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COURTESY OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACTION HAWAII
                                Youths at Kupa ‘Aina on the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center grounds.
Column: What youth need to succeed (it’s not what you might think)

Discipline and a college degree are adult ideas of what students need to succeed. For youth who have a roof over their head and social support, no doubt that’s at least partially true. As policy interns with Opportunity Youth Action Hawai‘i (OYAH), however, we now know that a significant number of Hawaii youth lack both a home and a supportive family. Read more

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