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Improving Hawaii’s Health

August 10, 2022 Comments Off

Focusing on vulnerable and underserved populations, Kaiser Permanente provides support to many nonprofit organizations, including Partners in Development Foundation, to uplift the community’s overall health and well-being.

OYAH Policy Intern Presents at CNHA Convention

August 8, 2022 Comments Off

Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi Intern presented at the CNHA Convention to share more about the policy work she’s engaged with at Kawailoa.

More Help Is Coming For Hawaii’s Homeless Youth

July 25, 2022 Comments Off

Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi partner at Kawailoa, RYSE, supported Act 130, recently signed into law, to establish the Safe Spaces for Youth Pilot Program under the Department of Human Services.

Hawaii has no girls in juvenile detention. Here’s how it got there.

July 25, 2022 Comments Off

Nationwide, there have been efforts to lower youth incarceration rates and close youth prisons. Efforts made by OYAH at Kawailoa are shared.

Native Hawaiian-centered approach helps youth heal and become healers

July 21, 2022 Comments Off

PIDF, together with an assembly of local partner organizations, is a finalist for Racial Equity 2030, a global challenge to advance racial equity in the next decade. Together, they’re working to end youth incarceration, especially of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander youth, in Hawai’i.

Innovative program for at-risk youth in the running for competitive $20M grant

July 21, 2022 Comments Off

Original story published on Hawaii News Now on July 19, 2022 by Lynn Kawano, click here to read. HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – An Oahu program that helps at-risk youth and young adults could soon be getting millions of dollars in funding and…

Commit to Keiki’s initiative campaigns for elected leaders to address young children and families

July 20, 2022 Comments Off

PIDF President & CEO Shawn Kanaʻiaupuni shared on HINow on her advocacy as a steering committee member for Commit to Keiki, a non-partisan movement to ensure Hawai‘i’s next governor takes care of our youngest children (0-5) and their ʻohana.

Emerging ‘ōiwi leaders join community of change-makers at Opportunity Youth Forum

July 1, 2022 Comments Off

The youths honed their leadership skills at the Opportunity Youth Forum, which allowed young adults from historically oppressed communities to connect and share best practices.

The Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility Has No Girls. Can It Do The Same For Boys?

June 23, 2022 Comments Off

OYAH Kawailoa campus partners, Hawaiʻi Youth Correctional Facility and Hale Kipa share more on how community efforts led toward lower numbers of girls incarcerated in Hawaiʻi.

For the first time, there are no girls incarcerated at Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility

June 22, 2022 Comments Off

Efforts made by the Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi and partners at Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center share more about successful diversion programs with Hawaii News Now.