PROGRAMS ALIGNED WITH STATE GOAL FOR CHILDREN

The following are public or nonprofit organizations and programs (a) whose aims are aligned with the state goal that All of Hawaii's children will be safe, healthy, and ready to succeed in school, and (b) who use measurable indicators related to the state goal to guide their work.

Confident Parenting
Aims to increase the number of caregivers prepared to care for their children by offering classes which help them understand how: children develop, learn appropriate discipline skills, to develop positive self-esteem in their children, and how to meet their children's needs.

Geographic Focus: Hawai`i and Islands of Maui & Oahu
Contact: Kathy Ramos Bentley
PARENTS, inc
45-955 Kamehameha Hwy. #403
Kaneohe, HI 96744
235-0255 (phone)
247-0447 (fax)
email: info@hawaii.parents.org
Web: www.hawaiiparents.org

Good Beginnings Alliance
An initiative that promotes policies and programs that place a priority on children's first five years and support healthy growth and development of young children throughout Hawai`i.

Geographic focus: O`ahu, Maui, Hawai`i, Kaua`i
Contact Info:
33 S. King St., Suite 200
Honolulu, Hawai`i 96813
Email: support@goodbeginnings.org
Website: www.goodbeginnings.org

Geographic Focus:State of Hawai`i
Contact: Barbara Luksch
345 Queen Street Suite 702
Honolulu, HI 96813-4718
(808) 536-8442 (phone)
(808) 524-0347 (fax)
E-mail: coverkids@aol.com
Web: www.coveringkids.com

Hawai`i Healthy Start Program
A voluntary home-based intervention program designed to prevent child abuse and neglect by promoting child health and development in newborns of families at risk for poor child outcomes. Services include at-birth screening and interview assessment, case management, interagency coordination, and home visitation. The home visitation portion of the program has three components which include home visiting by trained paraprofessionals, child development issue intervention by a child development specialist, and treatment readiness services by a clinical specialist for substance abuse, intimate partner abuse, and maternal depression.

Geographic Focus:State of Hawai`i
Contact: Gladys Wong
Healthy Start
2881 Waimano Home Road
Pearl City, HI 96782
453-6020 (phone)
453-6023 (fax)
email: gwong@fhsd.health.state.hi.us

Healthy Start /West Hawai`i
Screen and assess all births for risk of child abuse and neglect. Provide referrals and home visiting to those families who are at risk and want services. Focus on parent/child interaction, strengthening families and coordinating services for special needs children ages 0-3.

Geographic Focus:Island of Hawai`i
Contact: Mariah H. Dodd, MSW
75-5759 Kuakini Hwy, Ste. 203
Kailua-Kona, HI 96750
(808) 326-7778 ex. 121 (phone)
email: mdodd@fsshw.org
web site: www.fsswh.org

Homereach
A free island-wide home visitor service that provides support, encouragement and information on parenting for families with children ages 0-5.

Geographic Focus:State of Hawai`i
Contact: Tammie Healani-Hoapili-Smith Visperas, MPH-MCI
Program Supervisor II
91-1841 Fort Weaver Road
Ewa Beach, HI 96706
681-1404 (phone)
681-1353 (fax)

East Hawai`i
Sherron Skeele, RN, BSN
Child and Family Service
460 Kilauea Ave., Suite #103
Hilo, HI 96720
935-2188 ext. 32 (phone)
961-2073 (fax)

Kaua`i
Kristy Libhart
Child & Family Service
4375 Puaole St.
Lihue, HI 96766

Maui Family Support Services, Inc.
(MFSS). Free assistance to help parents create a stable and nurturing environment for their children. MFSS does this through early identification of families that would benefit from services and the delivery of a comprehensive array of activities guided through home visiting services.

Geographic Focus:Islands of Maui & Lana`i
Contact: Elmer C. Rosenthal, Deputy Director
1844 Wili Pa Loop, Suite 200
Wailuku, HI 96793
(808) 242-0900 (phone)
(808) 249-2800 (fax)
e-mail: skip@mfss.org

Parents and Children Together Early Head Start/ Head Start
Early Head Start is a prenatal infant/toddler program that is designed to nurture and support parents and children by building on the familiesí strengths. The Head Start program provides a ìhead startî for school success for children 3-5 years old.  Early Head Start/Head start is a comprehensive child development program that supports and works with the entire family.

Geographic Focus: O`ahu- Honolulu and Ko`olauloa
Contact: Noelle Granato
1485 Linapuni Street
Honolulu, HI 96819
842-5996 (phone)
845-2066 (fax)
Email: HS01@pixi.com

YWCA of Hawai`i Island Family Support Services Healthy Start Program
A child abuse and neglect prevention program that works with over burdened families to reduce stress. Families receive weekly home visits, community referrals, and education support & encouragement regarding parenting skills.

Geographic Focus:Island of Hawai`i eastside:
Honoka`a to Hilo to Kalapana to Volcano.
Contact: Lisa Supan
165 Keawe St.
Hilo, HI 96720
961-3877 (phone)
961-9140 (fax)
email: liszsupan@aol.com

OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Lung Association Hawaii
www.ala-hawaii.org
The American Lung Association of Hawai`i (ALAH) strives to reach this goal by delivering customer-driven quality programs to fight lung disease, developing the financial base to support these activities, and engaging the commitment of our board, staff, volunteers and customers.

Department of Health - Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division
www.hawaii.gov/doh/resource/drug_abuse.html
The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (ADAD) is the primary and often sole source of public funds for substance abuse treatment.

Drug-Free Hawai`i
www.drugfreehawaii.org/
A coalition working to reduce and prevent drug abuse in Hawai`i through awareness, education and action.

Ke Ala Hoku
www.hcsc-hawaii.org/kah/index.htm
A community-planning project that uses the development of community-level outcomes, indicators and benchmarks as a catalyst for intergenerational community dialogue and action.

Outreach for Grieving Youth Alliance
www.grievingyouth.org
Statewide education, crisis intervention, and peer support groups for youth, ages 3 – 18 and their families after loss from death, divorce, and separation from parents.  Volunteer facilitated grief support groups in local communities.

Western Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (West CAPT)
www.unr.edu/educ/captta/westcapt/
The Western Region Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (WestCAPT) is one of five regional centers funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and includes Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Arizona, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Hawai`i, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau. The purpose of WestCAPT is to assist states, jurisdictions, and community-based prevention programs in the Western Region to apply scientifically-defensible strategies in their efforts to prevent substance abuse.