Sat, June 2, 2012, 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Illinois Institute of Technology - Hermann Hall

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MONEY SMART CLASSES

The Financial Literacy Program is holding a series of Money Smart Classes for Chinese, Vietnamese and English speakers at the Chinese Mutual Aid Association.

The teens at the Multi-Cultural Youth Project this past year focused on telling their stories about immigration.  This video tells the moving story of an immigrant teen and his mother as they adjust to life in the U.S. 

Tam Van Nguyen, CMAA's Financial Literacy Instructor, has helped hundreds of Vietnamese businesses get started in Chicago. This used to be his paid job. It isn’t anymore, but people in the community still go to him for help.

Nguyen says the license forms are pretty simple. The problem is that they’re in English. In fact, the only foreign language that the city offers the forms in, is Spanish. So Nguyen helps Vietnamese entrepreneurs fill the forms out in English, and then he has to coach them on what to do when they bring them to the city.

The Citizenship and Education Departments took students on a year end field trip to Cantigny Gardens on Tuesday June 28th.

Cantigny Gardens is located in Wheaton, IL. The 500 acre park includes formal gardens, two museums, a golf course, a hiking trail, and camp grounds.

The trip was offered as a reward to the students for all their hard work during the year on their studies. Attendees also enjoyed a buffet lunch.

Last night's CMAA Family Literacy Club event featured a visit from Asian Human Services to talk to the parents and children about tobacco control. The speakers helped the children to learn the dangers and health problems related to smoking. They were taught how smoking causes lung cancer. That it makes their clothes and home smell bad as well as bad breath. A worksheet activity followed the discussion that the children really enjoyed.

Introduction:

Community Care Program (CCP) is supported and administered by Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA). It provides in-home and community-based services to eligible Illinois seniors aged sixty (60) or over.

CMAA holds regular training sessions for its Home Care Aide (Homemakers) in Chinese and Vietnamese. Home Care Aides assist homebound seniors with various tasks to enable the clients to remain in their own homes. The trainings help participants improve their skills in performing their duties which include: