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He wahi ʻo First Five Hawaiʻi no ke aʻo ʻana e pili ana i nā kumuwaiwai no nā ʻohana a me ka ulu kamaliʻi mua. Hiki iā ʻoe ke aʻo hou aku ma kā mākou ʻaoʻao About. Mālama ʻia ka ʻike ma firstfivehawaii.org e ke Keʻena Hoʻokele no ke Aʻo Mua (EOEL).

Pono kōkua i ka ʻimi mālama keiki? E kaomi ma ʻaneʻi e ʻimi i nā mea lawelawe e kūpono ana i kou mau pono ma nā wahi kūpono loa no kou ʻohana.

Ua hana ʻia ʻo First Five Hawaiʻi no nā keiki he 0–5 makahiki a me ko lākou mau ʻohana, akā ʻaʻole koi makahiki kekahi mau papahana a i ʻole e lawelawe pū ana i nā keiki ʻoi aʻe ka makahiki. E hoʻokomo wale i ka lā hānau o ke keiki ʻoi aku ka makahiki e ʻike ai i nā papahana e hiki iā ia a i ʻole kou ʻohana ke loaʻa—e like me TANF/TAONF, Med-QUEST, a i ʻole SNAP.

ʻAʻole. He manuahi nā papahana, nā kumuwaiwai, a me nā hanana a pau no nā ʻohana. ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu ka maʻalahi o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumuwaiwai ulu kamaliʻi mua no nā kānaka a pau ma Hawaiʻi.

Māhele wale ʻo First Five Hawaiʻi i ka ʻike hoʻokaʻaʻike (inoa a me ka leka uila) me nā papahana āu e hiki ke kūpono ai, i mea e hiki ai i ke keʻena ke hahai aku.

ʻAe! Inā ʻoe e mālama ana i kekahi keiki— inā ʻaʻole ʻoe kona makua hānau—loaʻa nō nā papahana a me nā lawelawe e kōkua i ke keiki ma lalo o kou mālama.

Kōkua ka mea nānā kālailai kuleana ma ka Pūnaewele First Five Hawaiʻi i nā ʻohana e ʻimi i nā papahana a me nā lawelawe e hiki paha iā lākou ke kūpono ai. E hoʻokomo wale i kāu ʻike hoʻokaʻaʻike, ka helu kuhi, ka lā hānau o ke keiki, a me ka loaʻa kālā mahina o kou ʻohana. A laila, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ke kōkua e loaʻa ana.

E kaomi ma ʻaneʻi no ka papa inoa o nā papahana a me nā keʻena e loaʻa nei ma First Five Hawaiʻi.