aid the applicant with the procedures relating to getting a job.

Interpretation / Translation
AHS assists community development by networking with other community organization such as schools, physicians, court, hospitals, and attorneys. These and other social services request the help of AHS in language interpretation and translation.

General Advocacy Services
AHS assists Asians in pursuing equal opportunities for services in the community (hospitals, clinics, schools, and legal offices)

Referral Services
AHS refers Asians to other service agencies for medical services, legal aid services, etc.

Domestic Violence and Abuse
AHS provides information concerning domestic violence as well as providing information regarding shelters from this violence and abuse.

Breast Cancer/Self-Examination Workshop and Survivor After-Care
Smokefree Leadership Training
Housing Arrangements for Newcomers.
Asian Help Services is always seeking to work with individuals and families. It also seeks to meet the diverse needs of the community as they arise.

Fees and Payment

This is not-for-profit nonsectarian organization.

Services Offered To:
Adults
Couples
Teens
Children

Special Groups:
Bilingual

Payment:
Sliding Scale
Pro-bono