Hi‘ilei provides educational home-visits where parents meet regularly with a Parents As Teachers certified educator to learn about early childhood development and gain the skills needed to be their child’s first and best teacher.
Ho‘āla conducts outreach that provides families with information on the importance of early childhood education and helps them navigate systems to secure early learning opportunities for their child.
Keiki Steps is a Hawaiian culture-based family-child interactive learning preschool where parents and children, from newborn to age 5, learn together to ensure academic success and prepare keiki for Kindergarten.
Empowering
Early
Learning
Ka Lama Education Academy supports community members in their pursuit to become high-quality teachers in their home communities through college support, mentorship and professional training.
Kaulele seeks to create informal STEM learning opportunities through indigenous Hawaiian knowledge that connects modern and traditional science to help young learners engage, connect to and succeed in STEM academics and occupations.
Kupu Ola collaborates with schools to create alternative learning approaches that focus on strengthening academic and personal confidence in youth through the integration of Native Hawaiian culture in outdoor classrooms and interactive learning activities.
Early Literacy collaborates with community early childcare services and preschools, providing professional development, educational materials, coaching, and support for the delivery of an evidence-based literacy intervention.
Empowering
Educational
Equity
Ho‘oulu Waiwai works with families to strengthen financial well-being though partnerships, pathways and learning experiences that nurture personal financial wellness and entrepreneurial development.
The INPEACE Center for Entrepreneurship supports new family-owned business start-ups on the Leeward Coast of O‘ahu to increase their capacity to succeed.
Empowering
Economic
Stability
Our Community
Impact
Cuts to family learning programs could affect 3,000 families and result in the loss of more than 100 teacher positions, said Jared Ellis, policy lead at Early Childhood Action Strategy. Many programs are already struggling to keep up with demand from parents.
In the midst of recent funding cuts by the U.S. Department of Education, the Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture, known as INPEACE, lost $1.6 million in federal funding — 85% of the operating budget — for its flagship program Ka Lama Education Academy, a program focused on growing teachers from local communities.
Nānākuli, HI — INPEACE (Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture) was notified last week that $1.6 million in funding cuts from the U.S. Department of Education place INPEACE’s cornerstone program — Ka Lama Education Academy — at risk.
INPEACE, among the local nonprofits hurt by cuts in federal grants, has pivoted to seeking new funding while keeping its programs running, CEO Sanoe Marfil says.
Athena Bite-Aken Kane, a mother of two young children under the age of three, was initially a participant in the Hoʻāla Program a few years ago. After reconnecting with Hoʻāla at the Waiʻanae Coast Comprehensive Pediatrics event in 2024, Athena returned for assistance, hoping to secure early education opportunities for her keiki.
The mission of INPEACE is to improve the quality of life for Native Hawaiians through community partnerships that provide educational opportunities and promote self-sufficiency.
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