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Op-Ed: Community Services Block Grant funding in jeopardy
Maui Economic Opportunity CEO Debbie Cabebe says that critical federal funding through the Community Services Block Grant is at risk.
Head Start to begin accepting 2025-26 applications on Feb. 1
Maui Economic Opportunity’s Head Start preschool program, which offers comprehensive early childhood education at no cost to income-qualifying families, will begin accepting applications Feb. 1 for the 2025-2026 school year.
Head Start staffer Maile Fevella named MEO Employee of the Month
Head Start staffer Maile Fevella was named Maui Economic Opportunity Employee of the Month. Part of her job is to fill in at Head Start sites in Central, West and Upcountry Maui and Haʻikū when there are staffing shortages.
US Sen. Mazie Hirono visits MEO Head Start Lahaina site
US Sen. Mazie Hirono visited the preschool next to Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary School for about a half-hour as part of her tour of west side sites. The Lahaina Head Start site, the only preschool to survive the fires, reopened Feb. 1 after cleanup and renovations.
Valley Isle Federal Credit Union, Kiwanis Club donate school supplies to MEO Head Start
Valley Isle Federal Credit Union on Thursday dropped off school supplies collected for Head Start preschoolers during a drive that ran from June 26 to July 28.
Early Childhood Services worker from Maui completes Head Start management fellowship
Maui Economic Opportunity’s Alex Domingo, is excited about bringing the strategies she learned to Head Start sites on Maui and Moloka‘i to benefit the more than 180, 3- and 4-year-olds enrolled.
School supplies drive for MEO Head Start by Valley Isle Community FCU, June 26-July 28
Valley Isle Community Federal Credit Union hosts a school supplies drive, June 26 to July 28 to benefit children who have completed Maui Economic Opportunity Head Start program and are transitioning to kindergarten.
MEO Head Start receives 1,000-plus books from Barnes & Noble drive
More than 1,000 children’s books with favorites from Dr. Seuss, Llama Llama and more were presented to Maui Economic Opportunity Head Start preschoolers as the beneficiary of the Barnes & Noble Holiday Book Drive.
MEO Head Start program in compliance with federal standards
A recent onsite federal review shows that Maui Economic Opportunity’s Head Start preschool program meets al standards for educational programming and teaching practices, health and safety and family strengthening.
Maui to Get $1M in Federal Funds for Head Start
Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc. will receive an HHS grant of $1,047,514 to help fund 13 Head Start centers on Maui and Moloka‘i.
2016 Head Start Open Enrollment Begins
Children who will be three or four years old by July 31, 2016 are eligible for enrollment.
King K Senior Holding Toy Drive for Head Start
Makena Robinson of Makawao, a senior at King Kekaulike High School, is holding a Holiday Toy Drive for the preschoolers in MEO’s Upcountry Head Start Program. The drive will be held from Tuesday, Dec. 1, to Thursday, Dec. 10. The drop-off locations are Colours Salon Maui on 173 Ho‘ohana St. in Kahului and the office of Dr. Guy Horie, DDS, on 1836 Wili Pa Loop in Wailuku.
Maui Head Start Program Receives $2 M Federal Grant
The US Department of Health and Human Services will be awarding Maui Economic Opportunity with a $2.01 million grant for its Head Start services for eligible children and families in Maui County.
