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2014 年 10 月 17 日
（星期五）
美华商报
英语专版
The Mayor’ Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs Announces
s
FY2015 AAPI Community Grant Awardees
OAPIA Funds Seven Grants for Over a Quarter Million Dollars
CONTACT: Andrew Chang (EOM) 202.727.5560; andrew.chang@dc.gov
Pacific Islander Affairs (OAPIA)
awarded $278,895.38 in communi⁃
ty grants to community-based or⁃
ganizations (CBOs) providing di⁃
rect services to the District’s
Asian American and Pacific Is⁃
lander (AAPI) community, includ⁃
ing low-income, culturally and lin⁃
guistically isolated residents.
“These
community
grants
help support CBOs in their mis⁃
sion to continue serving and en⁃
riching the District’ AAPI resi⁃
s
(WASHINGTON,
D.C.)
– dents through high level, supple⁃
The Mayor’ Office on Asian and mental services,” said Soohyun
s
“Julie”Koo, OAPIA Director.
Seven CBOs received the
community grants ranging from
$10,000 to $75,000 in awards.
The CBOs that received awards
include:
•
Asian American Leadership, Em⁃
powerment, and Development for
Youth and Families
•
Asian Pacific American Bar Asso⁃
ciation Educational Fund
•
Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic
Violence Resource Project
•
Chi⁃
natown Service Center
•
Hepatitis B Initiative of DC
•
Many Languages One Voice
•
Moving Forward
Some of the services that
will be provided by the CBOs in⁃
clude community based health
screenings,
domestic
violence
awareness and education efforts,
middle school and high school
mentoring and support programs,
and other supportive social servic⁃
es. This is the ninth year since
OAPIA started awarding the AA⁃
PI Community Grant in FY2007.
“These grants are a form of
government-community
partner⁃
ships that help address the needs
of some of the District’ most vul⁃
s
nerable residents,”said Neel Saxe⁃
na, OAPIA Grant Manager.
For more information about
OAPIA’s grant program, please
contact Neel Saxena at neel.saxe⁃
na@dc.gov.
McAuliffe Administration to Local Divisions of Social Services:
Same-Sex Spouses can now Legally Adopt
es released a bulletin informing children who need loving families.
local social services divisions that
“By formally recognizing that
adoption between same-sex spous⁃ same-sex couples can now legally
es is now legal across the Com⁃ adopt, we are more fully comply⁃
monwealth.
ing with the ruling in this impor⁃
“Now that same-sex mar⁃ tant case, and sending the mes⁃
riage in Virginia is officially le⁃ sage once again that Virginia is
gal, we owe it to all Virginians open and welcoming to everyone.”
to ensure that every couple is
Virginia law states that a
treated equally under all of our “married couple or an unmarried
laws, no matter whom they love,” individual shall be eligible to re⁃
said Governor McAuliffe. “This ceive placement of a child for
historic decision opened the door purposes of adoption.”
Today, at the direction of to marriage equality, and now it
On October 6, 2014, the Su⁃
Governor Terry McAuliffe, the Vir⁃ is my sincerest hope that it will preme Court declined to hear the
ginia Department of Social Servic⁃ also open more doors for Virginia appeal related to Virginia’ statu⁃
s
tory and constitutional bans on
same-sex marriage. As a result
of that decision, the Fourth Cir⁃
cuit Court of Appeals decision de⁃
termining those bans to be uncon⁃
stitutional became effective.
In
other words, Virginia now recogniz⁃
es and allows same-sex marriage.
We take this opportunity to
let you know how the court deci⁃
sion impacts the approval of fos⁃
ter and adoptive homes. When
determining the appropriateness of
a foster or adoptive home, Virgin