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College Scholarship Fair

Title: College Scholarship FairLocation: Leeward Community College – Student LoungeDescription: Presented by Leeward Community College Wednesday, January 26, 2011 3:00 PM TO 6:30 PM Leeward Community College – Student Lounge Looking for a way to pay for...

Act 208-Relating to Cargiver Consent

One of the most important bills to pass the 2005 legislative session was SB 40, SD1, HD1, which was signed into law as Act 208 and is now law.  Click here to read HRS577-28. Why is this bill so important?  Because it ensures that health care will be available and...

It’s All in the Preparation: Preventing Allegations

Probably the single greatest traumatic incident for the good people who come forward to be foster or adoptive parents is to be accused of some form of child abuse.  People who come forward to care for children usually view themselves as people who love children and...

Allegations Happen: How to Prevent and Survive Them

“It’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to me,” said one parent about the time her foster daughter filed an abuse allegation against her. Most often false, allegations of abuse against parents who foster and adopt children with special needs are frighteningly...

Foster Youth Can Apply for Driver’s License under New Law

In 2006 the Hawaii State Legislature passed a measure that allows the Department of Human Services (DHS) to sign the driver’s license application for any child in foster care qualified to apply for a driver’s license. You can download the bill, which was signed into...