December 7, 2011
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Story
Rita Barreras led a community partnership in Maui, Hawaii, to create an infrastructure that allowed older adults to "age in the community" by increasing the caregiver workforce and changing rules to expand long-term-care options.
January 1, 2010
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Journal Article
The Hawaii Healthy Start home visitation program sends paraprofessionals into the homes of children at risk of abuse to teach families about child development, parenting and problem-solving strategies and offer emotional support to new parents during the first three years of their child's life.
October 5, 2009
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Program Result
Drug dealers selling crystal methamphetamine, known as ice, used to be a common site at Kahekili Terrace, a low-income housing project on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
August 1, 2001
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Program Result
Starting in January 1994, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine conducted a three-year evaluation of Hawaii's Healthy Start Program.
March 31, 2007
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Program Result
In 2002, the Kapi'olani Health Foundation created the Child At-Risk Evaluation (CARE) program, a pediatric specialty clinic specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of child abuse.