Community Needs & Civic Engagement

Saturday, July 27th, we joined Yang United Association's Eggroll Fundraiser event to help register the local community up to vote. It was a success! We are so inspired by everyone who signed up, showed interest, and gave us support. It raises awareness on how needed these voter registration services are. If you'd like to learn more, please reach out to us at nchmongwomen@nc-hwa.org. Thank you to everyone!

North Carolina Hmong Women Association, Inc. is interested in conducting a community needs assessment (CNA) on the Hmong community in the state. The CNA will shed light on the current condition of the Hmong community and identify opportunities for resource allocation and impact change.

For our Community Needs Assessment  -

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PAST EVENTS

Community Leaders Forum Meeting

03/02/2024

North Carolina Hmong Women Association, Inc., collaborated with the URBAN Institute on a new report on barriers immigrant families face when enrolling in safety net programs in North Carolina. 

Access the new report here: Supporting North Carolina’s Immigrant Families, Several priorities were identified for improving the equitable access of North Carolina’s safety net programs, including the following:

• Customize engagement and outreach by government agencies.
• Support language access needs beyond Spanish.
• Partner with immigrant-serving, community-based organizations and community health workers.
• Diversify Health and Human Services staff, through both hiring and retention.
• Simplify program enrollment and retention processes.
• Expand eligibility to additional immigrant populations through state action.

For specific perspectives from North Carolina’s Swahili, Hmong, and Spanish speaking immigrant populations, you can visit the project page with links to fact sheets.

We partner with the Department of Public Health at UNC Greensboro on the community needs assessment and additional community based research opportunities. We also provide an internship for their public health students and participate in classroom lectures on diversity, community building, and minority relations.

Current Interns from UNCG

Nathan D.