As a community-based organization, capacity building of our local areas and its residents is necessary to promote change. Our social and economic empowerment programs aim to foster growth both individually and collectively.

  These include:

We strive to address the barriers that prevent access to information about various health issues affecting Vietnamese. These barriers include language, culture, and difficulty navigating the healthcare system. We implement several programs to appropriately raise awareness and encourage healthier behaviors within the community.

Want to work with the coolest kids on the block? The Seniors and Trauma Survivors Empowerment Program (STEP) works with Vietnamese senior citizens and assists them in screening and applying for Medicare benefits, holds classes on well-being and aging, and equips seniors with resources and tools to assist their peers.

Chương Trình An Toàn và Sức Khoẻ Lao Ðộng

Community Awareness Campaign on Occupational Safety (CACOS)

Following a long-term strategy to build capacity for small Vietnamese communities, the Neighborhood Empowerment and Support through Teamwork program will organize self-help groups who currently face numerous barriers to information and services. These groups include: those formerly placed in re-education camps, seniors, women and Amerasians.

In the wake of both Hurricane Katrina and Rita, many of the 30,000 Vietnamese in the Gulf Coast region are still seeking timely help and information from mainstream relief agencies -- both private & public.

Health Awareness Program for Immigrants (HAPI)

BPSOS' Service Center advocates for and assists in the filing of several immigration forms including:

PIP, HO, ROVR, U11 and Amerasian cases.

Family and fiancee sponsorship.

Permanent Resident or U.S. Citizenship application.

We can also provide translation or a Notary Public.

Our service center staff members have been trained by the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.

Our individual development accounts (IDA) program helps Vietnamese Americans make the right choices in their day-to-day life and in their long-term plan for economic independence.

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Mental Health Information/Materials

Mương và Hố Đào

Những Hoá Chất Nguy Hiểm

The Seniors and Trauma Survivors Empowerment Program (STEP) would not be possible without the continued support from federal grants, univeristy affiliations, and community organizations.

 

Funders

Partnerships

STEP Model

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• January 2008
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