| n 1962, the board of the Kalihi YMCA founded the first outreach program to work with teen gang members in Honolulu. Over time, the Kalihi Y has added adolescent substance abuse programs funded by the Family Court, the Office of Youth Services and the Department of Health. The Kalihi Y has been providing substance abuse services for O‘ahu teens for over twenty years. Our philosophy is to provide positive peer and adult support for teens, both at their schools and in their communities. This year-round support aims to reconnect them to family, school and recreational resources in the community. |
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School-Based Substance Abuse Treatment
 Through funds provided by the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Division of the Department of Health, the Kalihi YMCA provides substance abuse treatment services in targeted schools throughout O‘ahu. At-risk youth between the ages of 12 and 18 can participate in the program, receiving up to 96 hours of substance abuse treatment services. Enrollment is voluntary and program goals include abstinence, increased education about how drugs and alcohol can effect their lives, and help learning problem-solving and relationship skills. The Kalihi Y has been able to develop long-term credibility with both staff and students at the schools where this program operates.
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Court Related Youth Substance Abuse Treatment
 Through grants from the Office of Youth Services and the Hawai‘i Family Court of the First Circuit in Honolulu, the Kalihi Y operates substance abuse treatment services for the wards of the Hawai‘i Youth Correctional Facility, where the program provides assessment and appropriate treatment planning for youth whose have patterns of substance abuse involved in their law-breaking activities. Follow-ups are done at three- and six-month intervals after completion of the program.
The Y also provides assessment, treatment and follow-up to minors referred by the Family Court in Honolulu. These youth may not be incarcerated, but may be in need of close supervision and active substance abuse treatment to prevent recurrence of legal problems and to improve the school and family situations of these teens. Services include assessment, individual and group therapy, as well as recreational opportunities and relapse prevention. Clients may continue in the program until clinically discharged.
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Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility
 With funding from the Office of Youth Services, the Kalihi YMCA is working with youth who are sentences by the court to the Hawai'i Youth Correctional Facility in Windward O'ahu,
In the past these teens received the punishment of incarceration, but got little help to change the substance abuse behavior that often led to their law violations. The lack of substance abuse treatment merely increased the likelihood of re-offence and return to adult or juvenile prisons
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Outreach
 The Office of Youth Services provides the Kalihi YMCA with funding for a community outreach program targeted for youth 10 to 18 years of age in the areas including Honolulu, Waipahu/Ewa, Aiea/Aliamanu and Kalihi/Palama. Youth receive services based on referrals from community members, school personnel or their own peers. The program targets youth who are experiencing school failure due to truancy, family, legal or delinquency problems. The programs aims to connect these at-risk youth with existing resources in the community.
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RURAL YOUTH
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Ke ala mana‘o no na keiki, a Rural Youth Crime Prevention Program, works with youth ten through seventeen, in the communities of Waialua, Wahiawa, Waipahu and Wai‘anae. The name means: young people choosing carefully considered paths. Federally funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and operated out of the Kalihi YMCA, the program offers both an After School component and a twelve week Challenge Program in the communities that it serves
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