Hawaiʻi True Cost Coalition

“While public attention is rightly focused on the needs of our state’s displaced Lahaina residents, a troubling funding situation is unfolding that impacts the very heart of Hawaii’s myriad public services.” Read more

“What I’m worried about in the social services sector, in particular, is if these contracts don’t go up, you will see a cutback of services and that’s going to play a big role in terms of how our community responds to some of these issues and what our future will look like down the road,”… Read more

A roundtable talk with Karen Tan, President and CEO of Child & Family Service; Ryan Kusumoto, President and CEO of Parents and Children Together; and Laurie Tochiki, Executive Director of EPIC ʻOhana. Read more

“Nonprofits help everyone from keiki to kūpuna in everything from healthcare to childcare, to providing shelter, putting food on the table or simply sharing a hot meal. But rising costs including wages and persistent calls for help from the community, continue to be a challenge for many of these organizations, making it difficult for them… Read more

The Civil Beat Editorial Board spoke with Nanci Kreidman, Lisa Maruyama, and En Young. Fifty of us who began this conversation maybe last January or February, recognizing that the cost of doing business has been increasing and our contracts don’t keep pace with the cost of doing business. So health insurance goes up, electricity goes… Read more

“The reality is that all levels of government — federal, state, and county — employ funding methods that strain a nonprofit’s finances and very survival. Government contracts, including those using the cost-reimbursement method, require community-based organizations to provide the service in advance of getting paid.” Read more