Our Partners

INPEACE Partners

• Good Beginning Alliance
  Good Beginnings is Hawai‘i’s early childhood intermediary
  
• PATCH
  PATCH is Hawaii’s statewide child care resource and referral agency
• Keiki O Ka ‘Āina (KOKA)
  
• University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Center on the Family
  The mission of the Center on the Family is to enhance interdisciplinary research, service, and education that supports and strengthens families.

Keiki Steps Partners

1. DOE Elementary Schools - Barbers Point, Nānākuli, Mā‘ili, Ulu Ke Kukui, Kamaile Academy, Mākaha, Leihoku, Wai‘anae, Kapi‘olani, Keaukaha, Hilo Union, Kahikolu, and Kilohana for the use of their facilities, storage, and advertisement.
   
2. Easter Seals <hawaii.easterseals.com>
   
   • Speech delays and methods to enhance development
   • Bring awareness of milestones and concerns to watch for
   • Provide Intervention and integration to boost development
   • Provide tips on things to look for in developmental delays
   • Provide helpful activities to support development in some areas.
3. Alu Like, Inc. – Pink Program
4. ‘Ekolu ‘Ehā ‘Ike Pono Management - Hearing and vision screenings
   
5. Mary Umiamaka - Guest Speaker, focus on Hawaiian Culture
6. Tumble Bus
   Offered six consecutive weeks.
   Provide exercise activities that are located on a bus.
7. Early Childhood Professor
   
   • Reading, Writing, Publishing Good Books
   • Children enjoyed learning aspects that make a book of good quality
8. Kamehameha Schools <www.ksbe.edu>
   
   • Pauahi Book Club- free books for qualifying areas
   • Hi‘ilani Program - Provides direct services on site: Baby Massage, Free prenatal classes, Free infant massage, Baby Safe Caring for Families, Baby Floor Time
   • Free use of facility for trainings/workshops/mtgs- Kamehameha Schools Community Learning Center-Nānākuli and Kamehameha Schools East Hawai‘i Regional Resource Center
     
   • Dolly Parton Library -free books for qualifying areas
9. Reading is Fundamental <www.rif.org>
10. Parent/Child Development Center - PCDC Meets family and provides direct service on site.
11. Hui Mālama Ola Nā ‘Ōiwi <www.huimalamaolanaoiwi.org>
    • Free facility for Panaewa site
    • Healthy Snacks
    • Workshops- ie healthy eating
12. Nutritionist
    • Guest Speaker: Hands on presentation by Nani Rothfus - Included demo, hands on family involvement, and taste testing.
    • Recipe and handouts.
13. PATCH - Resources
    
14. Moloka‘i Public Library
    
    • The Sense-Sational Show Pre-literacy, pre-science show designed for preschool children through comedy, puppetry and music by the Honolulu Theatre for Youth.
15. Queen Lili‘uokalani Children Center <www.qlcc.org>
    • Building of Partnership.
    • Puna Kihoi.
    • Native Hawaiian opportunities
    • Encouragement for all Native Hawaiians to take part in the many services that are out their for their benefit
    • Workshops
16. Keaukaha Community Association
    
    • Free facility use
    • Storage
    • Meeting space
    • Access to computer labs
17. Board of Health State Dental Office
    • Practice Good Hygiene
    • Instructed parents on healthy hygiene, by brushing and flossing keiki teeth properly group size-9
18. Early Intervention Program
    • Sign Language
    • Teaching parents a new way of communicating through sign language
19. Ka‘ala Farm
    
    • Hawaiian Culture values and mana‘o incorporated through teachings, workshops, and experiences
20. KTA Super Stores and Living in Paradise <www.ktasuperstores.com>
21. RIF - Reading is Fundamental <www.rif.org>
    
22. Discovery Center
23. Wendell Ka‘ehu‘ae‘a Media Productions - Free video taping and media on local television station.

P-3 Partners

• ‘Aha Pūnana Leo
• Ark of Safety Christian Academy Preschool
• Child & Family Services
• Family Literacy Advisory Team
• Family Programs Hawai‘i
• Good Beginnings Alliance <www.goodbeginnings.org>
• Hawai‘i Children's Discovery Center
• Hawai‘i Community Action Program, Head Start
• Hawai‘i Family Services
• Hawai‘i Moms
• Ho‘ohulili Planning Committee
• Ho‘owaiwai Na Kamali‘i
• Ka ‘Umeke Kā‘eo
• Kamehameha Schools
• Keiki O Ka ‘Āina
• Learning Disabilities Association of Hawai‘i
• Mālama Nā Keiki O Wai‘anae
• Nānāikapono Elementary Even Start
• Nānākuli Neighborhood Board
• Nānākuli Transition Group
• Office of Hawaiian Affairs
• Parents And Children Together
• Partners In Development
• Queen Lili‘uokalani Children Center
• Seagull Schools
• Servco Toyota Hawai‘i
• State of Hawai‘i, Department of Education
• State of Hawai‘i, Department of Health
• State of Hawai‘i, Department of Human Services
• State of Hawai‘i, Early Learning Council
• Ulu Ke Kukui Transitional Shelter
• University of Hawai‘i (Mānoa, West O'ahu, Leeward Community College)
• University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Center on the Family
• University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Curriculum Research and Development Group
• University of Hawai'i Foundation
• Wai‘anae Coast Coalition
• Wai‘anae Coast Early Childhood Services
• Wai‘anae Neighborhood Place
• Wai‘anae Coast Keiki Spring Fest Planning Committee
• Wai‘anae Neighborhood Board
• Wai‘anae Sequenced Transition to Education in Public Schools (STEPS) Team
• Walter R. McDonald & Associates, Inc.
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Ka Lama Education Academy Partners

• Kamehameha Schools
• The Office of Hawaiian Affairs
• Leeward Community College
• Leeward Community College – Wai‘anae
• University of Hawai‘i Mānoa College of Education
• Hawai‘i Department of Education