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It Takes an 'Ohana

Hawaii's Foster Care Resource

It 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.

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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, self-confidence, and independence in the children in a group setting by addressing the social and emotional needs of sex abuse victims with a hand- on, experiential approach to intervention. read more…

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Everything Means Something to Me…

"Children hear the way we speak about them or other children...For many years, they will need us to provide the positive words and beliefs that they...

Resilience: Every Child Has Promise

Resilience: the capacity to spring back, rebound, successfully adapt in the face of social competence despite exposure to sever stress - a quality...

Reweaving `Ohana Connections

Resource caregivers, guardians, adoptive and kinship parents, more than most, know how much it hurts children when abuse and neglect rips their...