News – Hale Kipa

November 2, 2022

Hale Kipa recognized staff anniversaries on September 28th at the annual meeting which took place at the Kamehameha School Kaʻiwakīloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center. 3 Year Award: Kree Espinda Jo-Ann Nakamura Jamar Chandler Regi Ching Michelle Rocca Mina Vassey Jyron Salamanca Ellen Wright 5 Year Award: Maia Tjarks Tony Spencer Brooke Ward Victoria Quilitorio Martha Hatchie Kirsten Wong Allyssa Nau Maryam Chapman Teal Sargent 10 Year...

Hale Kipa Deputy CEO Jaque Kelley-Uyeoka Receives Hawaiʻi’s Outstanding Advocate for Children and Youth Award

by Editorial Staff

News

November 2, 2022

The Hawaii State Legislature recently honored Hale Kipa Deputy Chief Executive Officer Jaque Kelley-Uyeoka with a Hawaiʻi’s Outstanding Advocate for Children and Youthaward. The award ceremony was held on Sept. 30, 2022, by the Queen Liliʻuokalani Statue at the back of the State Capitol Building. Kelley-Uyeoka was nominated by Judith...

November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month

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News

November 2, 2022

Every November since 2007, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) has drawn attention to the youth who experience homelessness each year in the United States through National Homeless Youth Awareness Month (NHYAM). The latest numbers for those experiencing homelessness in Hawai‘i reveal a complicated picture....

National Runaway Prevention Month Raises Awareness of Runaway and Homeless Youth

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News

November 2, 2022

Every November, the National Runaway Safeline (NRS) raises awareness of the challenges of runaway and homeless youth and their families and seeks to educate the public about how to reduce this risk through National Runaway Prevention Month (NRPM). Each year, an estimated 4.2 million youth and young...

Ku‘u Mana‘o 

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News

November 2, 2022

Hauʻoli Hāʻulelau...

Hale Kipa to Receive $70,000 Donation from Polamalu Family Foundation Campaign

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News

July 25, 2022

Hale Kipa will soon receive a generous $70,000 donation as a result of a matching campaign conducted by the Polamalu family. Troy and Theodora Polamalu personally donated $10,000 from their nonprofit, the Polamalu Foundation. Nine other families and businesses also pledged funds to reach the...

Hale Kipa CEO Venus Kauʻiokawēkiu Rosete-Medeiros on Hawaii News Now Sunrise

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July 20, 2022

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Hale Kipa and Partner Organizations Provide Enriching Summer Activities for Shelter Residents

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News

July 20, 2022

This summer, two new programs provided Hale Kipa’s young emergency shelter residents with constructive, supportive, and entertaining activities. The first, called Puʻu Lei O LiLiʻu and funded by the Liliʻuokalani Trust, afforded the youth a chance to connect and learn to live by Hawaiian values. Organizers held a series...

Ku‘u Mana‘o

by Editorial Staff

News

July 20, 2022

Aloha! I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer and enjoying some well-deserved time doing things you are passionate about with the people you love. I am so very pleased to share my first Kuʻu Manaʻo (My Thoughts) with you for our triannual Transitions newsletter. In this letter,...

PBN spoke with nonprofits about their challenges in delivering services while waiting on payment from government agencies.

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News, Uncategorized

July 18, 2022

By Kelsey Kukaua – Associate Editor, Pacific Business News Jun 24, 2022 It should be the best of both worlds — government grants deliver needed social services to the public via independent nonprofits, which should in turn, offer some of the advantages of the private sector, such as competition, competitiveness...