The National Congress of Vietnamese Americans (NCVA) currently hosts or supports the following programs to further our mission of increasing participation of Vietnamese Americans and Asian Pacific Americans in the political process at the national, state and local levels on issues that impacts the communities of interests, including education, health, immigration and public policy.

Events

• 09/13 - 09/17/06 20th Annual Convention - "Securing Our Future Today" - Washington, DC
• 10/21 - 10/23/05 19th Annual Convention - "Building a Stronger Community" - San Jose, CA
• 09/21 - 9/23/05 Cities in Transition: APIAs...An Asset for America's Future - Houston, TX
• 08/05/05 Community Meeting - Asian American Housing & Homeownership Trends - Chicago, IL
• 08/04/05 Community Meeting - Asian American Housing & Homeownership Trends - Boston, MA
• 08/01/05 Community Meeting - Asian American Housing & Homeownership Trends - San Jose, CA
• 07/25/05 Congressional Briefing on Asian American Housing & Homeownership Trends - Washington, DC
• 06/24/05 Financial Literacy - component of Vietnamese American Youth Leadership Conference - Washington, DC
• 05/26/05 Access to Success: 3rd Annual Multicultural Business Conference - Fairfax, VA
• 04/29/05 National Vietnamese American Business Network: Entrepreneurs Meeting - Washington, DC

Financial Literacy

• Credit Smart (English / Spanish / Asian)
  • A curriculum to help consumers understand, build and maintain better credit.
• Financial Education Program (English / Spanish)
  • A curriculum and Facilitator's Guide provides the basic knowledge of personal finances that everyone needs to build wealth.
• Jump$tart Coalition
  • Strengthening personal finance education and insuring that personal finance management skills are attained during K-12 education.
• Money Smart
  • Money Smart is a training program to help adults outside the financial mainstream enhance their money skills and create positive banking relationships.
• My Money
  • Financial education database managed by the Federal Financial Literacy and Education Commission.
• NEFE Economic Independence Clearinghouse
  • Financial education materials to teach and motivate underserved segments of society, (including the newly employed, young workers, individuals moving from welfare to work, and immigrants) to make changes leading to economic independence.
• U.S. Department of Treasury's Clearinghouse
  • Financial education materials that government agencies have developed.

Homeownership

• Data
  • American Housing Survey (U.S. Census)
  • Housing Reports: Moving to America - Moving to Homeownership (09/2003, U.S. Census)
• Resources
  • Media: Radio/TV Ads in Vietnamese
  • Federal Citizen Information Center
  • Home Buyers, Sellers and Renters Bill of Rights (English / Vietnamese)
    • Buying or selling a home is a complicated business. Many first time buyers and sellers don't know what to expect from a real estate transaction, and that is why they need the help of a REALTOR®! The Buyers, Sellers, and Renters Bill of Rights is now available in six languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Farsi.
  • Is Homeownership Right for You?
    • Buying a home is the largest purchase most people will ever make. Homeownership has great benefits. Homeownership also comes with certain responsibilities.
• Organizations
  • National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development
    • The National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development is the first national advocacy organization dedicated to addressing the community development, organizing and advocacy needs of the diverse and rapidly growing Asian American and Pacific Islander communities nationwide.
  • National Low Income Housing Coalition
    • The National Low Income Housing Coalition is dedicated solely to ending America’s affordable housing crisis.
  • Partners for Livable Communities
    • Partners for Livable Communities is a non-profit leadership organization working to improve the livability of communities by promoting quality of life, economic development, and social equity.

Legislation

• Creation of National Housing Trust Fund
  • The National Housing Trust Fund Campaign is working to establish a National Housing Trust Fund that would build and preserve 1.5 million units of rental housing for the lowest income families over the next 10 years.
• HR 1461 - To reform the regulation of certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (U.S. House of Representatives) - IN PROGRESS
  • How does this legislation affect the community?
  • 10/26/05 Letter to Members of the House of Representatives
  • 10/25/05 Letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Voting Rights Amendment
  • 07/06/05 Letter to Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee and House Financial Services Committee
  • 05/26/05 CRS Report for Congress: Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs): Regulatory Reform Legislation