Grandmother’s Referral Information
Assistance
Family and Adult Services (808)243-5110 West (808)984-8300
Provides financial, medical assistance and food stamps to qualifying persons.
Alu Like: (808)242-9774
For people of Hawaiian, Native Indian or Alaskan ancestry. Provides assistance in employment and training, child care referrals, youth substance abuse and the elderly.
Cancer
American cancer society (808) 244-5553
Education and psychological needs of those and their families with cancer.
Childbirth
Maui childbirth and family education association (808) 244-7467
Conducts classes in prenatal education, childbirth preparation and newborn care. Provides education, counseling and support with breastfeeding, post partum adjustments and teen pregnancy.
Developmental Disabilities
Easter seals Hawaii Maui adult day health & support services (808)249-2065
Focuses on providing a small group environment that fosters growth and challenges in a variety of community settings.
Arc of Maui
Department of health:
Diabetes
American Diabetes Association (800) 342-2383
For those with diabetes and their families.
Diabetes education support group: Maui Memorial Medical Center
Marianne Vasquez (808)242-2090
For those with diabetes and their families and friends offering ½ hour of education and 1/2hour of “talk story”. Free to the community. Held 2nd Wednesday of the month.
Hawaii Diabetes center (Maui clinic) (808) 871-5144
Offers outpatient diabetes education.
Disabilities
Maui center for independent living (808)242-4966
Non-profit agency for the permanently disabled. Provides help with housing, social security, food stamps, welfare, assistive devices, elderly and blind services.
Domestic violence
Women helping women (808) 242-0775 Hotline (808)579-9581
It is the mission of women helping women to end domestic violence through advocacy, education, and prevention: to offer safety, support and empowerment to women and children, victims of domestic violence.
Domestic violence (Nat’l) Hotline 1-800-799-7233 (safe)
Emergency Assistance
Operation blessing (700club) (800)871-8489
Provides assistance when available for clients in need of rent payment, utility bills, groceries, (food every 30 days) medication (1 time assist only per client)
Environmentalist
Sierra club
Epilepsy
Epileptic foundation of Maui (808)879-8999
For people with Epilepsy and their families.
Family Services
Maui Family support services (services are free) (808)242-0900
Early head start
Family focus plus (just for teens)
Prenatal support services
Fatherhood program
Maui county early childhood resource team
Child and Family services (808)877-6888
Developing options to violence. Dov offers a full spectrum of services to women, men, adolescents, and children of domestic violence which includes emotional, psychological and sexual abuse.
Food
Maui food Bank (808)243-9500
Work through agencies and churches to distribute food.
Grandparents
“Raising our keikis keiki” (R.o.k.k.) Patty (808)242-0900
R.o.k.k. is a support group for grandparents who are raising or caregivers to their grandchildren.
Healing
Pilialoha Healing Center (808) 572-5662
www.PiliahohaHealingCenter.com, e-mail hohani2@msn.com
Dedicated to offering healing and intuitive guidance to all beings in need.
Hui No Ke Ola Pond (808)244-4647
Assistance in finding traditional Hawaiian healing including diabetes teaching.
Health
Y.M.C.A (808)242-9007
Cardiac rehab program
Heart Disease
American heart association (808)244-7185 Mended Hearts (808)244-7185
A support group for those who have had heart disease or a heart attack.
Stroke group (808)244-7184
A support group for those who have had a stroke.
HIV and Aids
Maui Aids Foundation (808)242-4900
Professional staff and trained volunteers providing supportive services for those Affected
By HIV infection and aids.
Chow project: Joe Thompson (808)871-5001
Outreach for HIV education and sterile needle exchange (mobile unit)
Housing
Lokahi Pacific (808)242-5761
Manages three apartment complexes for the chronically mentally ill, physically disables
or GAP group renters. Residents must be capable of independent living.
U.S. Department of housing and urban development H.U.D Section 8 (808)270-7751
The federal Government’s major program for assisting very low income families to secure decent, safe and sanitary housing. Provides financial assistance for housing.
Immigrants
Immigrant services (808)270-7791
Information on immigration and citizenship.
Keiki or children
Growing infant’s group (G.I.G) Maui support Services (808)242-0900
A “How-to” program learning and doing together.
Health and wellness
Parenting and playing
Growth and development
Keiki or children
Tutu and me (808)249-2430 (808)893-2132
A free mobile childhood and caregiver education program serving the Native Hawaiian people.
A quality early childhood program for the grandparent and grandchild to attend that aims to help children improve on measures of school readiness and literacy. To promote appropriate learning activities and successful care giving practices at home.
Keiki or children
Fatherhood involvement team (FIT) Roy (808)269-5731
Fit supports dads and make caregivers in an environment that is both nurturing and beneficial
To all make caregivers and their children. Get together in the community to learn and share about:
Being a strong, positive male caregiver.
Caring for your kids.
Supporting moms and mothers-to-be.
How children grow and develop.
Maui family support services (808)242-0900/ www.mfss.org
Keiki or children
Child protective services (808)243-5143 C.P.S (808)243-5162
Report concerns about children (can be anonymous) 1-800-494-3991
Help children that are physically, sexually abused and neglected.
Legal assistance
Legal aid society of Hawaii (808)242-0724
Legal aid is a non-profit law firm which primarily provides legal assistance to low-income individuals and families. Areas of expertise are in poverty law issues: Family, housing, consumer, and public benefits.
Office of the public guardian (808)244-2821
Advocacy for persons with court ordered guardianship.
Lung Disease
American lung association (808)244-5110
For those with asthma, emphysema, chronic lung disease.
Medical
Community clinic of Maui (808)871-7771
Provides comprehensive health care to the residents of Maui who have encountered barriers. Services available for anyone regardless of income or national origin.
Medical Equipment
Apria Health Care (808)871-4267
Provides medical equipment, delivery (except Hana) rentals with minimum of ½ month’s rental.
Gammie home care (808)877-4032
Provides in-home medical and support services for the terminally ill and their families.
Maui Home Care (808)871-4663
Provides durable medical equipments (DME), commodes, walkers, wheelchairs, assistive devices, nebulizers, feeding pumps, ECT.
Medical insurance
Med-Quest office (808)243-5780
Provides medical insurance for those who are uninsured.
Mental Illness
The name family-to-family education program www.Nami.org (808)999-6 264
A free 12-week course for family and friends of individuals with serious mental illness. Taught by trained Nami family members.
Maui Community mental health center (808)984-2150
Services include medication, evaluation, individual and group therapy, crisis intervention, psychosocial skills, training and case management.
Mental Illness
Maui Kokua Services (808)244-7405
24 hr hotline. Provides crisis counseling, suicide intervention counseling and referral service staffed by volunteers.
Nursing Agencies
Nurse finders (808)244-4700
With the assistance of qualified clinical personnel of qualified clinical personnel as advocates and caregivers, you can receive a full range of home care services for illness or injury in the privacy of your own home environment or setting.
Provides private duty home health
Action Medical Personnel (808)875-8300
Care Resource Hawaii (808)871-2115
Hale Makua Home Health (808)244-3661
Hawaii Healthcare Professionals (808)873-7221
Home health for Kaiser insurance (808)243-6681
Home nursing for Medicaid clients (808)243-5125
Parenting
Parent line (m-f 8a.m.-6p.m, Sat 9-1p.m.) 1-800-816-1222
Phone counseling, information and referral line for parents, family and professionals concerned with and about children/adolescents.
Child and Family Service (808)877-6888
Parenting program
Basic to CFS’S mission to improve the quality of life and meet the emerging news of children, families and communities throughout Hawaii, the parenting program aims to achieve this goal through educating parents about stages of childhood development, responsibility readiness, family values and rules, communication, anger, resolution and positive affirmation’s.
ChildShift
www.ChildShift.com , e-mail David@ChildShift.com
These concepts are fairly simple, but we have found that they do represent a fundamental shift away from the way most of the world is raising and caring for children — thus our organization’s name: ChildShift. Our goal is to help shift this dominant (and dominating!) paradigm and provide an alternative choice to practices like punishments/rewards and “time-outs”while still getting their needs met.
Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease (Support group) Rehab of Maui (Patrouse) (808)877-0606
Physical, occupational and speech therapy Satellite of rehab hospital of Hawaii.
Political
Maui Peace Action
Salvation Army
Kahului (808)871-6270 Lahaina (808)661-5335 Homeless program (808)877-3042
Provides food and temporary shelter. Offers varied youth programs fellowship and recreation.
Seniors or Kupunas
Maui County Office on Aging (808)270-7774
MCOA is responsible for planning and funding services and programs to meet the needs of Maui’s seniors. The office on aging channels federal, state and county. Funds into contracts with public and private agencies which provide the following services:
Legal services: Nutrition program
Chore Services: Alzheimer’s support
Escort Services: Medication education
Adult day care: Information assistance
In-home Respite: Outreach
Seniors or Kupunas
Maui County office on Aging (Continued)
Recreation
Personal care
Legal Services
Transportation
Friendly visiting
Telephone reassurance
Case Management
Home-Delivered meals
Round-trip service
To meal sites
A directory of resources is provided (upon request)
Senior Community Service Employment Program (SC SEP) MEO (808)249-2970
SC SEP fosters and promotes useful part-time opportunities in community service
activities for persons with low income who are 55yrs or older. They assist older
Workers in transitioning to unsubsidized employment.
Maui interfaith volunteer caregivers “Hello” (808)249-2545
Volunteer program to assist with transportation, chores, meal, respite care, telephone reassurance.
Adult Protective Services (808)243-5151
Provide protection to senior, disables and vulnerable adults against abuse which includes
Physical, sexual, mental, verbal and financial exploitation.
Alzheimer’s association (808)871-5150 24hour helpline (808)893-2154
For caregiver and families of Alzheimer’s
Arthritis Foundation 1-800-462-0743
For those with Arthritis and their families.
Hale Makua Day Health Program (808)871-9287 or (808)871-9200
Organized in a safe health care setting. Frees families from 24-hour care giving responsibilities. Set free.
Kaunoa Senior Services (808)270-7306
Kaunoa Senior Services, a division of the Maui’s Department of Housing and human concerns, which provides
Opportunities for seniors to learn and grow through a variety of ongoing programs on
Maui, Moloka’I and Lana’i.
Congregate Dining 270-7308
Leisure 270-7309
The Retired and Senior volunteer program 270-7986 (RSVP)
Assisted Transportation/ outreach 270-7310
Meals on Wheels 270-7321
Senior Companion 270-7320
Escort Services 270-7310
Maui Adult Day Care Center Lahina (808)667-9252 Puunene (808)5804
Organized adult day care program but not in a health care setting. Sliding fee schedule.
Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc. (MEO) (808)249-2990 Transportation (808)877-7651
Provides education advocates and assistance with senior citizens needs. Provides chore
Homemaking services personal care attendants and transportation services.
Sexual Abuse Intervention
Child and Family Services (808)681-3500
Sexual Abuse Treatment Services
(SATS) provides individual, parent/child, couple and family therapy. The goal is the
Resolution of the effects of sexual abuse for all family members.
24 Hour Hotline 1-8000-893-4318
Offering: Crisis intervention, medical, legal and judicial advocacy. Follow-up group and individual treatment.
Social Security
Provides services for individuals and their families for retirement, disability, Medicare and survivorship.
(Spouses and children).
Substance Abuse
Al-Anon/Alateen (757)563-1600 WSO@Al-Anon.org
The Al-Anon family groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of Alcoholics who share their experience, strength and hope in order to solve their common problems. Purpose is to help families of alcoholics.
Alcoholic’s Anonymous (808)244-9673
Fellowship of men and women who share their experiences to solve a common problem (Alcoholism).
Aloha House (808)579-9584
Residential, outpatient and day drug treatment program for adults, individual counseling and education sessions.
KA HALE A KE OLA (808)242-6404
Intensive outpatient drug and alcohol treatment program for the homeless.
Narcotics Anonymous (808)242-6404
Fellowship of men and women who meet to help one another with drug dependency problem.
Maui youth and Family Services (808)579-8414 ext 35 (Services are free)
MYFS provides individualized intensive outpatient treatment for youth 12-18 with substance abuse issues.
MYFS Emergency shelter program (808)579-8406 Molokai/Lanai (toll free) 1-800-441-0336
The program serves young people aged 12-17 who require an alternative to home.
Terminal Illness
Hospice (808)244-5555
A hospice is a set of services provided to those who are terminally ill and their families by a group of caring
Individuals from varied and specialized professional disciplines.
H.E.A.L (help heal a loss) (808)244-5555 Bereavement Support Group (808)244-5555
A grief support group is held every week for anyone dealing with a loss
Veterans
Veteran Affairs:
Primary care clinic (808)242-6642
Veteran Center (808)242-8557
VA Services: Bill Staton (State of Hawaii) (808)873-3145