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Department of Mental Health

OAPIA Assists in Public Safety Efforts by Promoting the Smart911 Program

Date Released: 
Mon, 03/25/2013

OAPIA Assists in Public Safety Efforts by Promoting the Smart911 Program

Media Contacts: Andrew Chang (andrew.chang@dc.gov), Phone: (202) 727-5560

(Washington, DC) - The Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (OAPIA), in partnership with the Office of Unified Communications (OUC), the Family Matters Asian Senior Center (ASC), and the Vietnamese American Community Service Center (VACSC), continued efforts to improve public safety by promoting the Smart911 program to the District’s Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.

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