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(Immigrant Services Resource Center - Hawaii Island, Immigrant Services - Employment and Resource Center) Goodwill Industries of Hawaii Immigrant Services Resource Center provides acculturation services, financial literacy training, access to community resources such as housing, legal and advocacy services. Walk ins accecpted at suite 4101. For services in Kailua Kona, please call for more information.

Provides counseling and information on anorexia nervosa, bulimia and other eating disorders. Assists in starting local self-help groups for victims and parents. Provides listing of therapists and hospitals who provide treatment. Distributes its national newsletter to anorexics, bulimics, family members, health professionals and schools. Also works on advocacy issues and does research.

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Raises funds and supports the work of the United Nations Children's Fund by raising support for its programs and increasing public awareness of the challenges facing the world's children.

Prevents and suppresses outbreaks of vector-borne diseases and serious vector nuisances through inspections, surveillance, monitoring, enforcement, consultation and education in the control of harmful vermin such as insects that bite or are a public nuisance such as ants, sand flies, and other insects. Also gives public advice on small animals and insects causing a problem in or near a home or building such as mice, roaches, flies, gnats, mites, rats, and nesting birds. Offers information and advice to individuals experiencing pest problems. Accepts birds that the public drops off for West Nile testing. They no longer spray for mosquitos.

Provides social detoxification services for adults who are intoxicated or withdrawing from alcohol and/or drug dependency. Services include assessment and care plan, monitoring of vital signs, counseling, case management, addiction/health education and referral to treatment.

The Respite Companion Program (RCP) is an employment and training program established by the department which provides part-time community service employment opportunities as Respite Companions for low-income, able-bodied adults age 55 years and older, who assist families provide care for the frail elderly in homes, in adult day care or adult day health centers. RCP is administered by the Department of Human Services, Social Services Division, Adult Protective & Community Services Branch. For those who qualify to be a Respite Companion, benefits include: Minimum wage (up to 19 hours a week); free pre-employment exam and annual physical exam, free bus pass or mileage reimbursement, paid trainings, job readiness counseling and resume writing assistance, free criminal background check. Please call for further information. In-home services have been restricted during the Covid-19 Pandemic pending an update.

The Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped serves as the regional library and machine lending agency for the blind and physically disabled throughout the state and the outlying Pacific Islands in cooperation with the Library of Congress and the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicaped. BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) - Digital audio books and magazines are available for download from t he National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Library services application: individuals, institutions Applicants must be registered and in active status with the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Patrons should ensure their name and address are updated with the library before applying. New patrons should wait two weeks before applying for BARD because new patron information and changes are submitted to the NLS database (CMLS) only once a week.

Waipahu Community School for Adults provides adult education opportunities for people working towards high school diplomas (GED). Offers classes in citizenship, languages, and special interests such as arts, crafts, sports and cooking, and computers.

Immanuel Christian Church serves a hot meal at Aala Park on Beretania Street side of the park.

Provides technical assistance to reduce waste of land and water resources. Recommends methods to conserve agricultural resources and maximize these national assets. Provides financial assistance for emergency watershed protection measures.

Enforces the State Wage and Hour Law, Wages and Hours of Employees on Public Works Law, Payment of Wages and Other Compensation Law, Child Labor Law, and Hawaii Family Leave Law. Administers statewide program of labor law enforcement involving compliance investigations of minimum wage, overtime, and payroll records, prevailing wage and overtime for laborers performing work on State and County public works construction projects, illegal deduction, late pay, and pay statement violations. Administers program for hearings related to unlawful suspension or discharge due to work injury or garnishment. Investigates unlawful practices relating to lie detector tests. Enforces Hawaii child labor law relating to employment of minors under 18 years of age. Provides information on obtaining work permits.

Call to check for vaccine availability, costs or other restrictions. Must present photo ID and insurance card. Vaccines for: Flu, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hib, HPV, MMR, Meningococcal MPSV4, Meningococcal B, PneumococcalConjugate, PneumococcalPolysacchride, TetanusDiphtheriaTd, TetanusDiptPert, Varicella (Chickenpox), Zoster, Travel Vaccines

A Cup of Cold Water is an outreach care van ministry of the Episcopal Churches on Maui and Community Friends delivering basic needs of water, nutrition, clothing and comfort to the neediest of Maui's people. Weekly runs are made to the homeless in Central, West and South Maui on days and times when they are not serviced by others. A Cup of Cold Water Care is an all volunteer outreach and all donations go directly to meeting the basic needs (plus a lot of comfort) of the homeless clients served. A Cup of Cold Water does not help with housing.

If you are interested in becoming a resource family, contact Partners in Development Foundation (PIDF) Hui Ho’omalu, they are contracted by DHS. PIDF has partnered with Family Programs Hawaii (FPH), and a consortium of other community providers to form Hui Ho'omalu (A Group to Protect and Shelter), all working together to advance Hawaii’s foster care system. Recruits and certifies adoptive parent(s) for children needing an adoptive family. Recruits adoptive families for children who are a ward of the state. Provides adoption services for foster children.

Activities and Attractions Association of Hawaii, Inc. is a nonprofit that promotes Hawaii’s activities and attractions and to represent the views and interests of Hawaii’s activities and attractions. https://hawaiifun.org/ is the only internet supplier-owned one-stop-shop for Hawaii's premier Activities and Attractions. Check for activities on the islands.

Call to check for vaccine availability, costs or other restrictions. Must present photo ID and insurance card. Vaccinations for: Flu, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, HPV, MMR, Meningococcal MPSV4, Meningococcal MenACWY, Meningococcal B, PneumococcalConjugate, PneumococcalPolysacchride, TetanusDiphtheriaTd, TetanusDiptPert, Varicella (Chickenpox), Zoster

Working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. Administers to the Hawaiian/Pacific Islands Refuges on the islands. Those islands are Oahu, Kauai, Maui, Big Island, Guam, Midway and the Pacific remote islands including, French Frigate Shoals, Laysan, Howland, Baker, Jarvis and Rose. For information on NWR system week events every October, select "Special Events".

Provides a fun and educational program for children and young adults to build character, to train on the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and to develop personal fitness. Promotes and encourages youth of all ages to participate in group work and outdoor activities.

Provides comprehensive services to persons who are suffering from a serious mental illness or persons in acute mental health crisis. Includes psychiatric evaluation and treatment, counseling and psychotherapy, case management, outreach, crisis intervention, and psychosocial rehabilitation.