Hawaiʻi True Cost Coalition

Health care providers in Waianae are calling for more resources to expand their services for a community shaken by high rates of gun violence in the last several years. Government support and funding has remained stagnant for at least a decade while funding for other programs gutted during the 2008 recesion have yet to be… Read more

When any nonprofit shuts down, the ripple effect…can be larger than the problem that was being dealt with in the first place. Who will help those not being helped now? Stretched-thin government or emergency medical services? At what cost? It is essential that quality nonprofits are successfully financed and run in order to help those… Read more

Homelessness is a problem we can solve if we work together and adequately fund these essential programs that work. Our state legislators have the power to ensure no one in Hawaii has to sleep on the streets. Right now, the choice is theirs. -Brandee Menino, CEO Hope Services Hawaii Read more

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