Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 1 March 1983 — Human Services Inventory Begins [ARTICLE]

Human Services Inventory Begins

A new project, aimed at insuring the availability of appropriate social services for Hawaiians has just been launched by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. It was initiated by OHA's Health and Human Resources Division. The three-year project, officially known as "Comprehensive Services for Hawaiians Office" (CSHO), began March 16th. CSHO is partially funded by Ceded Land Trust ineome, but the bulk of the money comes from a federal Administration for Native Americans grant. CSHO has three major objectives: 1) To develop a directory of social service agencies for eaeh island; 2) To insure that Hawaiians throughout the state have access to social services; 3) To insure that agenciesprovidingsocial services are aware of the needs of OHA beneficiaries. Three people have been hired to conduct the project . . . Kathy Miyashiro. the project director; and two researchers, June Shimana and Ronette Puanani Hunt. OHA has established an Advisory Council from both the public and private sectors to assist in determining the direction and scope of the project.