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Hawai‘i Medical Service Association is donating $25,000 each to five unique programs across the state that address youth mental health, including the Boys and Girls Club of Maui.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs awarded a total of $1.77 million in grant awards to 15 nonprofit organizations – on five islands – through its COVID-19 Impact and Response Grants. Awardees included programs helping to mitigate learning struggles endured by young learners during the pandemic, provide psychiatric services to Native Hawaiians and food to vulnerable Native Hawaiian communities.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs granted awards totaling $1.25 million that will support the Native Hawaiian community through its new ‘Ohana and Community Program Grants. A total of 14 nonprofit organizations on Hawaiʻi, Maui, Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi will receive funding intended to help reinforce and strengthen Native Hawaiians’ ‘ohana (family), moʻomeheu (culture) and ʻāina (land and water).

Mental Health America of Hawaiʻi recently hosted its 14th annual Mental Health Mahalo Awards luncheon to honor outstanding local mental health leaders across the state. Among this yearʻs honorees were Maui couple Bob and Harriet Collopy, who are a part of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. “In Hawaiʻi, 64% of adults and 23% of […]