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Conducts awareness campaigns and encourages organ donation. Sponsors volunteer constituent councils for organ donors and transplant patients, including the TransAction Council, the Hawaii Organ Donor Family Council and the Transplant Association of Hawaii. Sponsors the Transplant Games, an Olympic-Style competition for transplant recipients. Supports training opportunities for health care professionals. Educates the public about problems of progressive kidney disease and possible means of prevention. Conducts free patient/family workshops called "People Like Us Live." Publishes free dialysis cookbooks and kidney patient handbooks. Offers free educational CD Roms for children, along with a school outreach program featuring "Sidney the Kidney." Conducts free statewide kidney screenings and funds research initiatives for a cure. Accepts donations of automobiles in running or non-running condition. Can arrange for a free tow if necessary. Also accepts donations of gently used clothing a

Staff provides care coordination, information and referral, crisis intervention, counseling, advocacy, and networking with others in the community who have the resources and knowledge to assist in meeting the needs of the association's consumers and their families.

Conducts awareness campaigns and encourages organ donation. Sponsors volunteer constituent councils for organ donors and transplant patients, including the TransAction Council, the Hawaii Organ Donor Family Council. Sponsors the Transplant Games, an Olympic-Style competition for transplant recipients. Supports training opportunities for health care professionals. Educates the public about problems of progressive kidney disease and possible means of prevention. Conducts free patient/family workshops called "Kidney Options Patient Empowerment." Publishes free dialysis cookbooks and kidney patient handbooks. Offers free educational CD roms for children, along with a school outreach program featuring "Sidney the Kidney." Conducts free statewide kidney screenings, provides disease self-management programs, nutritional counseling, cooking deomonstrations and funds research initiatives for a cure. Accepts donations of automobiles in running or non-running condition. Can arrange for a free tow if ne

Provides free and professional support services including counseling, support groups, educational workshops, publications and financial assistance to anyone affected by cancer. All CancerCare services are provided by oncology social workers and world-leading cancer experts.

Provides case management, counseling, hospital visitation, and support programs. Provides food pantry to clients only. Offers support groups. Conducts outreach to youth, women and high risk populations in the community and work place. Advocates for progressive public policy and effective service systems. Provides free Hepatitis C testing, free HIV testing and free Syphilis testing.

Holds weekend retreats, designed to give married couples the opportunity to examine their lives together - their weaknesses and strong points, hurts, desires, disappointments, etc. in a face-to-face, heart-to-heart encounter.

(CCSS) Focuses on helping parents learn better parenting skills. Also teaches children skill building. Provides counseling to address selected issues. Parenting groups also available for parents who want to increase their parenting skills. Current classes held in Hilo, Kurtistown and Pahoa.

Provides support to anyone grieving the death of a friend or family member. Holds one-on-one sessions with staff as well as volunteer assistance offered by individuals who have experienced the grief process. Offers a six week bereavement support group which is held three times annually, providing an opportunity for healing as experiences are shared and information offered. Maintains a lending library of books and videos.

(CMP) Case management for individuals living alone with dementia.

Social Services: Supports immigrants, refugee and low-income residents, and human trafficking victims with skill building that lead to self-sufficiency. Provides immigrant and case management services, assistance with applying for health insurance, job training and placement, translations and interpretations to immigrants to ensure language access; refugees resettlement in meeting their key transitional needs, community and cultural orientation. Economic development: Provides workforce training, education and placement and job creation initiatives to immigrants, refugees and low-income residents of Hawaii towards economic self-sufficiency. Services are available to youth and adult, social enterprises with retail incubator and Culinary Kitchen Incubator. Assists immigrants, refugees and low-income residents of Hawaii develop small business and work towards economic self-sufficiency by providing business training, technical assistance, and loans. Also provides sustainable employment opportunities in foo

(Domestic Violence Advocacy) Families who are enrolled in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or Temporary Assistance to Other Needy Families (more commonly known as “welfare”), are required to be engaged in activities that will ultimately lead them to self-sufficiency. Program recipients for whom issues of safety and domestic violence are interfering with their progress can call upon Domestic Violence Advocacy to help them find support to change their situations. Services include: assessment, service planning, counseling services, case management and linkage and referral.

Helps veterans and their family members make a satisfying post-war readjustment to civilian life through a broad range of counseling and outreach. Helps women and men veterans work through sexual trauma experienced in the military. Offers both individual and group counseling for post-traumatic stress, substance abuse and crisis intervention. Provides assistance in obtaining veterans' benefits.

(Family Peace Center - Oahu, FPC) Oahu Family Peace Center teaches non-violent problem-solving skills for families struggling with adult aggression and behavioral dysfunction. The program emphasizes partnership, equality, and respect among families. The center provides support for survivors/victims and child witnesses of domestic violence that includes individual and group counseling, case management, parental classes, community referrals, and legal system advocacy. Support for offenders includes violence intervention groups. Community education and training for schools, community groups, and agencies available. Groups area available after hours in the evening. New Address: 1300 Halona Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817

Provides individual assessment and offers therapy to individuals, couples and families. Conducts group programs including combat trauma, significant others, substance abuse and others depending on needs of clients. Offers crisis assistance and educational/ employment counseling.

(ATV, YWCA of Kauai Alternatives to Violence) Provides psycho-education and support designed to interrupt the cycle of violence. Assists clients with anger management. Encourages, teaches and advocates non-violent behaviors. Available as a resource in the community for speakers and presentations.

Provides counseling services to juveniles who are at risk and beyond parental control. Refers client to professional agencies and therapist if needed.

(Domestic Violence Services for Families) When child abuse occurs in the home, violent behavior towards spouses and others is also often present. After a family is required to enter the child welfare system and is discovered to be experiencing other forms of domestic violence a care plan is developed for each family member. Services are then provided for both survivors (victims) and batterers (perpetrators) of violent behavior. Survivors create a safety plan and are offered various supportive services. Batterers are assessed and provided opportunities to learn alternative attitudes and behaviors. This program works with families involved in the child welfare system who are also experiencing domestic violence. Staff work with each family to assess for domestic violence and/or risk factors related to domestic violence. A care plan is developed for each family member. The services that are available for each family include: Domestic Violence Survivor Support and Pattern Changing Groups for Victims, Individual Counseling and Support for each family member, Trauma Focused – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focusing on children, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Children’s Support Groups, and/or Adolescent Support Groups.

Ho'ola Na Pua's Starfish Mentoring Program (SMP) provides mentoring with trauma-informed care and support that addresses the unique needs of survivors of sex trafficking and those at risk. Weekly meetings are activity-based and led by extensively trained mentors aged twenty-one or older. Mentors offer support and advocacy while serving as positive role models to program participants. Referrals to the program can be made through service providers, law enforcement or family members by calling or texting 808.222.1872. The Starfish Mentoring program does not adhere to strict hours of operation and can be available after hours as well. Program service are community based, so they happen through the island of O'ahu.

(Family Peace Center - Maui) Maui Family Peace Center teaches non-violent problem-solving skills for families struggling with adult aggression and behavioral dysfunction, emphasizing partnership, equality, and respect among families. Support for survivors/victims and child witnesses of domestic violence that includes individual and group counseling, case management, parental classes, community referrals and legal system advocacy. Support for offenders includes violence intervention groups. Adolescent services provided free of charge for those in need of effective problem solving skills to manage anger and/or those exhibiting violent behavior and anger control issues; anyone can refer themselves or a family member. Community education and training for schools, community groups, and agencies available.

(Domestic Violence Services for Families) When child abuse occurs in the home, violent behavior towards spouses and others is also often present. After a family is required to enter the child welfare system and is discovered to be experiencing other forms of domestic violence a care plan is developed for each family member. Services are then provided for both survivors (victims) and batterers (perpetrators) of violent behavior. Survivors create a safety plan and are offered various supportive services. Batterers are assessed and provided opportunities to learn alternative attitudes and behaviors. This program works with families involved in the child welfare system who are also experiencing domestic violence. Staff work with each family to assess for domestic violence and/or risk factors related to domestic violence. A care plan is developed for each family member. The services that are available for each family include: Domestic Violence Survivor Support and Pattern Changing Groups for Victims, Individual Counseling and Support for each family member, Trauma Focused – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focusing on children, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Children’s Support Groups, and/or Adolescent Support Groups.

Provides family violence case management. Provides information and referral, short-term counseling and ombudsman program. Operates an employment resource center. Provides family advocacy training, in-home child care provider program, relocation information, employee assistance program, and wellness program. Provides sexual assault response coordination. Coordinates travel to obtain health care.

(YWCA of Kauai Sexual Assault Treatment Program) Offers confidential crisis intervention counseling and support services for rape victims. Will accompany victims to hospital for examination, or to police for reporting, and to court if prosecution takes place. Provides speakers to schools and organizations, public education on sexual assault and harassment. Offers counseling and support services for children who have been sexually abused or molested by non-family members. Provides confidential group and individual counseling for adults molested as children.

(DVSF) The Domestic Violence Services for Families program provides counseling services for offenders, survivors and their children who have been referred by DHS programs. Services are provided primarily through group and individual counseling. Serves the Windward and Central area of Oahu. Groups area available after hours in the evening.

The Community Assistance Center provides community group therapy for sex offenders.

(SASS, Empowering Alternatives Program, EAP, Sexual Assault Response and Advocacy Services, SARAH) Operates a 24-hour crisis hotline for persons affected by a sex assault, including women, men, girls and boys. Offers information, referral and direct support to any person victimized. Support is also provided during police, medical examinations and legal matters surrounding the crime, advocacy, counseling, and therapy.