Catholic Charities Hawaii

Family and therapeutic services ("fats")1) "hale malama," a foster care program for medically complex infants and toddlers, provided nurturing and caring homes for children.2) "counseling center" served individuals through counseling for child sex abuse victims, domestic violence victims and perpetrators, individual and family counseling, and school-based counseling.3) "permanency support services" provided children with home studies and case management. These children were monitored to ensure safe reunification with their biological parents or placement in foster, adoptive, or relative care across state lines.4) "comprehensive counseling and support services" voluntary case management unit and intensive homebased services provided individual and family counseling, parenting skill development, supervised visits between parents and children in foster care, outreach services, and group parenting classes to families with children who were abused or neglected.5) "mary jane" program provided counseling and case management to young women over age 18 with an unplanned pregnancy and a residential group home, including counseling, childbirth and parenting education, life skills training and support services for women 18 and older with an unplanned pregnancy.6) "early identification" program provided screening of mothers of newborns to assess for risk of child abuse or neglect in order to refer them to home visiting and other voluntary support services.7) "home visiting services" provided support for parents with children ages 0 to 5 years old who reside in the greater windward & north shore area of oahu. The program helped address safety concerns for the family and provides services that highlight family strengths and resiliency. These services included promoting positive parenting, improving maternal and child health and promoting child development and school readiness.

Youth enrichment services ("yes")1) "na ohana pulama" group and foster homes served emotionally and behaviorally challenged youth between the ages of 5 and 19 through therapeutic, non-institutional family environments on oahu and the big island.2) "statewide resource families" program (srf) served child-specific foster/resource families statewide. Srf provides an integrated community-based approach to assess, train, and license child-specific foster/resource families (special licensed relatives and special licensed homes).3) "horizons" assisted young adults transition to independent living through housing, personal assistance, vocational and educational support, and achievement of goals in the areas of independent living, education, and employment. Services are administered through weekly home meetings, quarterly reviews, and regular daily contact.4) "intensive clinical services" program provides intensive in-home therapy services designed to provide therapeutic treatment and support for youth within their home environment to prevent them from being removed from the home and placed in higher acuity residential settings.5) "hawaii island counseling services" accepted referrals from three funding sources: private third-party insurance, the hawaii state judiciary and a federal victims of crime act (voca) grant administered through the state hawaii department of the attorney general. Referrals from the hawaii state judiciary are accepted to serve youth with problematic sexual behaviors through a juvenile sex offender (jso) contract.

Community and senior services ("css")1) "general immigration services" helped immigrants learn english and provided legal immigration services, such as applying for citizenship and naturalization on oahu and the big island.2) "case management" provided seniors with advocacy, case management, counseling for psychological and social problems, assessment of needs, and bereavement counseling primarily through oahu senior housing projects, parishes, and private pay.3) "lanakila multi-purpose senior center" kept seniors active, healthy, and connected to the community through educational, recreational, and social activities.4) "transportation services" drove seniors to doctor appointments, shopping, and group dining sites throughout the island of oahu.5) "benefits enrollment center" helped low-income medicare recipients to apply for income eligible benefits, such as supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap) and medicaid.6) "phone a friend" project provided trained volunteers to call socially isolated seniors, age 65+.