by Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi Hui | Oct 11, 2022 | HYCF, PIDF
Originally shared on Office of Hawaiian Affairs on Oct. 11 2022, click here to read. Today’s news that the Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi collaborative at the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center has been named one of five...
by Wistawen Morconis | Oct 11, 2022 | HYCF, PIDF
Originally shared on Now This News by Sara Michel on Oct. 11 2022, click here to read. #ad In Hawai’i, young Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders are disproportionately represented in the juvenile justice system. The Partners in Development Foundation works...
by Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi Hui | Oct 4, 2022 | Hale Kipa, HYCF
The state had two months with no young people in the girls’ unit of its only long-term placement facility. It’s reason to celebrate, but the work isn’t over. Originally shared on the Vera Institute of Justice by Nazish Dholakia, Senior Writer and Lindsay Rosenthal,...
by Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi Hui | Sep 20, 2022 | HYCF, Kupa ʻAina
Original story published on CNHA’s Midday Manaʻo podcast on August 10, 2022, click here to view. On this week’s episode, Manu and Mehana are joined by Mark Kawika Patterson, Administrator of the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center and Chair of the Hawaiʻi...
by Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi Hui | Jul 27, 2022 | HYCF
Originally shared on Australian Broadcasting Corporation by Anna Kelsey-Sugg and Ann Arnold on July 27, 2022, click here to read. In 2021, there were 819 young people incarcerated on an average night in Australia. Most were aged between 10 and 17 years old, 50 per...