All posts tagged "kfam"

  • Volunteers wrap gifts for children at Korean American Family Services in 2014. (Kim Chul-soo/The Korea Times)
    Koreatown non-profits get ready to give through holiday season

    By Kim Chul-soo Los Angeles’ Korean American non-profit organizations are preparing for the holiday season centered around the spirit of giving help to those in need. One of them, the Pacific American Volunteer Association World, is planning...

    • Posted December 4, 2014
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  • Members of UCLA 's MHEP introduce a new mentoring project for Korean American high school students Wednesday.
    UCLA’s MHEP members to offer mentoring program for high school students

    Beginning Nov. 15 at Korean American Family Services Korean high school students in Los Angeles will soon find a group of mentors waiting for them in Koreatown. Ten Korean American students in UCLA’s Mentorship & Health Education Program...

    • Posted October 30, 2014
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  • Families seeking foster home licenses through the Korean Foster Family Initiative attend a completion ceremony with KFAM Executive Director Connie Chung, front left. (Jung Goo-hoon/The Korea Times)
    16 Koreans complete foster home education in L.A.

    Sixteen people from nine families attended a completion ceremony Saturday for foster home education classes under the Korean Foster Family Initiative. Held jointly by Korean American Family Services and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and...

    • Posted July 28, 2014
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  • The orientation, which was the first step in a program designed to help families obtain foster home licenses, awarded certificates of completion to those in attendance.
    Koreans attend foster home orientation in L.A.

    There are currently 57 Korean children under the care of the DCFS By Kim Chul-soo Korean children in need of foster homes with Korean families may soon be getting their chance. 36 Koreans attended an orientation on...

    • Posted March 18, 2014
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  • Executive director of Korean American Family Services Connie Chung Joe, right, is announcing their new Korean Foster Family Initiative to recruit Korean foster parents to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate homes for Asian/Korean foster children on Wednesday. (Park Sang-hyuk)
    Show Some Love!

    Korean American Family Services (KFAM) launches Korean Foster Family Initiative (KFFI) Each year, nearly 800,000 children are temporarily removed from their parents’ care for reasons ranging from neglect and abandonment to abuse. In contrast, there are roughly...

    • Posted January 24, 2014
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