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.
“Bridging the Gap” Workshop Handouts
At the Bridging the Gap training presented by nationally renowned speaker Denise Goodman for FCTC on August 25, 2015, resource families and service providers learned how building and maintaining relationships with birth families benefit children in foster care.
Click on links below to download handouts.
Dr. Goodman has many years of experience in social work as a consultant to numerous public and private agencies in the areas of separation, attachment, adoption and foster care. She has worked in child welfare as a resource caregiver, childcare worker, ongoing protective worker and coordinator of residential treatment.
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Longtime local foster parent kept kids safe from horrors
Follow link for the story of one of the State of Hawai`i Department of Human Services resource caregivers, referred to as foster parent in this...
Child Safety Decision-making: An Introduction to Key Concepts and Tools.
The dates for this conference on Oahu are April 14 and 19, 2011 and on April 15 (Kauai), April 18 (Maui), and April 20 (Hawaii). Follow link to download handout.
Healing Emotions with Art and Recreation Together (H.E.A.R.T.)
The H.E.A.R.T program serves sexually abused children from the age range of 9 to 18. The intent of H.E.A.R.T is to increase self-esteem,...