Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 7, Number 2, 1 February 1990 — Catholic families needed to foster troubled youths [ARTICLE]

Catholic families needed to foster troubled youths

Na 'Ohana Pulama, a professional parenting program of Catholic Services to Families, needs stable and caring families who are willing to open their hearts and home to children and adolescents with serious emotional and behavioral problems. Fostering Na 'Ohana Pulama (Families of Light and Nourishment) will be given extensive and eontinuing training and support. A monthly stipend and a room and board allowanee are provided. Presently there are over 60 children and teenagers waiting to be placed in Professional Parenting homes. For more information, interested families may eall Warren Aoki at 537-6321 or write to Na 'Ohana Pulama, Catholic Charities, 250 South Vineyard St., Honolulu, Hawai'i, 96813. Na 'Ohana Pulama is a program of Catholic Services to Families and is funded through the state's Department of Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division.