Community Resources
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Seniors
Hawaii County Office of Aging
Hawaii County Office of Aging (HCOA) serves in the planning, coordination, advocacy, and administration of programs for older persons in the county. Information includes:
Referral Form
- resources
- awareness
- assistance will help seniors plan for long-term support needs.
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Referral Form 
Alzheimer's Association
There are resources with care options, learn about what to expect for each stage of Alzheimer’s disease, and learn about the changes you may experience. Help and support services include:
- Caregiving
- Brain Health
- Community Support Groups
- I have Alzheimer’s: Know what to expect, plan for your future, live well, treatments, and research.
- Programs and Support
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Case Management Professionals
Case Management Professionals is a pioneer licensed home and community-based case management agency servicing the State of Hawaii. Comprehensive case management services provided by a team comprised of a
- registered nurse
- licensed social worker
- ancillary staff.
Click any link below for more details.
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State of Hawaii, Department of Health Public Health Nursing
Public Health Nurses (PHN) are Registered Nurses found in every community across the state. PHNs work to improve the conditions and behaviors that affect the health of our communities by applying a complement of services in addressing root causes of poor health and chronic conditions. Public Health Nurses will:
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- Facilitate healthy lifestyles and disease prevention across the lifespan in target populations.
- Partner with communities to improve their health based on their needs.
- Plan for and respond to disasters and public health emergencies.
- Prevent and treat the spread of communicable diseases such as Tuberculosis, Hansen’s disease, and vaccine preventable diseases.
- Health consultation to public and private schools, preschools, and childcare facilities.
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Nursing Services Form
Adult Protective and Community Service Branch
Adult Protective Services is a mandated service of the Adult Protective and Community Services Branch that provides:
- Crisis Intervention
- Without regard to income
- Investigation and emergency services for vulnerable adults who are reported to be abused, neglected, or financially exploited by others or seriously endangered due to self-neglect.
- To report abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation of vulnerable adults call the statewide APS Reporting Line at (808) 832-5115.
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Report Form
Hawaii County Nutrition Program Meals on Wheels
This nutrition program provides nutritious lunches weekly to persons sixty years and older. Person’s who are unable to attend meal site can make arrangements for meal delivery (Meals on Wheels). Meal Sites includes:
- N/S Hilo: Aunty Sally’s Luʻau Hale, Pepeʻekeō Senior Housing, Pāpaʻaloa Gym
- Puna: Keaʻau Senior Housing, Pāhoa Senior Center
- Kaʻū: Pāhala Senior Housing, Nāʻālehu Community Center, St. Jude Episcopal Church in Ocean View
- N/S Kona: Hualalai Senior Housing, Kealakekua Senior Housing, Holualoa Imin Center
- N/S Kohala: Old Kohala Courthouse, Lily Yoshimatsu Senior Center
- Hāmākua: Honokaʻa Senior Housing, Paʻauilo Gym
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Hawaii Food Basket - Kupuna Pantry
Kupuna Pantry receive monthly food boxes for individuals 60 years and older who meet the Federal low-income criteria. Foods include:
- Nonfat dry and ultra-high temperature fluid milk
- Juice
- Oats
- Ready-to-eat cereal
- Pasta
- Rice
- Peanut Butter
- Dry beans
- Canned meat
- Poultry
- Fish
- Canned Fruit
- Canned Vegetables
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Application
Behavioral & Mental Health - Adults
Adult Mental Health Division (AMHD)
The Adult Mental Health Division serves, as the state mental health authority, adults needing health services. Individuals who receive services from the AMHD are generally:
- Individuals who are at least 18 years old
- If not, you may be referred to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division http://health.hawaii.gov/camhd
- Residents of the State of Hawaii
- Diagnosed with a serious mental illness (SMI)
- Court ordered to treatment under Conditional Release, Release on Conditions, Mental Health Court, or Jail Diversion
- Uninsured or underinsured.
- Victims of natural disasters and terrorism
- In a state of crisis and need help for a short time
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Eligibility
Goodwill Hawaii - Ho'olana
Adults with intellectual disabilities are encouraged to participate in:
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- Volunteering
- Self-Advocacy
- Community Integration
With learning how to become:
- Independent
- Positive members of the community
- Enhance quality of life
Assistance includes:
- Self-care
- Activities of daily living
- Community integration
- Developing independence in group and individual settings..
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BISAC Hawaii Island Health and Wellness Center
BISAC provides behavioral and mental health services. Their licenses therapists use evidenced-based therapies that focuses on a wide range of issues such as:
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- Depression
- Anxiety
- Interpersonal relationships
- Parenting
- Adjustment concerns
- Weight management
- Smoking Cessation
- Anger Management
- Sleep Difficulties
Services Provided
- Treatment of Adults
- Adolescents and Children (Keaau location)
- Individual therapy
- Group, Couples, and Family Therapy (Keaau location)
- Management of anxiety, depression, stress, eight, grief, loss, chronic illness chronic pain, etc.
- Assistance with life changes
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Mental Health Kokua
Mental Health Kokua assists individuals with mental health and related challenges to achieve optimum recovery and functioning.
- Everyone needs a little help now and then. If you or someone you know needs help, call 808-737-2523 for triage and screening.
- For information about services 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, the Hawaii State Department of Health offer the following ACCESS (Suicide Prevention/Crisis) line: 1-800-753-6879.
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State of Hawaii Disability Parking Permit
Lokahi Treatment Centers
Lokahi Treatment Center’s goal is to provide clients with a continuum of care to guide them through new choices. Clients are provided with the highest quality comprehensive dual diagnosis substance abuse/mental health treatment and prevention services that are culturally appropriate for adults, adolescents, and children.
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Programs and Services Offered:
- Sustainable Recovery
- Substance Use Assessment
- Mental Health Evaluations
- Psychiatric Evaluations
- Domestic Violence Intervention (DVI) Assessment
- Anger Management Assessment
Outpatient Services Include:
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Programs (Gender-specific and mix groups)
- Anger Management Programs for Adults, Adolescents, & Children
- Domestic Violence Intervention Classes
- Mental Health Evaluations and Counseling
- Co-occurring Disorder Treatment Program
- Psychiatric Evaluations
- Family Therapy Sessions
- Individual Counseling
- Couples Counseling
- Medication Management
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Behavioral & Mental Health - Children/Youth
State of Hawaii, Department of Health & Adolescent Mental Health
CAMHD provides services to youth who meet clinical criteria for serious emotional or behavioral disturbance and who qualify for funding support from the state based on one or more of the following:
- They have QUEST-Integration
- They have been certified as qualifying for special education services under the individuals with Disabilities Educational Act (IDEA) and their Individual Educational Plan (IEP) team requests CAMHD services; or
- They are involved in the Juvenile Justice system and are referred to CAMHD by the Office of Youth Services.
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Application
Bayada Behavioral Health
The Bayada Behavioral Health provides behavioral support and behavioral treatment for children and adults diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or an intellectual or developmental disability. Services enable individuals to learn and maintain and improve skills related to communication, socialization, and behavior. Services are provided in the school, community, or home by:
- Social Workers
- Licensed Therapists
- Mental Health Counselors
- Board-Certified Specialists
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Easter Seals Hawaii - Early Intervention Services
Types of services are based on individual assessments, children enrolled in the program in the program may be eligible for services including:
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- Development of an Individualized Family Support Plan (IFSP) of services by professionals who work with their parents to meet their child’s developmental goals.
- Parent coaching and family support from occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists, special educators, and social workers.
- Developmental evaluations.
- Resources, information, and referral services.
- Prior to age three, assistance to families in transition planning for their child into appropriate community settings, such as Department of Education special education, Head Start or preschool.
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Chronic & Acute Illnesses
Hui Malama Ola Nā 'Ōiwi
The Health Enhancement team serves all of Hawaii Island, providing free educational services to the community.
- Cancer Support
- Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support
- Diabetes Support Group
- Exercise and Fitness
- Health at Any Size
- Hypertension
- Ola Hou I Ka Hula – Hula for Health
- Youth Diabetes Support Group
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Hawaii Care Choices
Provides exceptional care and solution-based choices that align with patient values. Give support with patient and family focus. Are dedicated to the belief that quality-of-life matters.
Services include:
- Palliative Care
- Hospice Care
- Bereavement Care
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Aloha Kidney
Kidney Disease Education if:
- Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
- Excess urine protein
- Want to prevent CKD
- At risk for CKD due to:
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- High Blood Pressure
- Prior Heart Attack
- Stroke
- PAD
- Prior Kidney Injury
- Prior Kidney Stones
- Family with CKD
Click any link below for more details.
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2023 Class Schedule
Enroll
Food
The Food Basket, Hawaii Island's Food Bank
Overview of the Food Basket Programs:
- Emergency Food
- SNAP Outreach
- Kokua Harvest
- Da Box (Community-Supported Agriculture)
- Da Bux (Double Up Food Bucks)
Click any link below for more details.
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Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
WIC is a nutrition program that provides qualifying families with health education, supplemental foods, and referrals. The program serves:
- Pregnant
- Breastfeeding women
- Infants
- Children under the age of 5
Click any link below for more details.
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Map
Application
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
The SNAP Program provides crucial food and nutritional support for qualifying low-income and needy households, and those making the transition from welfare to self-sufficiency.
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Online Application
Print, Sign, & Mail Application
Housing
Hope Services Housing Program
Goal is to help individuals obtain permanent housing as quickly as possible with eliminating barriers. Some programs are:
- Rapid Re-Housing
- Affordable Housing
- TANF Housing Placement Programs
- Permanent Supportive Housing
Click any link below for more details.
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Hawaii Island Recovery
Hawaii Island Recovery offers residential treatment programming for a minimum of 30 days and up to 90+ days, depending on medically necessity. The Big Island’s premiere residential substance abuse treatment facility for adults, offers a comprehensive treatment program in a tranquil and healing environment. Hawaii Island Recovery combines the most effective treatment modalities to support long-term sobriety.
Substance Addictions HIR Treats:
- Alcohol
- Benzodiazepines (Ambien, Xanax)
- Cocaine
- Crack
- Ecstasy
- Eating Disorder
- Hallucinogens
- Heroin
- LSD
- MDMA
- Methamphetamine
- Marijuana
- Molly
- Opiates
- Prescription Medications
- THC
- Spice and bath salts
- Other Drugs & Addictions
Mental Health HIR Treats
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD and ADD)
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Big Island Housing Foundation
Big Island Housing Foundation helps low-income and elderly tenants in the Hilo, Keaau, Pap’aloa, Waimea, and Captain Cook area. BIHC provides:
- Safe, clean, and sanitary housing
- Multifamily housing options
- Direct applicants toward the housing options they have
- Assist in qualifying individuals to help find what they need as quick as possible.
Click any link below for more details.
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Catholic Charities Housing Development Corporation
Patient, Family Services, Childcare, Employment
Public Assistance Information
This is a nation-wide toll-free number available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day to assist in providing basic information on a variety of assistance programs offered through the Department of Human Services such as:
- SNAP
- Childcare Subsidy
- Work programs
- Office Locations
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How to Apply
Childcare Connection Hawaii (Subsidies)
Helps low-income families to sustain their employment, educational efforts, and job training by paying a subsidy for their children who are in the care of DHS-approved childcare providers.
- Unless childcare is required for protective purposes, families must meet income and activity requirements to qualify for this subsidy program.
- Children must be 13 years of age or younger.
Click on any link below for more details.
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Application
PATCH
PATCH is Hawaii’s statewide childcare resource and referral agency. Will provide families and caregivers with:
- Childcare information
- Childcare resources
- Training to improve the quality of care.
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Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council
Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council comprises a hub of community programs providing Hawaii Island residents access to economic relief and opportunity with the goal of self-sufficiency.
- Community-wide assessments of needs and strengths
- Comprehensive antipoverty plans and strategies
- Provision of a broad range of direct services
- Mobilization of financial and nonfinancial resources
- Advocacy on behalf of low-income people
- Partnerships with other community-based organizations to eliminate poverty.
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Island of Hawaii YMCA - Family Visitation Center
The Family Visitation Center helps when:
- Children need to go from one parent to another without their parents meeting.
- Children visit with a parent who is required to have supervised contact.
- Children’s visits are court-ordered but their parents are not able to make the arrangements or visits.
- A parent is concerned about the safety of the children during visits when the other parent.
- Assistance is needed for children to visit with other adults and/or children.
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Ku'ikahi Mediation Center
Help bring peaceful resolutions to conflicts in our community. Provides a variety of dispute prevention and resolution services to East Hawaii with
- helping families
- individuals
- organizations
- businesses
- schools
- others to find creative solutions to challenging situations
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Intake Forms
Legal Aid Society of Hawaii
Helping people in Hawaii meet their legal needs to ensure justice and fairness.
- Provide civil legal aid
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Intake Form
Alu Like, Inc. Employment & Training Program
Provides year-round services to eligible adults 18 years or older and youth ages 14-24. Services include:
- Assessment of skill levels
- Career planning and counseling
- Develop of individual employment plan
- Facilitation of occupational skills training
- On-the-job training
- Entrepreneurial training
- Skills upgrading and retraining
- Supportive services
- Job search
- Placement assistance
- Follow-up services
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Transportation
County of Hawaii Mass Transit Hele On & Shared Ride Taxi
County of Hawaii Mass Transit Programs:
- Hele-On Get Your Shot! Free Transportation to Vaccination Clinics Via Uber
- Hele-On Kakoʻo Paratransit Services
- Hele-On Shared Ride Taxi Program
- Hele-On Hoʻokele (Rural Door-to-Door Service)
- HIBIKE, Bike Sharing
- Hele-On Hoa Holo (Vanpool)
- HI Rideshare
- Hele-On Micro
- Rules of the Road
- Safe Place
- Taxicabs in Hawaiʻi County
- Track Hele-On in Real Time
- Trip Planner
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Nursing Homes & Acute Care
Honoka'a Hospital Hale Ho'ola Hamakua
Offers 11 swing beds dedicated to patients with acute needs or skilled care needs. These services range from antibiotics and IV fluids to wound care and inpatient rehabilitation services. Acute beds allow to care for residents of Honoka’a without the burden of families having to travel to and from Hilo or Waimea.
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Disability
For Children
Lili'uokalani Trust
Supports kamali’i ages 0-26 years old and their Ohana with a complete array of healing programs and services.
How we help:
- Youth Development
- Counseling
- Ohana Strengthening
- Grief, Loss & Trauma Support
Who we help:
- Children to young adults up to 26 years old (services offered vary by program and location).
- Their families
- Their parents, grandparents, or legal guardians
- Caregivers
- New parents
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Family Support Hawaii
Child Development Programs help improve developmental and educational gains, reduce the future costs of special education, rehabilitation, and health care needs, reduce feelings of isolation, stress, and frustration that families may experience, and help with children with disabilities grow up to become productive, independent individuals.
The Early Intervention Section of the State Department of Health provides services for children from birth to three years of age with special needs. Services assist your child in five developmental areas:
- Physical
- Cognitive
- Communication
- Social or emotional
- Adaptive
Eligibility:
- Has a delay in development; or
- Is at-risk of developing a delay
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Child and Family Services
Caring for keiki in education programs and programs focusing on the prevention of child abuse and neglect through parent education and family counseling.
Other Programs:
- Healing from Trauma: Programs designed to aid individuals and families in crisis, helping them to heal and rebuild their lives through counseling and therapeutic support services.
- Empowering Youth: Programs that help teens through personal crisis in school and in life, providing tools to become confident, independent, and successful with the ability to earn a high school diploma.
Click any link below for more details.
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The Island of Hawaii YMCA
The YMCA New Horizons Youth Day Camp will have a positive impact on children. Children will engage in various activities that are supervised by a Youth Leader that support a healthy mind, body, and spirit. When school is out, the Y is in! Camp runs daily, Monday – Friday for ages 5 ½ to 13 years old.
Breakfast/Lunch and snacks are included.
Youth Camp Goals:
- Personal Development
- Social Development
- Leadership Development
- Cultural Diversity
- Strengthening Healthy Relationship Skills
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Project Hawaii Inc
Helping to end the cycle of poverty for children in Hawaii. Project Hawaii, Inc provides services for over 1,600 individual homeless children annually statewide. Project Hawaii strives to change the lives of children by providing a sense of stability through;
- interactive programs including educational summer camps, holiday events, school support, and educational training.
- Provides monthly outreach support to assure that children are supplied with healthy meals, personal hygiene care, and emergency services.
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Neighborhood Place of Puna
Hale Iki Family Assessment Center is a temporary emergency shelter for families with minor children who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness.
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Staff uses the Housing First Approach. Which means using participant-centered and work with families to address barriers towards permanent housing. Hake Iki is a low barrier program; do not require sobriety, mental health treatment, good credit, or any other housing ready requirements for you to enter the shelter.
- If you or a family you know are experiencing homelessness, contact Hale Iki emergency family shelter.
Click any link below for more details.
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Financial Assistance
Catholic Charities Hawaii
Rental Assistance – The State of Hawaii Rent Relief and Housing Assistance Program provides assistance to Hawaii renters and homeowners who have experienced a reduction in income due to the disruption caused by COVID-19 pandemic and are at risk of eviction or foreclosure.
- The program provides help with housing payments as well as assistance in financial counseling and loan modification.
Click any link below for more details.
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Advance Care Directive
Emergency
North Hawaii Community Hospital
The Emergency Department at Queen’s North Hawaii Community Hospital is staffed 24/7 by physicians and registered nurses who are trained in emergency medicine.
Provides high quality services to patients of
- all ages, from infants to geriatrics, for any condition.
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Hilo Benioff Medical Center
Hilo Medical Center’s Emergency Department offers 24-hour emergency services intended to provide rapid treatment for people affected by
- sudden illness
- trauma
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Kona Community Hospital
At the Kona Community Hospital Emergency Department includes a central nursing hub surrounded by patient rooms, areas for trauma, and a variety or specialty patient areas, with a total of 18 patient beds.
- Patients are able to access a variety of specialty services within the facility, depending on their diagnosis.
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Kohala Hospital
At the Kohala Hospital Emergency Department, patients receive personalized attention towards their emotional and spiritual needs.
- Kohala Hospital emergency room staff sets high standards for caring for patients.
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Ka'u Hospital & Rural Health
Ka’u Hospital Emergency Department consists of 4 beds and 24/7 emergency care serving approximately 2,600 patients annually. Patients will need to bring
- a list of all current medications which includes over the counter drugs
- list of dosages, when they are taken
- primary care physician’s name.
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Dermatology
Diabetes
KTA Pharmacy Diabetes Prevention Program
KTA Pharmacy provides diabetes education classes for
- Prevention
- Management
Click any link below for more details.
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Diabetes Class Inquiry Form
