| HAMAA has developed and sponsors several
primary programs, including: |
| Council
of Hmong Elders (CHE) --
provides cultural services to Hmong families in marriage customs, traditional
legal rules and family rearing, outreach to seniors and mentors for challenged
youth. |
| Family
Empowerment Network (FEN) -- provides
family and teen counseling and planning services, reduces the high unemployment
rate among Hmong men and women in the Twin Cities through close cooperation
with Metro Area employers, and responds on household safety, nutrition and
other family related questions. |
| Academic
Barriers Challengers (ABC)
-- after school program improving Hmong
children’s (ages 5-10 years) academic performance through after-school
tutoring, educational and recreational activities, basic computer training,
indoor and outdoor games, arts and music, and community activities. |
| Youth
Empowerment Partners (YEP) -- for Teens
(ages 11-21 years) to reduce truancy and delinquency and develop employable
skills among Hmong youth through career development skills, awareness of
societal rules and values and diversion from delinquency, crime and youth
gang activity by providing developmental activities. |
| Center
for Hmong Adolescent Development (CHAD)
-- a collaborating partner, initially active in mid-1998, working side by
side with Twin Cities, County and State police and corrections personnel
to identify, contact, communicate with and bring back into the Hmong Community
those youth who are runaways or “family castaways,” truant and
dropouts and may now be involved in youth gang activity. |
| Minneapolis
Community Patrol (MCP) -- a crime prevention,
youth gang deterrent and seniors safety net formed from within the Hmong
Community to serve especially the needs of Hmong-language families and assist
door-to-door outreach to our mainstream neighbors. |
| Neighborhood
Home Buyers Club (NHBC) -- a collaborative
effort with the University of Minnesota – Extension Service (Hennepin
County) to provide basic home buying smarts, home maintenance care tips
and ownership responsibility rules. |
| Hmong
Economic Development Program (HED)
-- to develop home-based and small businesses, a “Planning Advisory
Group” for Business Feasibility Planning, Economic Development and
Business Entrepreneurship of the Hmong Minnesota Community especially in
the City of Minneapolis and surrounding communities. |
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