Hmong Task Force

Welcome to the University of Wisconsin - Extension's Division of Cooperative Extension's Hmong Task Force website.

The purpose of this site is to provide educational resources for Hmong individuals and families, those agencies and organizations working with the Hmong population, and Cooperative Extension colleagues providing educational programs for the Hmong in Wisconsin. The sections of this website were determined by a statewide needs assessment of Wisconsin's Hmong population. With funding from a UW-Extension Cross Divisional Grant, a statewide Hmong Educational Needs Assessment was conducted through a focus group process held January through March 2002. Focus groups were conducted in the ten of the 11 counties in the state with the largest Hmong populations. The participants totaled 384. The purpose of the assessment was to determine the educational needs of an important segment of the Wisconsin population, the Hmong, and how UW-Extension through its divisions can better serve that population. Read more about it...

The UWEX Cooperative Extension Hmong Task Force based on the needs assessment has developed the educational resources and links to other resources. Each section of the website is maintained by individuals who collected and screened resources for that respective section. Colleagues are urged to send these individuals resources and requests for resources needed for effective programs.

Please explore the various links and resources on the following pages. If you have information to share about Hmong educational programs, please e-mail JoAnn Hinz at joann.hinz@ces.uwex.edu.