Additional Child Care Resources
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