Recent Articles
- Calling Foster/Resource Parents & Former Foster Youth!!
- Catholic Charities Hawai`i will provide stipends to foster/resource parents and former foster youth after they have become co-trainers for the Hawai`i State Department of Human Services ALL NEW foster/resource H.A.N.A.I. training program. Once a trainer, you will facilitate trainings and provide insight for prospective and current foster /resource families. Follow link to learn more about becoming a trainer.
- Attention Former Foster Youth! Earn Cash Helping Hawai`i Nei's Marine Habitats
- If you are looking for work, you may want to check out this opportunity. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is collaborating with The Nature Conservancy's local chapter to remove invasive algae from Maunalua Bay, where 73 mostly full-time workers will be employed for 14 months earning at least $13 an hour. A second project, in South Kohala, will need more than a dozen full-time field workers for 18 months. Pay for that work will be $15 to $17 an hour. Follow link to learn more.
- An `Olelo Program with Foster Youth and Former Foster Youth Resouces
- Watch on-line and learn of available resources and opportunities availaible to foster and former foster youth. Educate yourself so you can help foster and former foster youth connect with the services they need!
- Youthbuild Honolulu
- YouthBuild Honolulu is currently looking for qualified applicants for next year's classes. They offer help to non-high school graduates, ages 16-24, to get their diploma, learn job skills and earn cash by providing individual counseling, educational tutoring, a self-development workshop, construction training, job placement and follow-ups. Foster youth and former foster youth are eligible. INQUIRE NOW by calling (808) 832-7960 ext. 27.
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Upcoming Events
- Adoption Support Groups Schedule
- Presented by HOPE INC. Click to see times,locations and other details.
- Music Therapy Services
- FREE music therapy services for youth with at-risk behaviors and youths and young adults with disabilities and special needs, living on Oahu presented by Sounding Joy Music Therapy, Inc.
Session 1: July-September 2009
Session 2: October-December 2009
Session 3: January-March 2010
Session 4: April-June 2010
Location Sounding Joy’s clinic (on-site for groups can be discussed)
1314 S. King St., #711, Honolulu
Music Therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program. - Statewide Training Schedule
- Statewide Training Opportunities Courtesy of the Maui Training Collaborative. Also includes a list of mainland trainings.
- Pride Training Schedules
- These are the trainings presented by Catholic Charities Hawaii that child specific foster parents need to take in order to complete their licensing requirements.
- Resource Families Upcoming Events List
- Statewide list of trainings provided by Foster Family Programs of Hawai`i. List includes support group's dates and locations.
- `Imi `Ike Summer Enrichment Program
- Funded by the US Department of Education Native Hawaiian Education Program and administered by EPIC Foundation
Monday, June 15, 2009 to Friday, July 24, 2009
Weekdays from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Filipino Community Center (Filcom)
94-428 Mokuola Street, Suite 303, Waipahu
Students K-12 will learn about place names, important facts, its history, songs, and stories of our island home. To attend, students must meet the following three eligibility tests: (1) Hawaiian ancestry, (2) Special Needs/504 under IDEA, and (3) in foster care. - Native Insight Writing Competition
- Thoughts on Recession, Recovery & Opportunity
The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA), in partnership with the Alaska Federation of Natives and the National Congress of American Indians, has launched a writing competition designed to encourage Native Americans to openly share their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in our current economic and political landscape. The competition is open to Native Hawaiians, Alaska Natives, and American Indians of all ages. Winners will be announced in October 2009.
$60,000 will be distributed among three Alaska Native winners and three Native Hawaiian/Lower 48 American Indian winners, with opportunities for winning essays to be published in Native journals and magazines across the United States. - Free Nature Adventure Program
- A sensational nature adventure program free for children in foster care and their household siblings ages 6-11.
Three dates to choose from:
June 29 to July 2
July 20 to July 24
August 3 to August 7
Registration deadline June 29
Hawaii Nature Center
2131 Makiki Heights Drive, Honolulu
This program is made possible due to the generous support of Victoria S. and Bradley L. Geist Foundation, Oceanic and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. - West Hawai'i Resource Families Support Group
- Presented by Family Programs Hawai’i
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center
Dinner: 5:30-6:00pm Group: 6:00-8:00pm
Childcare Provided. - Windward Resource Families Support Group
- Presented by Family Programs Hawai’i
Friday, July 10, 2009
Faith Baptist Church, Kailua
Dinner:6:00-6:30pm
Group: 6:30-8:30pm
Childcare Provided. RSVP required. Follow link for more information. - Maui - Ho‘ōla Lāhui
- Free Conference!
Saturday, July 11, 2009
8:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Kamehameha Schools Maui
Elementary School Campus - Nāmāhana Dinning Hall
Ho‘ōla Lāhui will create a stronger sense of rapport and teamwork amongst the Native Hawaiian community and providers who serve the Native Hawaiian population of Maui. This conference provides a venue that will aid and inform participants and families on services both traditional and non-traditional that can assist their keiki and ‘Ohana in strengthening their families.
This event is brought to the Maui community by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in collaboration with Kamehameha Schools Maui Campus, Department of Human Services, Maui Child Welfare Services, The Neighborhood Place of Wailuku, Queen Lili‘uokalani Children’s Center Maui Unit, Hui No Ke Ola Pono,(Maui’s Native Hawaiian Health Center), Nā Pua Noe‘au Maui and Child and Family Services Maui office. - Hilo Resource Families Support Group
- Presented by Family Programs Hawai’i
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Church of the Holy Cross, Hilo
Lunch: 12:00 - 12:30pm
Group: 12:30 - 2:30pm
Childcare Provided. RSVP required. follow link for more information. - Maui Resource Families Support Group
- Presented by Family Programs Hawai’i
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center, Wailuku
Dinner: 5:30-6:00pm
Group: 6:00-8:00pm
Childcare Provided. RSVP required. Follow link for more information. - Waianae Resource Familes Support Group
- Presented by Family Programs Hawai’i
Friday, July 17, 2009
Waianae District
Park Dinner: 5:30-6:00pm
Group: 6:00-8:00pm Childcare Provided. RSVP required. Follow link for more information. - Entrance-Free Weekends Announced at Hawaii National Parks
- Tough economic times call for economical FUN, especially for our foster/resource families, many of whom have larger than average size. One idea– a visit to a national parks – just got better this summer with two entrance-free weekends.
The free-entrance weekends are July 18-19, and August 15-16, 2009.
Hawaii parks participating in the free weekends include Hawai‘i Volcanoes, Pu‘uhonua o Honaunau, and Haleakala.
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the fee waivers, calling it a dual effort to provide affordable vacations and to boost the economy in communities bordering national parks.
The fee waivers apply to all national parks across the country. - Halawa Resource Families Support Group
- Presented by Family Programs Hawai’i
Friday, July 24, 2009
Halawa District Park
Dinner: 5:30-6:00pm
Group: 6:00-8:00pm
Childcare Provided. RSVP required. Follow link for more information. - Maui - Free Pizza Party on the Beach
- Sunday, August 9
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Baldwin Beach Pavilion, Paia
Sponsored by Keiki Kokua
To help us prepare enough food for this event, please RSVP by August 1st.
Thanks to our 2007 HFPA Winetasting Sponsors
HMSA
United Public Workers
First Hawaiian Bank
Armstrong Builders
Leonard Chow
Hawaii Government Employee Association
AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO
Anton Krucky
Topa Management Co
Thanks to our 2007 HFPA Conference Sponsors
Victoria S. & Bradley L. Geist Foundation
James and Abigail Campbell Family Foundation
The Mark and Debi Rolfing Charitable Foundation
Department of Human Services
University of Hawaii School of Social Work
Hawaii Foster Youth Coalition
Department of Health Family Services Division
The State FASD Task Force.
