Hmong Programs
CNHS strives to deliver programing and services for the Twin Cities Hmong community. Our Hmong programs include:
Hmong HomeStretch ClassHmong Financial Fitness WorkshopsNeighborWorks Week: Hmong Housing ResourcesHmong HomeStretch Class
Hmong HomeStretch class is taught in the Hmong Language for first-time homebuyers. Classes are offered every other month and are eight hours in length. The class consists of professional volunteers who are within the specific housing fields such as lenders, realtors, and home inspectors. Follow up one on one counseling is offered free of charge to individuals who are not mortgage ready or are near ready by a Hmong Housing Counselor.
Hmong Financial Fitness Workshops
Hmong Financial Fitness workshops are offered to any one who is Hmong and interested in learning more about managing their money. Hmong financial fitness workshops will consist of curriculum catered specifically towards the Hmong community in terms of culture and can include such topics as budgeting correctly and effectively, understanding credit to build better credit scores and saving for future investments. The workshops will be broken up into multiple sessions and taught at a location familiar to the Hmong community. For more information about upcoming workshops please contact a Hmong Housing Counselor at 651-292-8710 ext. 213
NeighborWorks Week: Hmong Housing Resources
The Hmong Housing Resources started out as a Hmong housing fair usually held at locations where the Hmong community gathers at during the weekends. This event is done in partnership with Dayton’s Bluff NHS to promote both organizations’ services to the Hmong community. In 2006, Community NHS held this housing fair at Hmong American Partnership’s newly renovated building. In 2007, the event was held at the International Market Place in St. Paul. The fair was designed to get resources and do outreach to the Hmong community. CNHS with Dayton’s Bluff NHS have provided information along with getting private corporate lenders, realtors to come and provide resources for their services as well. This event promotes affordable homeownership and home improvement loans along with the long term sustainability of home ownership directly to the Hmong community in St. Paul but also concentrating on the severn metro county area.
