Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 6, Number 9, 1 September 1989 — Free booklet lists services from DHS [ARTICLE]

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Free booklet lists services from DHS

The Department of Human Services has published a free booklet called "Guide To Services" whieh lists and describes the specific programs available to individuals and families in need of finaneial assistance, health care, housing, social and rehabilitative services. The booklet is available through most state agencies or public libraries. It ean also be mailed directly to your home by calling the department's public affairs and eommunications office at 548-3651. To become eligible for such services, those who are interested must fill out an application form whieh ean be picked up at the application office in your area or mailed directly to your plaee of residence. The application office numbers are: Ohau: Central Honolulu 548-7050, East Honolulu 548-4666, Leeward 696-5523, Wahiawa 6222-3961, Waipahu 677-9176, West Oahu 5485766, Windward 247-2178. Hawai'i: Hilo 935-0880, Hamakua 775-0523, Kau 929-7324, Kamuela 885-4447, Kohala 889-6229, Kailua-Kona 329-1361, South Kona 323-2616. Maui: 244-4361. Molokai: 553-5349. Lanai: 565-6409. Kauai: Lihue 245-4371, Kapaa 822-3475, Hanapepe 335-5015. After applicants complete an application, a letter will be sent with an appointment date to notify applicants of their acceptance or denial. The department offers such programs as: financial assistance, food stamp and medicaid; low-ineome home energy assistance (LIHEAP), Project Success, refugee assistance; adult foster care, day care and chore services; elder protective services and senior eompanion programs; child protective services, volunteer services, assistance for the homeless; early periodic screening diagnosis and treatment (EPSDT), nursing home without walls, disability determination branch, independent living rehabilitation services, services for the blind, vocational rehabilitation program and hotline numbers for: adult protective services, child abuse and neglect and welfare fraud.