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
Got Preschool?
Ho‘āla provides families with information on the importance of early learning for keiki development and growth, through intensive outreach strategies, and helps families navigate systems to secure early learning opportunities for their keiki.
Our keiki are our most precious resource and our link to a better future for Hawai‘i. The foundation we lay for them today will help to grow their confidence, build a love for learning, and create lifelong healthy habits.
INPEACE’s Hoʻāla Program is a year-round intensive outreach program for families with children, prenatal to five-year-old, designed to provide important information about Early Childhood Education (ECE) and early learning resources available in the community.
We believe in building trust by meeting families where they’re at, no matter the situation. Our Hoʻāla program recruiters reach out to families by canvassing door-to-door and by setting up informational kiosks at various community locations and events.
Through guided, confidential assistance, Hoʻāla staff provides families with direct one-on-one assistance in identifying a preschool that best meets the needs of their child and their family, and completing the application process forprogram placement and necessary financial supports to subsidize tuition and program costs. Securing available subsidies and resources for preschool helps to keep a significant portion of the family income accessible for other household needs.
Michelle Mahuka
Program Director
Colleen Achuela
Outreach Specialist
Jaicelynn Aleka
Data Specialist
Kā‘ilialoha Dias-Blake
Outreach Specialist
Leilene Raymond-Taylor
Outreach Specialist
Shisa Kahaunaele
Outreach Specialist
Kailey Lapenia
Outreach Specialist
Shayla Marie Ma-e
Outreach Specialist
Micki Kauwalu-Key
Outreach Specialist
INPEACE is a nonprofit organization that relies heavily on grants to fund programs and services that strengthen, support, educate and empower our communities. Through donations, we are able to keep our programs free while providing an incredible asset to our community.
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.
INPEACE, the Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture, is 501(c) Community-Based Organization.
Your gift is tax deductible as provided by law.
Our Federal Tax ID# 99-0315193.
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