Waianae HI Welfare Programs and Statistics

The Hawaii Financial Assistance program provides assistance to needy families with (or expecting) children and provides parents with job preparation, work and support services that enable them to leave the program and become self-sufficient. This is ...

Head Start is a Federal program that promotes the school readiness of children from birth to age five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. Head Start programs provide a learning environment that su...

In 1980, Congress enacted the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), authorizing assistance to eligible households to offset the rising costs of home energy. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services administers the program nation...

Medical assistance is medical coverage provided for eligible low-income Hawaii residents. Hawaii has two medical assistance programs called Hawaii QUEST and Medicaid Fee-For-Service. Generally, for eligible individuals who are age 65 and over, or cer...

Medical assistance is medical coverage provided for eligible low-income Hawaii residents. Hawaii has two medical assistance programs called Hawaii QUEST and Medicaid Fee-For-Service. Hawaii QUEST, commonly known as QUEST is a program that provide...

Meal programs (breakfast and lunch), under the provisions and guidance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, are provided in public and some private schools in Hawaii. The purposes of these programs are to provide low cost nutritious meals, educatio...

The Hawaii Special Milk Program provides milk to children in schools, childcare institutions, and eligible camps that do not participate in other Federal child nutrition meal service programs. Schools that participate in the National School Lunch or ...

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care and social service referrals, breastfeeding support, and nutrition education for low-income pregna...

The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides free healthy meals to help Hawaii children get the nutrition they need to learn, play, and grow, throughout the summer months when they are out of school....

The Hawaii Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps supplement food budgets for low-income working families and individuals, people on public assistance, seniors and people with disabilities. In Hawaii, SNAP benefits are distributed thr...

Unemployment insurance benefits provide temporary financial assistance to workers unemployed through no fault of their own that meet Hawaii's eligibility requirements....

The Federally funded Weatherization Assistance Program, supplemented by other funds, has helped low-income families install insulation jackets and timers on water heaters, provided new heat pump water heaters, and offered advice on improving energy e...

The mission of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Program is to improve the health status of Native Hawaiians by advocating, initiating, and maintaining culturally appropriate strategic actions aimed at improving the physical, mental and spiritual healt...