Hale Kipa is pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Dianne Bowen-Coleman as its new Program Director. Dr. Bowen-Coleman comes to Hale Kipa with a wealth of experience working for and volunteering with many non-profits, all of which focus on the wellbeing of children, teens, young adults, and their families. Dr. Bowen-Coleman is a...
Hale Kipa is pleased to announce the appointment of Venus Kauʻiokawēkiu Rosete-Medeiros as President & CEO. The Hawai‘i nonprofit organization, which has served at-risk youth and their families for more than 50 years, conducted a search for a new CEO this fall after longtime CEO...
The HawaiiUSA FCU Foundation is a private foundation which was established in June 2007 as a way for the credit union to support local charities with preference given to those working diligently to improve lives of children and those who are less fortunate, while strengthening Hawaii’s communities. Hale...
Business Solution Technologies presented Hale Kipa with a generous $5,000 donation in December, 2021. Mahalo for helping us to support Hawaii’s at-risk youth and their families. ...
This Thanksgiving, long-time donors, Arma Oana and Kanani Kahana-Reid, pledged to help fill a need by providing fourteen holiday meals for youth in Hale Kipa’s Emergency Shelters. The pair contacted other individuals on their social network who, in turn, helped spread the word for needed...
November is National Runaway Prevention Month, a public awareness campaign designed to “shine a light” on issues faced by runaway and houseless youth. It is also an opportunity to spotlight resources available to support youth in crisis throughout Hawai‘i. As part of this campaign, individuals,...
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...
In November, two national organizations are working to draw public awareness to the challenges faced by runaway and homeless youth; the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) has designated November as National Homeless Youth Awareness Month (NHYAM), and the National Runaway Safeline (NRS) has recognized November...
Since 2007, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) has designated November as National Homeless Youth Awareness Month (NHYAM) to acknowledge the children and families experiencing homelessness. As of January 2020, Hawaii had an estimated 6,458 people experiencing homelessness on any given day, as reported by...
