Youth and Family Programs

  For more information,
  call Vern Xiong at
  651-209-6808 ext. 2.

  Location (click for map)
  1299 Arcade Street
  St. Paul, MN 55106

Youth and Family Programs

Lao Family's Youth and Family Programs offer culturally-specific education, support, guidance and assistance to youth and their families to help them cope with the particular social and cultural issues that affect them. Goals include encouraging young people's talents and abilities, helping youth avoid at-risk behavior, strengthening family communication, and supporting Hmong culture and language while assisting in adaptation to Western society.

Programs include:

Uniting Families (Tsev Neeg Haum Xeeb) provides case management and early childhood skill-building to families at risk for abuse or neglect.
Kev Xaiv: Pregnancy Prevention and Parenting provides abstinence-based pregnancy prevention education for Hmong youth in middle and high schools. Support services for young Hmong parents are also available.
In partnership with the Wilder Southeast Asian Program, the Adolescent Services Project provides intensive community-based mental health services to high-risk aggressive youth.

Beliefs, Behavior, and Hope in the Hmong Community

In 2002, Lao Family, in conjunction with Good Reason Consulting, received a federal grant to study adolescent pregnancy in the Hmong community. The primary goal of the project was to increase understanding among youth, parents, and leaders in the Hmong community of the attitudes and behaviors regarding adolescent sexuality.

To view report click here.