It Takes an 'Ohana
Hawaii's Foster Care ResourceIt Takes an ‘Ohana is a program of Family Programs Hawaii. We provide the latest news in foster care and updates to Hawaii’s child welfare laws. For more information on foster care and strengthening families in Hawaii, visit our main website by clicking the button below.
Celebrating Youth in Foster Care Graduating from High School
Family Programs Hawaii’s YES (Youth Empowerment and Success) is partnering with EPIC, DHS, Hale Kipa and CASA to celebrate young people in foster care who are graduating from high school in 2018. Graduates from all islands were invited to a luncheon at Washington Place with Governor Ige in June 2018. Donations of gift cards are welcome and will be forwarded to the youth. Please call 808-521-9531 or email itao[at]familyprogramshawaii.org to get donations to our youth who graduated.
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“Bridging the Gap” Workshop Handouts
At the Bridging the Gap training presented by nationally renowned speaker Denise Goodman, resource families and service providers learned how building and maintaining relationships with birth families benefit children in foster care.
Follow link for handouts.
Information Resource Caregivers are Entitled To
We at ITAO believe strongly that “Knowledge is Power”, thus work to bring the information you need as a resource family to you. In particular, we believe that information about your foster child and the case plan is necessary for you to have so that you can provide the best care for each child in your home. In light of that need, we worked with the Hawai`i Department of Human Sevices to put together a “Information Resource Caregivers are Entitled To”. Follow link to download and print.
Who Ya Gonna Call?
In January of 2015 ITAO worked with DHS to update the list of phone numbers that resource caregivers may need in the course of fostering the children in their care. Follow this link to download the Who-To-Call list.
We send a big MAHALO to each and every person who steps up to the plate to help children and families in need and hope that this information is helpful to YOU!