Program areas at International Children Assistance Network
Happy 5 Programs: Happy 5 is a community-based education program that provides Vietnamese American parents and grandparents with US appropriate positive parenting techniques and knowledge about child/brain development in the first 8 years.
Cultural Broker: The project aims to bridge the cultural gaps between social workers and Vietnamese families referred from Emergency Response of the Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children's Services.
Humanitarian Project: Humanitarian project in the US, Vietnam and overseas (Scholarship, health, relief efforts, Adapt, and Bicycles)
Outreach Outreach programs include community events (TrungThu), Tet, Christmas etc.) family events, Census 2020,Covered CA, radio program etc.
Women Support Group Chi Em Song Vui is designed to assist Vietnames women in sharing, reframing and addressing issues related to parenting, marriage, confidence and self-esteem, relationship etc. The group inspires and empowers Vietnamese women to live a happier and healthier life, caring for their children and family while taking charge of their own destiny.
Take Part-S.Vietnam Website/Music Workshop Whether you came to this country as a refugee, and immigrants, or were born in the US, become a storyteller and contribute to our South Vietnam historical chapters
COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH Recruit and retain Vietnamese community members to participate in community-based research to increase the Vietnamese representation in research studies in order to produce culturally relevant and meaningful data to help Vietnamese inform their healthcare decisions. Topics include: community outreach/education and recruitment/retention, disseminating research findings, dementia, dementia caregiving, genetics etc.
FAMILY RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATION This is a culturally responsive parenting workshop program designed to help Vietnamese parents and grandparents learn to bridge the cultural gaps in parenting, and find ways to help their children grow up as caring and resilent leaders in both Vietnamese and American cultures.
INSPIRE Scholarship: Our scholarship is to support low income Vietnamese American students living in the Bay Area who are inspired to pursue higher education to further strengthen their skills so they can make greater contribution to society
Parent Cafe: The Paren Cafe Program (Developed by Be Strong Cafe) offers fun and safe small-group settings where Vietnamese parents and grandparents learn from one another through sharing stories. It fosters meaningful relationships while empowering participants to practice positive parenting skills
Other Projects