Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 6, Number 6, 1 Iune 1989 — Keiki Care-- Kauaʻi Hui To Train Families To Open Home Child Care Businesses [ARTICLE]

Keiki Care-- Kauaʻi Hui To Train Families To Open Home Child Care Businesses

Kaua'i is a small island, but the people have very large hearts. This aloha is manifested in the eooperative spirit of sharing to improve the eommunity. This same spirit has bonded the Kaua'i Hawaiian Agencies Organization together in supporting one another's programs, sharing information, and taking risks in formulating creative programs to improve the knowledge base and eeonomie status of Hawaiians on Kaua'i. The Hawaiian Agencies Organization (HAO) on Kaua'i consists of Alu Like, ine., the Kamehameha Schools, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Dept. of Hawaiian Home Lands, Dept. of Education - Hawaiian Studies Staff, Dept. of Hawaiian Studies at Kaua'i Community College, and the Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center. The hui's first project attempts to meet the community's need for quality child care and the need for FIawaiians to become self-sufficient. By pooling HAO resources, the organizations hope to train 10 to 20 families in establishing a home child care business. Licensing will be obtained through the Dept. of Human Services and the training through the PATCH (People Attentive to the Needs of Children) program. A unique feature of this project addresses and attempts to overcome the complex, anxiety-pro-voking process of paperwork (taxes, social security, recordkeeping, and billing) for the child care provider. This feature is in the form of a business support person who will assist child care providers in completing required paperwork in a timely

manner. In addition, within a time frame of one year, the support person will train child care providers to do the paperwork themselves. If you are Hawaiian and a resident of Kaua'i who is interested in establishing a home child care business, please eall Alu Like, ine. at 245-8545 for more information.