Department of Human Services helps the disadvantaged with social services-adult services, program training, benefits, employment and support services.
Contact Information
Contact names and numbers
1390 Miller Street, Room 209
Honolulu, HI 96813

Department of Health Family/Child Health addresses information on chronic disease, contagious disease, dental health, emergency medical services, genetics, immunization, public health nursing and  rural health.
Contact Information
Contact names and numbers
Hawaii State Department of Health
1250 Punchbowl Street
Honolulu, HI 96813

• Department of Health Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division is to provide timely and effective mental health services to children and youth with emotional and behavioral challenges, and their families.
  Contact Information
  Administrative Services Office
  1250 Punchbowl Street
  Honolulu, HI 96813
  webms@camhmis.health.state.hi.us
• Department of Health Family Guidance Centers are programs helping youth identified as requiring intensive mental health services located in the school district of their home school.
  Contact Information
  Oahu Family Guidance Centers
  Hawaii Family Guidance Centers
  Maui Family Guidance Centers
  Kauai Family Guidance Centers
• Department of Health Nutrition and Physical Activity Section promotes sound, lifelong nutrition and physical activity behaviors that will reduce the prevalence of preventable chronic diseases and improve overall health among all ethnic groups in Hawai'i.
  Contact Information
  (808) 586-4671
  1250 Punchbowl Street, Room 210
  Honolulu, HI 96813
  nutpa@mail.health.state.hi.us
• Department of Health Maternal and Child Health The Parent Line is a statewide confidential telephone line that offers support and information to parents and other caregivers.
  Contact Information
  Oahu 526-1222
  Neighbor Islands Toll free 1-(800) 816-1222
• Hawaii Resources includes links to services for children and youth with disabilities.

Department of the Attorney General Child Support Enforcement Agency feels that every child has a legal right to the financial support of both parents, even if the parents are divorced, separated or never married.
Contact Information
Voice response system (888) 317-9081
(808) 692-8265
601 Kamokila Boulevard, Suite 251
Kapolei, HI 96707
csea-adm@pixi.com

• Hawaii Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force contains education and prevention resources to protect the children of Hawaii in cyberspace.
  Contact Information
  (808) 586-1500
  425 Queen Street
  Honolulu, HI 96813
  hawaiiag@hawaii.gov

University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Center on the Family focuses to enhance interdisciplinary research, service and education that supports and strengthens families.
Contact Information
(808) 956-4132
2515 Campus Road, Miller Hall 103
Honolulu, HI 96822
cof@ctahr.hawaii.edu

University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics provides teaching to physicians, medical students, and allied health students in general pediatrics and its subspecialty fields, ranging from introductory clinical courses to post-MD subspecialty training.
Contact Information
(808) 956-6525
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children
1319 Punahou Street, Room 742
Honolulu, HI 96826

University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine Department of Family Practice and Community Health strives to train its students and residents to become skilled primary care physicians within a community setting.
Contact Information
(808) 627-3239
95-390 Kuahelani Avenue
Mililani, HI 96789

Local Counties

City and County of Honolulu Kidsworld includes searches for homework and general help on different subjects on the internet.

• AKAMAI (Acquiring Knowledge Awareness Motivation and Inspiration) is a community-based project sponsored by the Honolulu Police Department to provide workshops on delinquency prevention for parents and their troubled youths.
  Contact Information
  801 South Beretania Street 
  Honolulu, HI 96813
  hpd@honolulupd.org
• Child Safety Links to the Honolulu Police Department and SafeKids, Crimes Against Children, Parents information and projects.
• Keiki Printing is to provide parents with a record of their child's vital information.
  Contact Information
  (808) 529-3351
  801 South Beretania Street 
  Honolulu, HI 96813
  hpd@honolulupd.org
• Juvenile Services Division strives to stop violence and address issues involving the development of the community's youth through a variety of prevention, intervention, and education efforts.
  Contact Information
  801 South Beretania Street
  Honolulu, HI 96813
  hpd@honolulupd.org

Hawaii County Corporation Counsel, Family Support Division is the legal advisor and  representative of all County agencies and departments and represents the State of Hawaii Child Support Enforcement Agency in actions to determine paternity and to establish and enforce child support orders. 
Contact Information
Hilo 
(808) 961-8375
688 Kinoole St. Suite 214
Hilo, HI 96720
Kona 
(808) 324-7117
81-941 Halekii Street, P.O. Box 1748
Kealakekua, HI  96750

• Urgent Services for Families are phone contacts for different emergency agencies. 
• Help for Children links to different services: Child Protective Services, Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Child and Family Services, Family Crisis Shelter, Inc.

Maui County Department of the Prosecuting Attorney handles Family Court and Child Witness roles.
(808) 270-7777
prosecuting.attorney@co.maui.hi.us

• Child and Family Services
  (808) 877-6888
• Child Welfare Services
  (808) 243-5162
• Children's Advocacy Center
  (808) 243-8684

Kauai County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney acknowledges and protects the rights of our kupuna and keiki and the interests of all victims of crime.
Contact Information
(808) 241-1888
3990 Kaana Street
Lihue, HI 96766

Kauai Police Department Youth Services Section is responsible for the prevention of juvenile crimes and control of juvenile offenders.
Contact Information
(808) 241-1877
3990 Kaana Street, Suite 200
Lihue, HI 96766-1268

Federal/National Agencies

PowerReporting on Family is edited by Bill Dedman, a correspondent for The Boston Globe.

American Youth Policy Forum was created to improve opportunities, services, and life prospects for youth, we provide learning experiences for national, state, and local policymakers and practitioners.
Contact Information
(202) 775-9731
1836 Jefferson Place, NW
Washington, DC 20036
aypf@aypf.org

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, a component of the U.S. Justice Department, provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization.
Contact Information
(202) 307-5911
810 Seventh Street NW
Washington, DC 20531

National Children's Alliance is a nationwide organization whose mission is to promote and support communities in providing a coordinated investigation and comprehensive response to victims of severe child abuse.
Contact Information
(808) 586-0822
Children's Justice Centers of Hawaii
Judy Lind, Chapter Coordinator
3019 Pali Highway
Honolulu, HI 96817
jlindcjc@yahoo.com

Non Profit Organizations

The Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii provides a safe place for Hawaii’s young people in the critical after school hours and all summer long offering quality programs and services to youth ages 7 and 17.
Contact Information
(808) 949-4203
1523 Kalakaua Ave. #202
Honolulu HI 96826

Child & Family Services is a social and human services and advocacy for children and families in need with the purpose of strengthening families and fostering the healthy development of children.
Contact Information
(808) 681-3500
91-1841 Ft. Weaver Rd.
Ewa Beach, HI 96706
cfs@cfs-hawaii.org

Good Beginnings Alliance works in partnership with families, communities, policy makers, early childhood providers, and advocates to ensure that all of Hawai'i’s keiki are safe, healthy and ready to succeed.
Contact Information
(808) 531-5502
33 South King Street, Suite 200
Honolulu, HI  96813
jdudock@goodbeginnings.org

Hawaii State Clearing House on Missing Children contains information about, and pictures of Hawaii's own children who are missing.

Hale Kipa Youth Services "the House of Friendliness" is dedicated to helping families with youths between the age of 12 and 17.
Contact Information
(808) 955-2248
2006 McKinley Street
Honolulu, HI 96822

Focus Adolescent Services is a resource of different agencies for family help in Hawaii.

Hawaii Youth Services Network links to other agencies/programs that serve youth in different capacities.
Contact Information
(808)531-2198
680 Iwilei Road, Suite 665
Honolulu, HI 96817
hinet@pixi.com

Kahi Mohala is dedicated to caring for people in need by providing innovative, quality, and effective behavioral health services.
Contact Information
Kahi Mohala Behavioral Health
(808) 671-8511 Oahu
91-2301 Fort Weaver Road
Ewa Beach, HI 96706

Parent And Children Together is a family service organization committed to promoting and supporting health individuals, families and communities by creating opportunities for them to identify and address their own strengths, needs, and concerns and successfully realize their potential. 
Contact Information
(808) 847-3285
1485 Linapuni Street, Suite 105
Honolulu, HI 96819

Honolulu Shriners Hospital provides free surgical and rehabilitative orthoepaedic care to children from Hawaii and the Pacific Basin.
Contact Information
(808) 941-4466
1310 Punahou St.
Honolulu, HI 96826-1099
dgonzales@shrinenet.org

Children's Safety Network works with maternal and child health, public health, and other injury prevention practitioners to provide technical assistance and information, facilitate the implementation and evaluation of injury prevention programs, and conduct analytical and policy activities that improve injury and violence prevention.

The Girl Scout Council of Hawaii has been serving serves girls from ages 5-18, to provide opportunities to explore their needs and dreams in a supportive, friendly atmosphere while exercising their leadership skills to the fullest.
Contact Information
(808) 595-8400
420 Wyllie Street
Honolulu, HI 96817
gshi@girlscouts-hawaii.org

Aloha Council Boy Scouts of America aims to build character development, citizenship training, and mental and physical fitness.
Contact Information
Aloha Council 104
(808) 595-6366
42 Puiwa Road
Honolulu, HI 96817-1127
zholmes@bsamail.org

About this project, prepared by Diane Nakashima for the University of Hawaii at Manoa Communications Program, May 2005. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Diane. These links may become out-of-date before an opportunity to update. Revised 04/25/05.