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Hale Kipa, Catholic Charities Hawaiʻi, and the State of Hawaʻi, recently honored foster parents through an official proclamation designating May as National Foster Parent Appreciation Month. Hawaiʻi Gov. David Y. Ige signed the proclamation on April 12.  “We express our gratitude and respect to the many foster parents, kinship caregivers,...

On February 26, Hale Kipa held a very special ALOHA CELEBRATION in honor of Punky Pletan-Cross (Hale Kipa retired CEO) and welcomed Venus Kauʻiokawēkiu Rosete-Medeiros (Hale Kipa President & CEO). We are deeply moved by the support to mālama the youth and families of Hawaiʻi...

Aloha, I am coming to the end of my career as the CEO of Hale Kipa since I am retiring by the end of 2021, and thus this will be my last piece in the Transition Newsletter. In March of 2022 I would have...

Hale Kipa will recognize staff anniversaries on November 3rd with an online Zoom presentation.  3 Year awards:  Raylene NakandakareGwen OkamotoMalia PackerJo-Ann NakamuraCJ OrgiJason RedickSugki SuguitanKarin EfflandKeo HirataBridgette TerryKekukuna TringaliDebbie ChartrandAngela and Eric HurdFlora Ho’okano 5 Year awards: Pua WilliamsMoe SimmsAmber TagalogStacy PeilerAnalyn LahipElena Hernandez 10 Year awards: Keala KaneakuaDevin Washington 15 Year award: Butch...