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History
of CPC
 Incorporated
on May 25, 1965, the Chinese-American
Planning Council Inc. was initially
called the Chinatown Planning Council,
hence the acronym, “CPC.”
It originated when a group of volunteers
started working two nights a week to
assist families, who were referred by
local schools through CPC’s Demonstration
Program of Family Counseling.
After its establishment, CPC held its
first public meeting to inform the community
of the rendered services. The large
turnout at the meeting reflected the
need for such a centrally located social
service organization within the Chinese
community.
A CPC board member donated CPC’s
first office space on 3 Pell Street.
Although dusty and littered with debris,
this location soon became a home for
enthusiastic youth and volunteers. CPC
officially opened its doors on July
5, 1966 with its Head Start and Youth
programs for pre-school and school-age
children.
 Originally,
CPC operated thirteen hours a day. During
the mornings it welcomed the children
of working immigrants, while it offered
support services to teenagers and families
in the evenings. From these humble roots
sprouted the current youth, family,
and community-oriented services. CPC’s
embryonic multi-social services evolved
into a Multi-Social Service Center for
walk-in and by-appointment clients at
45 East Broadway. Today, CPC operates
twelve daycare centers, three multi-social
service centers and over twenty youth
programs.
In 1972, CPC established the Project
Open Door Senior Citizen Center, which
served the needs of the increasing number
of elderly in the community. Project
Open Door remains one of the most popular
senior citizen centers in Chinatown.
CPC currently operates two other centers
for the elderly, Chinatown Senior Center
and Nan Shan, in addition to having
aided the construction of two senior
citizen residential buildings in Chinatown,
Chung Pak and Hong Ning.
CPC officially launched its employment
and training component with the English
Language Center in 1975. These new facilities
provided new immigrants with job-readiness
skills training and workplace English
instruction. Today, the employment and
training programs prepare adults for
careers in the apparel, clerical, hotel,
hospitality, and multimedia industries.
 CPC’s
commitment to the community has grown
perpetually over the past twenty-eight
years. CPC now serves over 6,000 people
daily through fifty programs in twenty-three
different locations in New York City,
including Manhattan and other boroughs.
With a mission to facilitate access
to services, skills, and resources to
reach the goal of economic self-sufficiency
and integration into the America mainstream,
CPC provides quality support with language-appropriate
and culturally sensitive approaches.
The Chinese-American Planning Council
has helped many program graduates in
their pursuits of individual goals and
dreams, and looks forward to helping
generations to come.
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