Low to No-Cost Early Childhood Development and Learning Programs Resource List
Scholarships, Subsidies, and Resources
PARENT-PARTICIPATION PROGRAMS
Ka Pa’alana
Website: www.pidf.org/programs/ka_paalana/about
O’ahu: (808) 596-8711
Hawai’i Island: (808) 934-8711
Email: [email protected]
Keiki O Ka ‘Āina Family Learning Centers
Website: www.koka.org/parent-participation-programs/
Oʻahu: (808) 843-2502
Email: [email protected]
Keiki Steps
Website: www.inpeace.org/early-childhood-education/keiki-steps/
O’ahu: (808) 620-9043
Hawai’i Island: (808) 933-2933
Kūlia I Ka Nu’u
Website: www.koka.org/keiki-childrens-programs-kulia/
Oʻahu: (808) 843-2502
Email: [email protected]
Nā Pono No Nā ‘Ohana
Website: www.pidf.org/programs/na_pono_no_na_ohana/about
O’ahu: (808) 259-0243
Tūtū and Me
Website: www.pidf.org/programs/tutu_and_me/about
O’ahu: (808) 524-7633
Email: [email protected]
HOME-VISITING PROGRAMS
Early Head Start (EHS)/Head Start (HS)
Here are the locations as follows:
O’ahu:
Parents and Children Together (PACT)
Website: pacthawaii.org/our-work/early-headstart-programs/
Phone: (808) 842-5996
Email: [email protected]
Honolulu Community Action Program (HCAP)
Website: www.hcapweb.org/headstart/
Phone: (808) 847-2400
Email: [email protected]
Maui:
Maui Family Support Services (MFSS)
Website: mfss.org
Phone: (808) 242-0900
Email: [email protected]
Maui Economic Opportunity (MEO)
Website: www.meoinc.org
Phone: (808) 249-2990
Email: [email protected]
Kaua’i:
Child and Family Service (CFS)
Website: www.childandfamilyservice.org/kauai/
Phone: (808) 245-5914
Hawai’i Island:
Parents and Children Together (PACT)
Website: pacthawaii.org/our-work/early-headstart-programs/
Phone: (808) 961-0570
Email: [email protected]
Family Support Hawai‘i (FSH)
Website: familysupporthawaii.org
Phone: (808) 334-4123 or (808) 334-4138
Email: [email protected]
Healthy Families America (HFA)
(Child and Family Service)
(Child and Family Service)
Here are the programs as follows:
O’ahu:
Child and Family Service (CFS)
Website: www.childandfamilyservice.org/oahu/
Phone: (808) 681-1555
Maui:
Maui Family Support Services (MFSS)
Website: mfss.org
Phone: (808) 242-0900
Email: [email protected]
Kaua’i:
Child and Family Service (CFS)
Website: www.childandfamilyservice.org/kauai/
Phone: (808) 245-5914
Hawai’i Island:
YWCA
Website: www.ywcahawaiiisland.org/what-we-do/healthy-start-program/
Phone: (808) 961-3877 extension 101
Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY)
Website: www.koka.org/hippy
O’ahu: (808) 843-2502
Maui: (808) 868-4143
Hawai’i Island: (808) 339-7979
Email: [email protected]
CENTER-BASED PROGRAMS
Early Head Start (EHS)/Head Start (HS)
Here are the locations as follows:
O’ahu:
Parents and Children Together (PACT)
Website: pacthawaii.org/our-work/early-headstart-programs/
Phone: (808) 842-5996
Email: [email protected]
Honolulu Community Action Program (HCAP)
Website: www.hcapweb.org/headstart/
Phone: (808) 847-2400
Email: [email protected]
Maui:
Maui Family Support Services (MFSS)
Website: mfss.org
Phone: (808) 242-0900
Email: [email protected]
Maui Economic Opportunity (MEO)
Website: www.meoinc.org
Phone: (808) 249-2990
Email: [email protected]
Kaua’i:
Child and Family Service (CFS)
Website: www.childandfamilyservice.org/kauai/
Phone: (808) 245-5914
Hawai’i Island:
Parents and Children Together (PACT)
Website: pacthawaii.org/our-work/early-headstart-programs/
Phone: (808) 961-0570
Email: [email protected]
Family Support Hawai‘i (FSH)
Website: familysupporthawaii.org
Phone: (808) 334-4123 or (808) 334-4138
Email: [email protected]
Executive Office on Early Learning (EOEL)
Website: earlylearning.hawaii.gov
O’ahu: (808) 784-5350
Email: [email protected]
Hawai’i Public Charter Schools
Website: https://www.chartercommission.hawaii.gov/
O’ahu: (808) 380-6403
Kamehameha Schools Preschools
Website: blogs.ksbe.edu/preschool
O’ahu: (808) 534-8305 or Toll-Free (800) 842-4682 extension 48305
Keiki O Ka ‘Āina Preschools
Infant-Toddler Center for ages 6 months – 36 months
Website: www.koka.org/preschool
O’ahu: (808) 843-2502
Email: [email protected]
Keiki Steps to Kindergarten
SCHOLARSHIPS, SUBSIDIES, AND RESOURCES
SCHOLARSHIPS
Pauahi Keiki Scholars (PKS) – Scholarship
SUBSIDIES
Child Care Connection Hawai’i (CCCH) – Subsidy
Website: humanservices.hawaii.gov/bessd/child-care-program/ccch-subsidies/
O’ahu: (855) 643-1643
Email: [email protected]
Maui Family Support Services (MFSS) – Subsidy
Quality Care for Hawaiian Keiki (QCHK)
Quality Care for Hawaiian Keiki (QCHK)
Website: mfss.org/qchk
Maui: (808) 793-2816
Email: [email protected]
Preschool Open Doors (POD) – Subsidy
Website: humanservices.hawaii.gov/bessd/child-care-program/ccch-subsidies/
O’ahu: (808) 791-2130 or toll-free (800) 746-5620
RESOURCES
Family Hui Hawai’i – Resource
Website: familyhuihawaii.org
O’ahu: (808) 230-7112
Email: [email protected]
Ho’āla – Resource
Website: www.inpeace.org/early-childhood-education/hoala/
O’ahu: (808) 696-9300
SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Hawai’i State Department of Education
(Preschool Special Education)
(Preschool Special Education)
Contact your child’s home school, which is the neighborhood
school that your child would attend and request an evaluation.
The request can be made by one of the following:
• Verbally, in person, or by phone
• In a written letter, faxed, or e-mailed; or
• On the “State of Hawai‘i Request for Evaluation form” obtained from the school
For more information about Special Education, visit the website noted below.
Website: www.hawaiipublicschools.org/teachingandlearning/specializedprograms/
SpecialEducation/Pages/home.aspx
O’ahu: (808) 305-9806
Hawai’i State Department of Health – Children with Special Health Needs
Website: health.hawaii.gov/cshcn/ulu/
O’ahu: (808) 733-9055
Hawai’i State Department of Health – Early Intervention Section (EIS)
Website: health.hawaii.gov/eis/
Main Office – O’ahu: (808) 594-0000
Early Intervention Referral Line – O’ahu: (808) 594-0066 or toll-free (800) 235-5477
Email: [email protected]
Poli’s Place
Website: www.koka.org/
O’ahu: (808) 843-2502
Email: [email protected]
School Readiness Project (SRP)
(Learning Disabilities Association of Hawai’i-LDAH)
(Learning Disabilities Association of Hawai’i-LDAH)
Website: ldahawaii.org/school-readiness-project/
O’ahu: (808) 536-9684 or (808) 696-5361