• Databases for Non-Profits (2007) - We're helping Asian Pacific American community non-profit organizations with a customized user-friendly FileMaker database geared to managing contacts, fundraising, special events. More information can be found here .
  
  
• Community WiFi Hotspots (2006) - Free community WiFi hotspots are deployed in downtown Los Angeles (Little Tokyo) as part of a community development effort with Little Tokyo Service Center.  There are hopes that this demonstration can be replicated for other API communities.
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  Little Tokyo Wireless Network (2005) - This is a project to provide affordable high-speed-Internet access for Little-Tokyo-area community organizations and to encourage community development in downtown Los Angeles. Secure point-to-point wireless connections are being established between buildings.  The original Little Tokyo 802.11 wireless network was created in 1998 (that included the APAnet members of LEAP, JACCC, and LTSC) has been upgraded with more users and to operate with the 802.11b standard and a fiber-optic connection to the Internet.
  
  
• New Data Center (2003) - APAnet's data center has been upgraded with servers (generously donated by Yahoo) and a faster fiber-optics Internet connection. The data center hosts email and webservers for various community groups and organizations. This improvement will make higher-bandwidth applications like video-streaming and video conferencing possible for the future.
  
  
• API Healthline (2001) - A demonstration project by Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Little Tokyo Service Center, and APAnet to assist health and social service providers to find Asian Pacific Islander healthcare providers and educational resources. Sponsored by a grant from the California Telehealth and Telemedicine Center.
  
  
• PATH Virtual Job Center (2002) - A web-based project for People Assisting The Homeless (PATH) to help homeless clients find jobs. PATH worked with Little Tokyo Service Center and APAnet to develop this database-backed website.  Note: Unfortunately, this project has been discontinued by PATH and is no longer available online.
  
  
• Food and Drug Administration (2002) - A demonstration project to help pharmacists in multilingual translations of patient prescription instructions and patient history.
  
  
• My Medicines (1999) - This brochure is a part of the FDA Office of Women's Health "Take Time To Care" public awareness campaign. This website provides the information on taking medicines in various languages, including Hmong, Cambodian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Samoan, Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese.
  

Past Projects 1994 to 1997

• Fractional T-1 Frame Relay WAN (1996-1997) - A fractional T-1 wide-area network was setup providing seven APAnet agenices in Los Angeles with Internet access. APAnet was a Pacific Bell CALREN in-kind grantee for a frame relay connection.
  
  
• Local Area Network Assistance (1996-1997) - APAnet assists various agencies setup their office LANs and Internet access via an ISDN connection.
  
  
• Email and WWW Internet Training (1995-1996) - Capacity-building trainings were provided to over 80 staff at various non-profit agencies.
  
  
• Multi-Lingual Training Manual (1996) - An introductory manual for using email and the web was created in English, Korean, Chinese, and Vietnamese.
  
  
• Asian American Internet Guide (1995) - A guide was published by the UCLA Amerasia Journal and APNet that introduced online resources in the Asian American community.
  
  
• Online Training Website (1996) - Sponsored by Southern California Edison for capacity-building trainings.
  
  
• FDA Los Angeles - Asian Pacific Islander's Women's Health - This multi-lingual site offers several languages to help Asian Pacific Islander women understand the importance of having mammograms and pap smears at regular intervals.

Past Grants and Sponsors

• NTIA - Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program (1994)
• Southern California Edison (1995-96)
• Telesis Foundation (1995)
• Pacific Bell CALREN (1996-97)
• AT&T Foundation (1998-99)

  Note: Presently APAnet is being sustained through service and project consulting fees, donations of computer and network equipment, and the generous support of  technology volunteers.