Hawaiʻi True Cost Coalition

Melissa Pavlicek, Hawaii True Cost Coalition talks with KITV’s Lina Girl about funding for child and adolescent mental health programs and services. Read more

Trisha Kajimura, Vice President of Strategy and External Affairs at Parents and Children Together (PACT) talks with John Veneri about the increasing need for child and adolescent mental health services, and the urgent need for additional resources. Read more

College students Hanna Lesiak, Kiyohide Noguchi, and Haumea Velasco highlight the threat that the under-funding of government services provided by local community-based nonprofit organizations which puts our social safety net at risk. Read more

Local nonprofit organizations are facing crises not of their own making. The Hawai`i True Cost Coalition comprises more than 50 community-based organizations that serve more than 500,000 residents in Hawai`i annually. The coalition is attempting to rectify the decades-old problem of government underfunding of government-based projects… Read More (Select March 13, 2024 edition) Read more

The Hawaii True Cost Coalition is a vital alliance of over 50 community-based nonprofit organizations striving to combat the underfunding crisis gripping the state. In Hawaii, families heavily rely on these nonprofits as a safety net for essential services, yet the strain on their resources has reached a critical point. Read more

Ryan Kusumoto, President & CEO of Parents and Children Together and Connie Mitchell, Executive Director of Institute for Human Services talk with Island Life Live about the Hawaii True Cost Coalition. We want Hawaii to be a place where everyone can fulfill their dreams and thrive, in order to do so though, these services are… Read more