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For children and families known to the child welfare and juvenile justice systems – or at-risk of becoming known to these systems – the Hawai‘i Advocate Program (HAP) provides comprehensive, community-based care. This statewide program strives to prevent out-of-home placements of youth.
The services, which are a replication of the nationally successful Youth Advocate Program model, are based on an intensive, individualized, strengths-based approach that focuses on the youth’s and family’s needs and goals.
Once admitted to HAP, each family is assigned a Community Advocate. The Advocate helps the family identify and cultivate relationships with persons and associations within the community that can provide support. Families receive an average of 13 hours of advocacy service per week. Services are flexible, creative and determined by the family’s needs, and are guided by a “No Reject, No Eject” policy.
Primary Funding Source: Department of Human Services and Office of Youth Services
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SERVICES
Individual and group counseling
Advocacy and referrals
Comprehensive assessments
Individualized Service Plan development
Competency Development for Youth and Parents
Youth and Family Supports
Development of Child/Family Teams
Resource Development
In-school Assistance
Linkages to Community Resources
Group Activities (recreational, skill building, cultural, tutoring, etc.)
Supported Work Option
24-Hour Staff Accessibility/Crisis/Emergency Interventions
POPULATION & ADMISSION CRITERIA
Youth ages 5-18 (or up to 20 if youth is on parole)
Families referred to Child Welfare Services (CWS) that have been assessed to require supportive services, but not accepted for child protection services
Families assessed and confirmed for child abuse or neglect by CWS that need services to prevent out-of-home placement of a child; or to support reunification of a child who has been returned home
Youth in PINS status with Family Court or in DHS system
Youth being diverted from or transitioning back into the community from Hawai‘i Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF)
YOUTH RESPONSIBILITIES
Participation in the development of an individualized Service Plan and personal goals
Participation in program activities, at a specified number of hours per week
Attend school or maintain another appropriate educational or vocational plan
DISCHARGE CRITERIA
Youth/Family achieves goals of the program
Youth ages out or otherwise becomes ineligible for services
Placement agency removes youth from the program
Prevention/Intervention Services
615 Pi‘ikoi Street, Suite 203
Honolulu, HI 96814-3139
Tel: 808 589-1829 x 200
Fax: 808 589-2610
Email
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