Community Need
Did you know:
Asians are the fastest growing racial group in Massachusetts.
29% of Asians in Boston live in poverty, more than double the rate for Whites in Boston.
31% of Chinese adults in Boston have less than a high school diploma.
1 out of 4 Quincy residents are Asian and 1 out of 3 Quincy Public School students are Asian.
To learn more about the community:
The Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) “A Community of Contrasts” report compiled disaggregated data on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the cities of Boston, New York and Philadelphia.
The Healthy Chinatown report assessed childhood obesity among vulnerable Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander families in Boston Chinatown.
Leslie Wang from UMass Boston worked with BCNC to write a paper on “satellite babies,” Chinese American families who had transnational separations.
Who We Serve
13,000 children, youth, and adults each year
400 families each year
84% are Asian
84% do not speak English as a primary language
73% are low-income
60% are immigrants who have been in the US for less than 5 years
50% are children and youth
