Providing Housing Assistance at Our Family Assistance Center
Catholic Charities Hawai‘i offers many housing programs providing transitional housing, permanent housing placement, counseling, financial assistance, case management, employment training, budgeting and tenant education. Learn more about how one of these programs, the Family Assessment Center, assists unsheltered families in Central Honolulu. https://youtu.be/TpAfwtLzAhs The Family Assessment Center is just one of Catholic Charities Hawai‘i’s housing […]
Heroes and Helpers Event Reaches Out to Keiki in Need
Catholic Charities Hawaii’s Annual Shop with a Cop event looked very different this year at the Hilo Target Store. Due to COVID-19 the event pivoted to a drive-thru, contactless affair and was renamed “Heroes and Helpers, held this past Saturday, December 5 to bring together 63 children and their families who are facing hardships. The […]
75th Anniversary Celebration Continues on Hawaiʻi Island
Catholic Charities Hawaiʻi recently celebrated its 75th anniversary with a CCH ʻohana luncheon event held on Hawai‘i Island. Catholic Charities Hawaii’s Hilo and Kona team, with its community partners, provides program services and advocacy efforts including, temporary financial assistance, family strengthening, healthy child development services, professional counseling (for individuals, couples, and families), foster care services, and immigration […]
Catholic Charities Hawai’i Celebrates its 75th Anniversary on the Garden Island
Last week, the Catholic Charities Hawaiʻi ʻohana celebrated two major milestones on Kauaʻi: its 75th anniversary of serving the state of Hawaiʻi and its 30th year of service on the Garden Island. CCH CEO and president Rob Van Tassell joined the CCH Kauaʻi team for the blessing of CCH’s expanded Kauaʻi community office on Rice […]
Catholic Charities Hawaiʻi celebrates 30 years on Kauaʻi
LIHU‘E — Catholic Charities Hawai‘i is celebrating its 30th year of operation on Kaua‘i this year, and they marked the occasion with a blessing of their expanded Rice Street space Thursday. Read full article
Giving Back to the Neighbor Island Communities
Everyone should be given the opportunity to enjoy the spirit of the holiday season. Mahalo to our community partners on the neighbor islands who helped us share that holiday spirit with others. Here are some of our neighbor island event highlights: Christmas in Kaʻū A community food and gift distribution drive was held on December […]
Aging Well: Caregiver training for dementia patients finds success online
In Hawaii, there are about 51,000 caregivers taking care of people with dementia. Those are the latest figures from The Alzheimer’s Association for 2020. It’s not an easy job, but a series of training classes from a local nonprofit hopes to help both the caregiver and the patient keep Aging Well. Health experts teach caregivers […]
Christmas in Kaʻu Provides Food, Gifts for Keiki and Their Families
The holidays were made even brighter for some Big Island keiki and their families this weekend during Christmas in Ka’u. This year’s event was titled “Touched by an Angel.” The community food and gift distribution event was Saturday. Read news article
Spreading holiday cheer: West Hawaii kids ‘Shop with a Cop’
Hawaii Police Department officers spread some holiday cheer among West Hawaii keiki Saturday during the annual Shop with a Cop event in Kailua-Kona. Sixty-three “disadvantaged” children and their families turned out for the special Catholic Charities Hawaii event that’s been running for nearly two decades now. Shop with a Cop, an event held nationally, strives […]
A Home that is Ours
Alex will always remember May 24, 2021 – the day he moved into his very first home with his daughter Hulali. Life certainly hasn’t always been full of happy milestones for Alex who spent a year being homeless, struggled with substance abuse and almost lost custody of his only daughter. He was recovering from an […]
