Training & Professional Development

Working together to keep our 'ohana healthy, safe & supported

A Committee Dedicated to Educating the Prevention and Provider Workforce in Maui County

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Hooikaika Partnership Protective Factors Make Yourself Pono

Training & Professional Development Committee

Meetings Every 3rd Tuesday
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
On Zoom (partners only)

Annual Conference Registrants

Healing the Healers Registrants

*2025

Strengthening the Prevention and Provider Workforce in Maui County

Strengthening the provider workforce improves the quality of services and supports delivered to ʻohana and keiki who are at risk of or involved with CWS to better meet their needs and reduce the incidence of child maltreatment. Training on the protective factors helps to develop a common language and framework for working with families across the workforce. Fostering cross-sector relationships and trust is crucial for leveraging diverse expertise, resources, and perspectives to address complex societal challenges more effectively and innovatively. It also enhances collaboration, strengthens community resilience, and ensures more sustainable and impactful solutions.

Expand Knowledge & Use of the Protective Factors Among Providers

Continue to host Annual Conference focused on increasing knowledge & use of the protective factor framework at an individual, organizational & systems level
Train providers to deepen the use of protective factors

Improve Cultural Humility of the Maui County Prevention & Provider Workforce

Incorporate topics related to equity & cultural humility into monthly meetings
Facilitate the sharing of training opportunities & resources on equity, culturally relevant services, mandated reporting & other topics among partners

Increase Access to Training & Professional Development for Staff in Partner Agencies to Improve Both the Quality & Cultural Relevance of Services Offered

Conduct annual post conference survey of partners’ training, professional development & self-care needs
Promote professional development through multiple channels including the website, newsletter, “brown bag” workshops & other venues
Facilitate the sharing of training opportunities & resources on equity, culturally relevant services, mandated reporting & other topics among partners

Foster Relationships & Trust Among Partners

Host monthly partnership meetings
Identify, promote & host opportunities for self-care, celebration & fun among partners such as peer support groups (Healing the Healers) & collaboration at events

HEALING THE HEALERS

Healing the Healers was launched after the 2023 Maui wildfires to support frontline health and human service providers who were carrying significant emotional labor while also navigating their own losses.

Thanks to the generous support of the Maui Strong Fund, administered by the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation, Hoʻoikaika Partnership was able to host Healing the Healers for the last two years. The sessions were co-facilitated by Michele Navarro Ishiki of MNI Counseling and Heidi Allencastre of Piha Wellness and Healing, enabling providers to lean into each other for peer support as part of post-wildfire recovery. This was a safe, supportive space for providers to decompress and focus on their mental wellness.

Learn More about the program

Hooikaika Partnership Healing the Healers October session

Hooikaika Partnership Healing the Healer August session

Mahalo nui loa to all the providers who have participated, bringing your vulnerability, creativity and full selves to the process. We are grateful to our partner and allied agencies across Maui County who recognized the value of self-care and encouraged staff to participate.

Networking with others in the community who continue to do what we do for our Maui keiki, all of us here go out beyond our job description to provide love and aloha to every keiki and ʻohana we encounter.

Healing the Healers participant

HOʻOIKAIKA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Health and human service providers, first responders and early childhood educators gather for a day of learning, connection, and healing-centered conversations grounded in Hawaiian values and Maui community experience. Whether you’re a seasoned provider or just beginning your journey in service to children and families, this conference is a chance to recharge, reconnect, and remember that none of us stands alone.

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