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Gratitude and Grit Aloha <<First Name>>, As we head into the holiday season, we mahalo you for showing such commitment, aloha, and compassion while supporting families through the uncertainty of the federal shutdown. Your dedication makes a lasting impact every day, even as many of you care for your own ʻohana facing similar challenges. Please remember that caring for others starts with caring for yourself. Rest, connection, and kindness to yourself are not luxuries, they’re necessities. Together, we’ll continue to lift one another up and help our community move forward with strength and resilience.
Deb Marois, Hoʻoikaika Partnership Coordinator |
HP Meeting Schedule
Share partner news to strengthen our connections and deepen our collective purpose Discover how to sign up for Aloha at Home Toolkit distribution Learn about organizational updates from Maui United Way Report on annual conference highlights and upcoming Hoʻoikaika Partnership activities
December 10: HP Meeting Canceled. Join us at the CAP Statewide Mapping Meeting. December date TBD.
January 14th from 10 am - 3:30 pm: In person at the J.W. Cameron Center. All Partners/Committee members are invited to meet from 10:00 am -1:15 pm followed by a Human Trafficking Awareness training presented by PACT from 1:30-3:30 pm. |
Hoʻoikaika Partnership News |
Hoʻoikaika 12th Annual Conference Highlights & Evaluation Data
Save the Date for Hoʻoikaika Annual Conference 2026 - Thursday SEPTEMBER 24 |
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The Maui County Healthcare Stakeholders Summit About 130 health care professionals, administrators, educators, government leaders and nonprofit directors from Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi gathered on October 29th for a daylong meeting to examine data, share effective strategies, and find solutions to improve health care access in Maui County. The Hawaiʻi State Rural Health Association sponsored the summit, featuring a variety of speakers including Mayor Bissen and Governor Green.
The Maui County Healthcare Stakeholders Summit established a new collaboration with the Maui Economic Development Board’s Maui County Healthcare Partnership (MCHP) to transform dialogue into action. Ongoing MCHP committees will address 8 priority areas, including prevention. Read More in Maui Now
Interested in joining a MCHP committee? Complete this interest form and/or contact Program Manager Ila Ferris for more information. |
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Hoʻoikaika Partners (L to R): Deb Marois (HP Coordinator), Jessica Brazil (The Mindful Living Group) and Heidi Taogoshi (Hawaiʻi State Department of Health) |
Hawaiʻi Community Foundation Hosts Gathering of Maui Strong Grantees
Maui Strong grantees gathered together on November 3 to build pilina, create a collective lei, and share feedback during an "After Action Review" session. Mayor Bissen and Hawaiʻi Community Foundation staff expressed deep appreciation to all the community-based organizations for leading the recovery, supported by government and philanthropy. Speakers recognized the shift from short-term crisis response to long-term recovery, and the importance of understanding the past as a foundation for the future.
Senior Program Officer Kēhau Myer closed the day with an overview of what to expect going forward, for example more focused RFPs that meet the moment. She also emphasized that HCF seeks to be bridge builders and that the Maui Strong effort represents a legacy change for philanthropy.
Hoʻoikaika Partnership is grateful for the support of the Maui Strong Fund, which has helped sustain our coalition, Navigation Services, public education campaign, and Healing the Healers peer support groups. |
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Pictured clockwise from top left: Mia Sado-Magbual and Shana Orta (Child & Family Service), Deb Marois (HP Coordinator), Edel Baguio-Larena (Maui Family Support Services); Kēhau Meyer (HCF); Maui Strong participants. |
Partner & Ally News
Euconfra "Connie" Meekhof (PACT, HP Leadership Hui) recently completed a 40-hour Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) with the Maui Police Department. The training focuses on de-escalation for individuals experiencing an emotional crisis and how to interact with people suffering with a mental illness to avoid violence and ensure they get the help they need. Congratulations Connie!
Maui Family Support Services, Inc. released the second issue of Home Grown ʻOhana, a family magazine chock full of resources, tips and information to support thriving families in Maui County. Check out page 20 for a feature on Hoʻoikaika Partnership! The magazine is supported through Terah Tsuyako Summers (Mental Health America of Hawai'i) is one of five recipients of the Spotify x Jed Impact award for her unpublished, young adult novel, More Than Quiet. Created in collaboration with The Black List, the Spotify x JED Impact Award provides five talented writers with a $10K grant each to help support their work in mental health storytelling. Selected manuscripts represent positive depictions of mental health and further diversify mental health narratives in fiction. The story is set in Hawaiʻi and features a teen struggling with anxiety and depression. Nearly invisible in her family and school, she retreats into the fantasy she’s penning but an invitation to a writing club allows her to begin breaking down the walls she’s built around herself. For more information or questions about potential literary representation, please email Terah or visit her website www.terahsummers.com. Congratulations Terah! |
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Hawaiʻi Children’s Trust Fund Advisory Committee Nominations are Open! Nominations are being accepted for two seats on the HCTF Advisory Committee to serve in the private sector capacity. If you work for an agency or nonprofit, you are eligible to be elected. Submit a short bio and photo and plan to attend a virtual meeting on December 11, 2025 at 11am-12pm to give a brief statement, which is where voting will take place. NOTE: There are currently no representatives from Maui County participating on the HCTF Advisory Committee. Duties include: Serve a 3-year term Attend monthly meetings with the Advisory Committee Promote statewide strategies for strengthening families with purpose of reducing child abuse and neglect. Establish criteria for grant making for the Advisory Board Advise the Department of Health on matters involving the prevention of child abuse and neglect
Please email your nominations (short bio and photo) of self or others by November 30, 2025 to Mai Hall at: mhall@hawaii-can.org. Nominations will be considered at the December 11 meeting. |
Healing the Healers
Join Michele & Heidi for the last 2 sessions of the year! November 18th & Dec 17th, 9:30 - 11:30 am. Share the flier with those who might benefit. Click here to Register |
DV Awareness Coffee & Convo |
2nd Annual Lahaina Lights Parade
Join Hoʻoikaika Partners and Allies Maui Family Support Services, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies and PDG Birth-Five for a holiday event in Lahaina! Agencies are invited to host a table. Click here to register. |
Hawaiʻi's midwife practitioners, state lawmakers reach agreement
Native Hawaiian midwives will now be able to practice and train without fear of prison after Hawai‘i lawmakers and courts rolled back strict limits on midwifery. The change comes after a lawsuit filed in 2024 by the Center for Reproductive Rights, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation and the law firm Perkins Coie. Read More in KHON2 |
Hawaiʻi’s Child Welfare Reform Efforts Bump Up Against Budget Fears
Department of Human Services director Ryan Yamane has a long list of what the state Child Welfare Services system needs to better serve Hawaiʻi’s ʻohana and keiki. That list includes more community resources such as therapists; drug treatment and mental health programs; and more robust nonprofit organizations to provide services to foster kids and their families.
CWS continues to have vacancy rates that run as high as 35% to 40% for some jobs so new workers who are ready to take on some of the most difficult jobs in the state are also needed. Additionally, more resources are needed to help keep at-risk families intact as they struggle with stresses such as Hawaiʻi’s high cost of living. If the department can help families navigate those challenges, it will mean fewer children end up in foster care. Read more in Civil Beat. |
Hawaiian Council to Launch Applications for OHA's Emergency Assistance Program
The Hawaiian Council will begin administering the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ (OHA) $6.1 million Emergency Assistance Program to support Native Hawaiian beneficiaries impacted by the ongoing federal government shutdown and the suspension of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits.
Applications open Mon, Nov. 10 at 9 a.m. HST. Eligible applicants can visit Hawaiiancouncil.org/oha-relief for full details and to access the online application portal. The site will feature two separate applications: Native Hawaiians who have lost or experienced reduced SNAP benefits, and Native Hawaiian federal civilian workers who have been furloughed or are experiencing pay interruptions due to the current federal shutdown.
Applications will be reviewed as they are received, with distribution expected to begin Nov. 11. |
No Shame, Ask for Kōkua! Resources for Concrete Support
The shutdown of the Federal government has created challenges for many families already struggling to make ends meet and put food on the table. Families are stronger when they have concrete support in times of need. This is a research-based and common sense protective factor. Contact System Navigator Jayme Galase to learn how Navigation Services can help families and/or make a referral. Learn More About Protective Factors |
Training: Concrete Support in Times of Need
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Hoʻopono: Mutual Emergence - An Offering of Aloha
Join Manu Aluli Meyer, W.S. Pūlama Collier, and T. Līhauakahianui Collier to share in “next-level” articulation with regard to Indigenous intelligibility. Come share in Mōʻike Aloha, our (k)new synonym for Hawaiian epistemology. Come listen to a mother and daughter share their on-going legacy of ancestral knowledge found in language, cultural practice, and within the coherence of aloha. Come listen to folks dedicated to the life found in relationship. WHEN: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Hawaii Standard Time WHERE: Zoom Online
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is a coalition of organizations, individuals, county and state agencies committed to preventing child abuse and neglect in Maui County. Our symbol is the hukilau (net), which reminds us that our strength is in working together to ensure that our safety net has no puka’s (holes).Partner with Us Please contact Hoʻoikaika Partnership to share items for this newsletter. |
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