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.
Resource Brochure for Current & Former Foster Youth
We recently updated our “Resource Brochure for Current & Former Foster Youth”. Follow link for great resources available to support foster youth.
We recently updated our Resource Brochure for Current & Former Foster Youth. Hawaii has great resources available to support our amazing foster youth, but if youth don’t know how to access them, they mean little. That is why we created this brochure and keep it updated – knowledge is power! To download brochure, click on this link: brochure-16-01-28. For hard copies, contact us at jwilhoite@familyprogramshi.org or 808-540-2543. Please give us your name, mailing address and the amount of brochures you need.
More Articles
Kinship Care: Making the Most of a Valuable Resource
Kinship care has traditionally been an informal service that family members provide for each other in times of crisis. More recently, however, it has also become part of the child welfare system’s array of services.
Researcher Responds to DHS Policy Presentation
Dr. Jill Duerr Berrick, a well-known researcher on kinship care and child welfare, suggests DHS consider modifying its placement policy.
Resiliency–Finding Strength to Overcome Anything
Deborah Blum, in this Psychology Today article, explores how people overcome trauma, survive and thrive.”David Miller — and, really, everyone in the field of resilience — emphasizes the importance of someone else’s presence. Parents, first and best of all, who believe in you, and, if that fails, neighbors, friends, teachers. The foremost element in transcending trouble is not having to do it alone. Emmy Werner found that many islanders in her study group pulled their lives together when they married. There’s an element of obvious common sense here — we all need love and hope and help.”