Family Help in Hawaii

1-866-620-1418

Boarding Schools and Residential Programs for Troubled Teens

808-536-1794

Services include counseling, treatment for abuse victims, juvenile sex offenders treatment, therapeutic foster homes for emotionally and behaviorally impaired children and young adults, ages 6-19.

Child and Family Service

808-681-3500 Oahu

808-877-6888 Maui

808-245-5914 Kauai

808-935-2188 Hilo

808-323-2664 Kona

808-567-6100 Molokai

Services for at-risk teenagers, abused children and spouses, juvenile sex offender treatment, adolescent day treatment program, therapeutic foster homes, and counseling.

Consumer Health Information Service of Hawaii

Freedom Ranch Maui

808-874-4876

Christian educational training program for alcoholics and addicts.

Hale Kipa Youth Services

808-955-2248

Private organization dedicated to helping families with youth, ages 12-17.

Hawaii National Guard Youth Challenge Academy

808-673-7530

Free academic, life skills, and vocational program offered by the National Guard to youth, ages 16-18, who have dropped out of school, are free of illegal drugs, and who wish to make a positive change in their lives.

HIV Counseling and Testing Services in Hawai’i

Job Corps

1-877-US-2JOBS

The nation's largest and most comprehensive residential education and job training program for at-risk youth, ages 16-24.

Kapi'olani Health

808-983-8368

Full range of services to meet the needs of children, teenagers, adults and families.

Ke Kukui: A Healing Island Resource Guide

Health and healing resources on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Marimed Kailana

808-236-2288 ext. 234

Therapeutic sailing school residential and day treatment program for male adolescents, ages 14-18, with emotional and behavioral problems.

Maui Youth and Family Services

808-579-8414

579-8406 24 Hour

Programs include emergency shelters for youth, ages 8-19, crisis intervention, counseling, gang prevention, residential substance abuse program, and the Maui Youth Service Center.

Outdoor Programs and Summer Camps

Programs for Youth, 18 and Older

Public Health Resources

Programs and public health information from the Hawaii Department of Health.

Samaritan Counseling Center

808-545-2740

Services include counseling for individuals, couples, families and groups; referral services, testing and evaluation with psychiatric and psychological consultation; supervision and consultation in pastoral counseling and marriage and family therapy. Locations in Honolulu, Kailua, Wahiawa, and Hilo.

Sisters Offering Support (SOS) Hawaii

808-941-5554

Assists sexually-exploited victims in changing their lives and works to prevent youth from falling prey to sex exploiters.

Teen Intervention Program

808-973-8501

Non-medical social service agency in Honolulu providing free, confidential services to teens regarding issues of adolescent pregnancy.

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Take an honest look at your child's behavior and family situation.
Become informed of your child's issues.
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Follow through on professional advice and treatment plans.
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HAWAII INFORMATION

Alcoholics Anonymous History

Basic 12-Step Ideas

Visit Self-Help and Support Groups.

Battling the Overeating Cycle

Visit Moms! Help Your Overweight Daughter.

Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Youth in Hawai'i (pdf)

The Problem of Commercial Sexual Exploitation

Fast Cash: Commercial Sexual Exploitation (pdf)

Teens are warned about sex trade dangers

Visit Abuse: Physical, Sexual, Emotional, Neglect.

Drugs & Drug Abuse in Hawaii

Finding Help: A Consumer Guide to Mental Health Services in Hawai'i

Visit Counseling and Therapy.

Hawaii Health Food Guide

Visit Nutritional Health.

Hawaii Sex Offender Registry

Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification for Hawaii

Hawaiians Push for Stronger Version of 'Megan's Law'

Sex offenders' likelihood to repeat crimes debated

Visit Abuse: Physical, Emotional, Sexual

and Adolescent Sex Offenders.

Hawaii Suicide Fact Sheet (pdf)

Visit Teen Suicide.

Help for Hawaii's Crime Victims

Visit Teen Violence.

Juvenile Justice Chart

Visit When Your Child is in Trouble with the Law.

Pesticides contaminate Peahi Farms wells

Visit Family Health.

Reporting Suspected Drug Activity

Ice arrests hit 3-year high

Visit Methamphetamine.

School Drug Testing

Visit Drugs and Teen Substance Abuse.

Special Education in Hawaii

Special Education: Is It For Your Child? (pdf)

Visit Special Education.

Teen Driving: What Parents Should Know

Visit Adolescence.

ORGANIZATIONS

Autism Society of Hawai'i

808-944-4774

Education, advocacy, and support organization for individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families. Visit Asperger Syndrome.

Brain Injury Association of Hawai'i

808-941-0372

Serves those affected by brain injury through advocacy, education, prevention, and support.

Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii

545-3228 ext. 28 Oahu

1-800-845-1946 ext. 28

Works to reduce and prevent drug abuse in Hawai'i through awareness, education and action. Visit Drugs and Teen Substance Abuse.

Hawaii Disability Rights Center

808-949-2922

1-800-882-1057

Information and referral, advocacy, and legal help for individuals with disabilities in Hawaii. Visit Special Education.

Hawaii Poison Center

941-4411
1-800-362-3585 Neighbor Islands

The state's central facility to aid with the management of individuals who have been poisoned, to institute poison prevention measures, to provide treatment recommendations to health professionals, and to educate the public about the effects of poisons and poison prevention. Visit Inhalant Abuse: It's Deadly.

Hawai'i S.P.E.A.R. Foundation of America

808-381-8424

Suicide prevention education, awareness, and research. Visit Teen Suicide.

Hawaii State Clearinghouse on Missing Children

808-586-1449

1-800-468-4644,

X 6-1449 Neighbor Islands

808-753-9797 After Hrs

Operates as a Hawaii response center and is linked to all Hawaii county police departments, the FBI, all mainland U.S. police agencies through the National Crime Information Center, all mainland children's clearinghouses through computer hookups with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and national as well as state databases to enable the "tracking" of abductors and/or "missing children" through drivers' licenses, vehicle registration, social security numbers and credit information. Visit Runaways and Missing Children.

Hawaii Youth Services Network

808-531-2198

Coalition of individual youth members and over forty youth serving agencies and organizations statewide. Visit Adolescence.

Learning Disabilities Association of Hawaii

808-536-9684

1-800-533-9684

Serves the needs of the learning disabled community through education, training, and advocacy. Visit Learning Disabilities.

Mental Health Association in Hawaii

808-521-1846
Voluntary citizen's organization that promotes mental health and the prevention of mental illnesses through education and advocacy and works to improve the care, treatment and participation of individuals with mental illnesses. Publishes Finding Help: A Consumer Guide to Mental Health Services in Hawai'i.

National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse

213-625-5795

Free information and referral regarding substance abuse, mental health and related services to API populations and opportunities to be involved in nationwide prevention, research, and advocacy efforts for Asian and Pacific Islanders.

Sisters Offering Support (SOS)

808-941-5554
Supports individuals affected by commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) and its abuse by raising awareness through education, prevention, intervention, public policy reform and community collaborations. Visit Abuse: Physical, Sexual, Emotional, Neglect.

Special Parent Information Network (SPIN)

808-586-8126

Parent-to-parent organization in Hawaii that provides information, support and referral to parents of children and young adults with disabilities and the professionals who serve them. Visit Special Education.

HOTLINES AND HELPLINES

Ask Aloha Helpline

211

Child Pornography Tipline

1-800-843-5678

ChildhelpUSA

Child Abuse Hotline

1-800-4-A-Child

1-800-422-4453

Graffiti Hotline

529-3222

Hawaii Parent Line