Recent Articles
- Parent’s Guide to the Teen Brain
- “A Parent’s Guide to the Teen Brain” helps parents navigate teendom by demystifying teen personalities and behaviors and offering tips and advice on staying connected with kids.
- A Commencement Address at Harvard: Insights from J.K. Rowling
- This inspiring article comes to us from Dr. Robert Brooks who is one of today's leading speakers on the themes of resilience, self-esteem, motivation, and family relationships.
- Youthbuild Honolulu
- RECRUITING NOW! The Department of Community Services is offering 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.
- WIA Youth Program
- Department of Community Services *Office of Special Projects* Youth Services Center is offering this program for youth 14-24 years old that need a diploma, tutoring, study skills training, occupational training, comprehensive guidance and counseling, mentoring or employment. Individuals must meet the individual and family income guidelines. Foster youth and former foster youth are eligible.
- Youth Services Program
- Department of Community Services *Office of Special Projects* is offering this program to provide youth offenders, ages 16-24, the opportunity to achieve educational, employment and personal goals through various services and activities. There are eligibility requirements, participants must meet the age requirement and provide documentation proof of offender status.
Upcoming Events
- Adoption Support Groups 2008 Schedule
- Click to see times and locations.
- Free: Music Therapy Services for At-Risk Youth and Needy Families
- Two music therapy services for youth with at-risk behaviors and youths and young adults with disabilities and special needs, living on Oahu.
First Session starts March 1.
1314 S. King St., #711, Honolulu - Statewide Training Schedule
- Statewide Training Opportunities Courtesy of the Maui Training Collaborative. Also includes a list of mainland trainings.
- Oahu Pride Training Schedule for June & July 2008
- These are the trainings presented by Catholic Charities Hawaii that child specific foster parents need to take in order to complete their licensing requirements.
- Summer Institute 2008
- Na Pua No'eau Center is offering free classes that help children choose a successful path without leaving their Hawaiianess behind.
UH at Hilo: July 6 - 19
UH at Manoa: June 15 - 28 or July 6 - 19 - Sensational Nature Adventure Program!
- Hawaii Nature Center Summer Camps
June 16 - August 15
7:45am - 3:00pm
Ages 6 - 11
Extended Care 3 - 5pm
In Makiki Valley and other field sites
*Scholarships available for Foster Children - Maui-Sensational Nature Adventure Program!
- Free Foster Keiki Camps: Serving Maui's Keiki
Ages 5 - 10
Three sessions to choose from:
Session 1: June 16-18
Session 2: June 18-20
Session 3: July 1-3
From 8:30am - 2pm daily
875 `Iao Valley Road, Wailuku
*Free passes to Maui foster kids & siblings courtesy of a grant from Okimura Family Fund - Sensational Nature Adventure Program!
- Hawai'i Nature Center is offering 4 day-long summer camps for foster children and their foster family siblings, ages 6 - 11 years old.
June 30 - July 3
9:00am - 3:00pm
In Makiki Valley and other field sites
*Free for Foster Children
Enrollment is open to all foster families but space is limited for this free opportunity.
Please call the Hawaii Nature Center to reserve places for your children at: 808-955-0100 - Physical and Behavioral Indicators of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Session 1
July 9, 2008
12:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Session 2
September 10, 2008
Waiakamilo Business Center
420 Waiakmilo Rd., room 416-B
Presented by Dr. Wynetta "Bunny" Carl Matsuura and Dr. Steven Choy - Waimea & Oahu - The Nature of Nurture: Drugs, Alcohol, Pregnancy and Parenting
- Presenter: Ira J. Chasnoff, MD
Waimea: Wednesday, July 9
Registration 7:30 am
Training: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Oahu: Thursday, July 10
State Capitol Auditorium
Registration: 8:00 am
Training: 9:00 am - 1:30 pm
Both trainings have a $50 Registration Fee and include continental breakfast, lunch and handouts.
This training will provide very specific prevention & intervention strategies which will cover the neurological and physical issues that occur in utero and how they impact the child's development. - Domestic Violence 101
- Session 1
January 10, 2008
10:15 am - 11:30 am
Session 2
September 11, 2008
10:15 am - 11:30 am
Waiakamilo Business Center
420 Waiakamilo Rd., Room 416-B
Presented by a community educator from the Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence. - Substance Abuse
- Session 1
July 10, 2008
12:30 am - 4:15 pm
Session 2
September 11, 2008
12:30 am - 4:15 pm
Waiakamilo Business Center
420 Waiakamilo Rd., room 416-B
Presented by Honolulu Police Department & S.A.F.E. (Substance Abuse Free Environmnet) - Support Group for Parents and Caregivers of Children/Teenagers Involved in the Juvenile Justice System.
- Presented by Hawaii Families As Allies
Tuesday, July 15
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Hale Na‘au Pono
86-226 Farrington Highway, Waianae
Has your child/teenager ever been held at the Hawaii Youth Detention Home or Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility or just picked up by the local police? Join us for support! - Maui - 3rd Annual FREE Pizza Party
- August 10, 2008
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Baldwin Beach Pavilion, Paia
Sponsored by Keiki Kokua
Open to Foster and adoptive, special licensed, kinship care, guardianship families, and therapeutic foster families in Maui County. - Maui - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Training
- Thursday, August 21
9:00am - 12:00 Noon
Maui Economic Opportunity (MEO), Inc.
Classrooms #1 and #2
99 Mahalani Street, Wailuku
Presented by the DOH, Family Health Services Division, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Program.
There is no cost: however you must reserve a seat. To make a reservation please email Catherine Sorensen, FASD Coordinator at: (catherine.sorensen@doh.hawaii.gov) or call 808- 733-9018 - Overview of Protective Statutes
- October 22, 2008
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Waiakamilo Business Center
420 Waiakamilo Road , Room 416-B
Presented by Staff Development.
This training provides a basic overview of those federal statutes that affect child welfare. It also provides a review of the child protective statues and case process.
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.
