‘Education’ Articles
Helping Children with Homework and Study Habits
Tips to make homework a more productive time.
Authority to Provide Educational Consent
Act 73, passed in 2001, gives the foster parent the authority to provide consents for a foster child’s educational and recreational needs.
Education Success for Children in Foster Care
Hawaii was lucky to have Kristin Kelly, JD, from the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law in Washington D.C., tips & strategies to a group of resource caregivers and service providers on August 16, 2011, to help us know how to: • Keep children in the same schools, or quickly enroll them [...]
Hands On Banking
A free, fun, educational banking program that presents the basics of smart money management in an easy-to-use format.
Head Start and Early Head Start
Head Start programs across the state are currently enrolling children for the 04-05 school year. Foster children immediately qualify for the poverty income guidelines set by the Federal Government, ensuring eligibility for the Head Start program. Full day and part day Early Head Start programs (infants and toddlers 0-3 years of age) and Head Start programs (preschoolers [...]
Head Start Applications for 2011-2012 School Year
HCAP/Head Start is currently accepting applications for the 2011-2012 school year for children born in 2007 – 2008. Head Start is a comprehensive preschool program for low income families with children ages 3 through 5 years old. We offer part day and full day early childhood education services throughout O’ahu. Enrollment opportunities are also available [...]
Native Hawaiian Summer School Assistance
Tuition waivers are available for students attending DOE summer school. Children in foster care qualify. Preference is give to students of Hawaiian ancestry. Download the flyer, which contains an informational page, an eligibility checklist, and an application form. Native Hawaiian Summer School Assistance
Native Hawaiian Tutorial Project
Federally funded project designed to reach Native Hawaiian foster children eligible for Special Education Services and resideing in Waipahu and surrounding areas.
Planting the Seeds of Higher Education for Youth in Your Care
Read this quick, one-page fact sheet for tips on how to help prepare your youth get ready for higher education. Download here: Planting the Seeds of Higher Education for Foster Youth in Your Care
Reading Aloud to Keiki
Reading aloud helps your children develop the language skills that they will use in school and throughout their lives. Download flyer for more information and web links. Research and practice show that one simple activity — reading aloud — is the best way to prepare children for learning to read and to keep them reading [...]
