Parents and Children Together

“A) review by controller; b) review by ceo c) review by audit committee with recommendation to board d) review by bod and sign off.”

“The organization's conflict of interest policy applies to all board members. A separate staff policy applies to its officers. Procedure for addressing potential conflicts are established by the board and potential conflicts of interest are reviewed by the board or the board's executive committee. Members with potential conflicts are refrained from discussing or influencing other board members. If conflicts are not resolved through discussion, board member with conflict of interest must resign from the board.”

“Compensation for the organization's president & ceo is determined annually by special action of the board chair and executive committee. The board chair and executive committee are provided with compensation data of the top 50 non-profit ceos in hawaii and relevant compensation data from the hawaii employer council. The approved compensation is recorded in the personnel files. The process was last undertaken in 2023. Compensation for the rest of the administrative staff are reviewed and updated in the annual administrative budget which the board of director approves prior to the start of the fiscal year. The organization utilizes comparable data from the hawaii employer council salary survey, other agencies' form 990, job advertisements and other comparable data.”

“Upon request and through postings on the organization's website.”

“Parents and children together ("pact") offers comprehensive and integrated services to strengthen individuals, children, families, and communities experiencing developmental, educational, social, behavioral health, and economic challenges.”

“Early childhood education early head start and head start are federally-funded programs that offer comprehensive services and early childhood education services for low-income families with children under the age of five, including children with special needs. Families are encouraged to participate in the classroom, and at parent workshops, field trips, and socializations. Early head start provides center-based and family childcare home services for infants and toddlers and home-based services to prenatal parents and parents with infants and toddlers. Emphasis is placed on educating parents on child development, importance of parent-child interaction, and the social emotional development of their children. Early head start services are offered throughout oahu and the hilo and puna districts of hawaii island. Head start provides center-based services for children ages three through five and their parents. Emphasis is placed on school readiness with the goal of preparing children to enter kindergarten ready to learn. Head start classrooms are located throughout oahu and on the island of hawaii. Pact also participates in the head start funded early head start child care partnership program and partners with kamaaina kids to provide early head start full day/full year center-based services on their premises in leeward oahu.”

“Family peace and preservation several programs focus on the prevention of child abuse and neglect. In partnership with the state department of health, hana like home visiting services assists families with risk factors who are identified prenatally and in hospitals and who voluntarily elect to participate in parenting support and education. The evidenced based services provide guidance and model behaviors developed from proven best practices that teach families how to provide their children a nurturing, healthy, and safe home environment. Additionally, four programs support the state tiered child welfare system (cws). Firstly, the voluntary case management (vcm) program responds to medium to high risk level of alleged child abuse and neglect and is referred by the state department of human services. Vcm staff assess for safety of children still in the home through family goal planning, monitoring and provision of parental guidance and support to ensure the child's well-being. Hoomau home visiting works to prevent abuse or re-abuse of children by strengthening families "at-risk." families are referred to the program from the providers of the state tiered child welfare system (cws). Home visitors work closely with parents of children from birth to five years old to address risk factors; promote optimal child development; and provide parenting education, emotional support, and links to resources. Services are provided on oahu. Ulupono family strengthening program is the lowest level of the state tiered child welfare system (cws). Family support specialists work to assess child safety and prevent child abuse and neglect by strengthening families. Family support specialists on maui and oahu work with parents/caregivers of children ages birth to 17 years old to provide parenting education; promote child health, development, and safety; offer emotional support; and link families to resources in their community. Families are referred to the program by cws. Families receive short-term home visiting services. These services are voluntary. Pact also partners with dhs to provide services to families who are seeking reunification with their children on oahu (comprehensive counseling and support services) and lanai (integrated support services). These are more comprehensive programs for child abuse and neglect prevention and intervention through permanency placement support. Services include outreach, parenting skills training, counseling, support, referral, supervised visitation, and support for foster care placement and adoptive parents. Pact partners with two other agencies to provide services to victims of sex trafficking via the trafficking victims assistance program (tvap). Services include emergency intervention and supportive case management for actively trafficked individuals. Family peace centers promote family peace by teaching non-violent skills to assure victim and child safety and offender accountability and working to break family cycles of violence. The program emphasizes partnership, equality, and respect among and between all family members. Violence and intervention groups for offenders are provided on oahu, maui, and lanai. The program provides case management, temporary restraining order support, group interventions for victims/survivors, support for children who have witnessed domestic violence, parenting skill-building groups, and therapeutic counseling. Child victims of sex abuse are served in a dedicated unit with therapeutic group support, and assistance for affected siblings and family. Family visitation centers provide a safe setting for children to visit with their non-custodial parents, or to transition from one parent to the other. Families experiencing separation, divorce, or family violence are served in visitation centers on oahu and kauai. Ohia domestic violence shelter offers emergency housing and assistance for victims of domestic violence and their children who can no longer remain in their homes becaus”

“Child and adolescent mental health intensive support services program assists families whose children have serious emotional, social, and behavioral challenges. Services are designed to increase parental participation and include multisystemic therapy (mst), an intervention methodology that is more intensive than home-based or school-based services for adolescents with willful misconduct. Mst helps the family learn to supervise and support their child's adjustment in the community. Mst services are available on oahu, maui, molokai, and kauai. Functional family therapy (fft) is an evidence-based family treatment system for youth experiencing one of a wide range of externalizing behavior disorders (e.g., conduct, violence, drug abuse) along with family problems (e.g. Anxiety, depression). Fft services are provided in the home, in a center-based setting, or a combination of both. Fft services are available on oahu, maui and kauai.”

“Professional fees: program service expenses 3,212,682. Management and general expenses 162,553. Fundraising expenses 2,590. Total expenses 3,377,825.”