State will cut off 41 social service programs on April 1
The state Department of Human Services will terminate contracts on April 1 for 41 social service programs for youths and families to save $84 million over the next two years and three months.
The department is facing a $116 million budget deficit, said Patricia McManaman, DHS interim director.
McManaman said the department decided to cut funding for youth and family support services — such as Read Aloud America, Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Institute for Human Services — so it could keep in tact job training and financial assistance programs.
“We made a decision to support our families through direct cash assistance and to make sure they receive needed and important services that will make them job ready and able to engage in the community to become self supporting and self sufficient — those were our priorities,” she said.
“Many of the contracts that have been eliminated are going to impact the nonprofits in our community and the people they serve. We don’t have plans to restore these programs,” McManaman said.
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Organizations that had a state contract terminated
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii
Boys & Girls Club of the Big Island
Positive Youth Development (Robotics)
Employment Core Services for Low Income Populations
About Face Program
Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Forward March Program
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
Girl Scouts of Hawaii
Girl Scouts of Hawaii (Kauai)
Hale Opio Kauai Inc.
Hawaii Alliance for Community Based Economic Development
Hawaii State Commission on Fatherhood
Hui Malama Learning Center
Kokua Kalihi Valley Teen Pregnancy Prevention in Youth Service Centers
Kualaoa Heeia Ecumenical Youth Project – Employment Skills
Kualaoa Heeia Ecumenical Youth (Key) Project
Maui Economic Concerns of the Community Inc.
Maui Youth and Family Services
OYS — Youth Services
Parents and Children Together
Parents and Children Together — Pregnancy Prevention in Youth Service Centers (Kalihi)
Partners in Development Foundation — Family Literacy Program on Maui
Partners in Development Foundation — Family Literacy Thru Tutu and Me
Planned Parenthood
Read Aloud America
SFCA — Arts and Cultural Education to Prevent Out-Of-Wedlock Pregnancies
SFCA — Arts and Cultural Education to Prevent Out-Of-Wedlock Pregnancies
Domestic Violence Shelter Services
Family Strengthening Services
Positive Youth Development and Family Strengthening
Susannah Wesley Community Center – Home Based Parenting & Family Counseling – Kalihi
Susannah Wesley Community Center – Teen Pregnancy Prevention – Kalihi
The Catalyst Group – Program Evaluation of Ke Kama Pono Safe House
The Institute for Human Services – Central Oahu
The Institute for Human Services – West Hawaii
Parenting Skills and Resource Management Training
University of Hawaii – Maui Dental Services for TANF
Women in Need
Source: Department of Human Services
