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Viet-AID's Mission Statement and History

The Vietnamese American Initiative for Development (Viet-AID) was founded in 1994 by community leaders and residents who believed that a community development corporation would provide comprehensive economic development programs and services to alleviate poverty and advance civic participation in the Fields Corner Vietnamese community of Dorchester. Viet-AID's mission is to build a strong Vietnamese community and a vibrant Fields Corner through the following measures: promoting civic engagement and community building; developing affordable housing and commercial space; providing small business technical assistance and micro-enterprise development; and offering high quality child care services.

Viet-AID's notable achievements since its inception:

  • Vietnamese American Community Center: Completed construction in 2002. The 18,000 sq ft center serves as a nucleus for civic and cultural activities for community-based groups.
  • Affordable Housing and Commercial Development: Developed 84 units of affordable housing and 6 commercial spaces in Fields Corner, and currently generating a robust pipeline that will revitalize the neighborhood through mixed-use development.
  • Small Business Assistance Program (SBAP): Implemented a sustainable state-wide small business program that has promoted entrepreneurial growth in the Vietnamese community while strengthening existing businesses.
  • Occupational Safety and Health: In collaboration with environmental health advocacy, research and service agencies, Viet AID has provided education, training and technical assistance to workers and business owners in the hardwood floor re-finishing and nail salon industries - Vietnamese dominated business that use highly toxic materials - on adopting safer materials and practices.
  • Win-Win Cleaning: Partnered with the ICA Group between 2002 and 2008 in establishing a commercial cleaning social venture that provided employment and business opportunities for immigrants.
  • Early Childhood Education and Care: Created both center- and home-based programs that have provided child care services to families in Dorchester.
  • Family Child Care: Promoted micro-enterprise opportunities since 1997 for Dorchester residents in becoming licensed child care providers.
  • First Time Home Buyer: Educated and advanced homeownership opportunities and asset building to over 400 hundred Vietnamese families.
  • Foreclosure Prevention: Counsels and assists Vietnamese homeowners in preventing foreclosure.
  • Fields Corner CONNECT: Viet-AID served as the lead agency for a neighborhood-wide collaborative effort to promote public safety and awareness.
  • Tet New Year and August Moon Celebrations: Annual Vietnamese cultural celebrations at VACC attracting hundreds of residents throughout the state.
  • Community Garden: Resident-driven project beautifying the parcel at the corner of Freeman and Faulkner Streets.