History

• 1st KCCD Conference in partnership with HUD

1st Lighting the Community Conference, Washington, D.C. 

2002

• Supervisor Yvonne Burke awards $50,000 grant to KCCD

2003

• MOU with FDIC for Korean Translation Review

• Freddie Mac Awards $45,000 for Homebuyer Education

• First Graduating Class of KCCD Homebuyer Education Class

2004

• KCCD receives national AmeriCorps*VISTA grant for 26 members

• KCCD receives Korean Civil Merit Badge Award "GukMin PojangSang"

2005

• KCCD's Healthy Marriage Network Established 1st National Asian American Marriage Day Celebration 

KCCD receives 3 year $5 million Department of Labor Grant

• KCCD 5th Lighting the Community Conference, LA, CA 

2006

• KCCD becomes corporate partner with Mayor Villaraigosa for "Hire LA's Youth 2006" Youth Workforce Program (YWP)

• Launch of Korean Community Homeownership Initiative

2007

• First Time Homebuyer receives over $174,000 in Downpayment Assistance through KCCD's Homeownership Program

KCCD honored as Faith Partner of the Year at 12th Annual Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Awards

• KCCD hosts Parent Educational Seminars on Asian Youth

• KCCD releases Resource Directory: A Guide for Asian American Parents and the Community

• KCCD partners with Freddie Mac to offer consumers and potential homebuyers CreditSmart Asian Guidebooks

KCCD hosts first Homeownership Preservation and Foreclosure Prevention Fair

• KCCD begins holdingforeclosure prevention workshops twice a month

• KCCD partners with NetKal to promote comprehensive Korean/Korean American survey

• KCCD hosts Asian Roundtable at the annual national Smart Marriages Conference

• KCCD completes the research study "State of Korean American Marriages"

• KCCD hosts Wake Up Call! Faith and community leadership summit addressing at-risk Asian American youth

• KCCD hosts two foreclosure fairs for the LA Thai community

• KCCD's steadfast efforts lead the Administration of Children and Families (ACF) to create the Asian and Pacific Islander Healthy Marriage and Family Strengthening Initiative

• KCCD CEY Capacity Building Program benchmarked as Best Practice by Compassion Capital Fund

• KCCD co-hosts 2009 Economic Development Bus Tour with LA County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, CRA LA, and Council of Korean Churches in Southern California

• KCCD awarded 2009 HomeFree USA President's Award for outstanding achievement in foreclosure prevention assistance

KCCD receives HOPE Award, a national industry award, for promoting minority homeownership

• KCCD co-hostsDowntown Skidrow Street Clean-Up Initiative with Council of Korean Churches in Southern California and Precious People

• KCCD awardedFatherhood Capacity Building grant

• KCCD hosts Speaking Truth For Unity Asian American Youth Summit

• KCCD receives California Home Ownership Preservation Initiative grant

• KCCD receives Family Source Center grant from city of LA

• KCCD and Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce co-host two Foreclosure Prevention Fairs in Las Vegas