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Services provided to
refugees, immigrant
citizens, asylees, adults,
elderly, families, and
youth; residents of
Sacramento County; Speakers
of Bosnian, Cambodian,
Chinese, Hmong, Lao, Mien,
Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian
and Vietnamese.
AGENCY HISTORY
SAAC was founded in 1979 at the Bethany
Presbyterian Church as the Indochinese
Assistance Center, to provide Mental
Health and cultural adjustment services
to refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia and
Laos. The agency incorporated in 1991 as
Southeast Asian Assistance Center.
Services were later expanded to include
the Russian/Ukrainian and Bosnian
refugee communities.
Today
our staff represent 9 different cultural
and language groups, and are trained,
experienced interpreters who provide
assistance both off site and in the
office.
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