Additional Child Care Resources

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PATCH is the State’s child care resource and referral agency. Call PATCH for information on family child care homes, child care centers, and other early childhood services.
Phone:
839-1988 O’ahu
246-0622 Kaua’i
329-7101 West Hawai’i
961-3169 East Hawai’i
242-9232 Maui
1 (800) 498-4145 (toll free from) Moloka’i & Lana’i
email: Patch@PatchHawaii.org

Preschool Open Doors helps 4 and 3 year olds with special needs to attend preschool by helping families pay preschool costs within allowable DHS tuition limits. On Oahu call 587-5254. On the Neighbor islands call 1-800-746-5620.

Alu Like is Native Hawaiian Child Care Assistance Project.
Call: 535-1300

Head Start provides preschool for low-income families.
Call:
847-2400 or 842-5996 O’ahu
961-2686 Hawai’i
245-5914 Kaua’i
249-2988 Maui
553-9805 Moloka’i

Learning to Grow (education for kith & kin providers caring for ages 0-5) Call 225-6203

MedQuest (State medical assistance program) Call 586-5390

WIC (Women, Infant and Children food program) Call 586-8175

The Parent Line (Information on child behavior and development, parenting support and community resources.
Call:
526-1222 O’ahu
1-800-816-1222 Neighbor Islands
Website: http://www.theparentline.org

Last modified 03-30-2006 11:07 AM
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643-1643
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808-832-5300
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Information: 211
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