• 1982: Opened the Aliso Pico Multipurpose Center to serve the families living in the Aliso Pico housing projects. 
  • 1983: Established an Armenian Business Development and Training Center, a joint project with the Armenian Evangelical Social Services Center. 
  • 1986: Launched program to assist thousands in applying for legalization after the Immigration Reform and Control Act was signed into law, creating the legalization program and employer sanctions.  
  • 1993: Offered the Immediate Needs Transportation Program, initiated to provide transportation services to people in need in the wake of Los Angeles civil unrest in 1992. 
  • 1994: Opened El Rinconcito del Sol, an adult respite care program for Alzheimer’s patients in Boyle Heights.  Opened Fresno and Merced offices to provide refugee services to newly arriving Hmong refugees from Laos and Thailand. 
  • 1998: Launched $1 million job development program for people with limited English language skills. 
  • 1999: Initiated the Refugee and Immigrant Training and Employment (RITE) program in El Monte, Burbank, Van Nuys, and Lincoln Heights, providing case management and job placement for refugees and immigrants in Los Angeles County.