TIME BEHIND BARS, A LIFE OF CRIME, ADDICTION, DEPRESSION, HOMELESSNESS.

THESE OUTCOMES ARE DISTINCT POSSIBILITIES FOR SO‑CALLED YOUTH AT RISK, YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE VULNERABLE DUE TO CONDITIONS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL, LIKE A BROKEN FAMILY, ABUSE AND LACK OF ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.

WHAT PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE TO KEEP THEM SAFE AND STEER THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

JOIN THE DISCUSSION ON YOUTH AT RISK PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

TONIGHT’S LIVE BROADCAST AND LIVESTREAM OF INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAI’I START NOW.

¶¶ ¶¶ ALOHA AND WELCOME TO INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII...I'M DARYL HUFF.

ADOLESCENCE IS A CHALLENGING TIME FOR KIDS AND IT CAN BE COMPOUNDED BY FACTORS OUT OF THEIR CONTROL.

YOUTH WHO STRUGGLE WITH THE STRESS OF THEIR LIVES, MAY BE AT RISK FOR MAKING POOR DECISIONS UNLESS SOMEONE INTERVENES.

THERE ARE SEVERAL PROGRAMS AND ORGANIZATIONS AIMED AT HELPING KIDS CHANGE THEIR SELF‑DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIORS AND EMPOWER THEM TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE.

OUR PANEL TONIGHT WILL DISCUSS THE HELP THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR OUR AT‑RISK YOUTH.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PARTICIPATION IN TONIGHT'S SHOW.

YOU CAN EMAIL, CALL OR TWEET YOUR QUESTIONS.

AND YOU’LL FIND A LIVE STREAM OF THIS PROGRAM AT PBSHAWAII.ORG AND THE PBS HAWAII FACEBOOK PAGE.

NOW, TO OUR GUESTS.

PADDY KAUHANE IS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII.

THE ORGANIZATION SERVES 15,000 YOUTH ANNUALLY, THROUGH NINE CLUBHOUSES ON OAHU AND KAUAI.

IT OFFERS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN A SAFE AND POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT.

ANNIE TUIOLEMOTU IS THE ASSISTANT PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR HALE KIPA’S EMERGENCY SHELTER.

THE NONPROFIT WORKS WITH AT‑RISK YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES, CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH SERVICES LIKE HOUSING, FOSTER CARE AND COUNSELING.

DEBORAH SPENCER‑CHUN IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF ADULT FRIENDS FOR YOUTH.

THE GROUP TARGETS HIGH‑RISK YOUTH ENGAGED IN VIOLENT AND DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIORS.

PROGRAMS FOCUS ON HEALTHY ALTERNATIVES TO GANGS, VIOLENCE AND FLUNKING OUT OF SCHOOL.

AND LESTER ORSINO IS A FORMER GANG MEMBER WHO GOT INVOLVED WITH THE ADULT FRIENDS FOR YOUTH PROGRAM DURING HIS ‑‑ HI, I'M BACK.

WHO GOT INVOLVED WITH THE ADULT FRIENDS FOR YOUTH PROGRAM DURING HIS FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL.

HE’S MARRIED WITH 15‑MONTH OLD TWINS AND WORKS AT THE PEARL HARBOR NAVAL SHIPYARD.

I'LL START P ADDY FROM BOYS AND GIRL CLUB.

15,000 KIDS.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW YOU WORK WITH THOSE KIDS AND YOUR PROGRAM, AND GIVEN US A SENSE THEY WERE AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC.

>> SURE.

ALOHA.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

OUR CLUBHOUSES CENTERS SERVE CHILDREN FROM THE AGE USUALLY 7 YEARS OLD GREW GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

SO WE WELCOME THEM IN OUR CLUBHOUSE.

GIVE THEM A SAFE PLACE TO BE.

CARING ADULT MENTORS THAT WANT TO HELP THEM SUCCEED IN LIFE.

AS WELL AS POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

SO WE'RE USUALLY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.

WE TAKE THE KIDS ONCE THEY FINISH SCHOOL AND KEEP THEM ENGAGED IN POSITIVE ACTIVITIES SO THEY'RE NOT OUT DOING THINGS THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING.

AND WE HELP THEM TO NOT ONLY GRADUATE BUT WE WANT THEM TO HAVE A PLAN FOR THEIR FUTURE.

WE WANT THEM TO FEEL THAT THEY DESERVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE.

SO WE WORK THROUGH ALL OF THESE THINGS WITH OUR KIDS CLUBHOUSES OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.

LOVE YOU ARE KIDS.

BUILD STRONG RELATIONSHIPS.

COVID‑19 CREATED SITUATION WE COULDN'T BE WITH THEM IN PERSON FOR THE FIRST MONTH.

ABLE TO OPEN UP EVENTUALLY IN A REVISED CAPACITY.

WE COULDN'T HAVE AS MANY KIDS BUT WERE ABLE TO PIVOT TO VIRTUAL PROGRAMS AND WE CREATE REALLY CREATIVE ENGAGING THINGS FOR THEM TO DO AT HOME SO WE COULD STILL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THEM AND STAY ENGAGED AND INTERACT WITH THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.

>>Daryl: HALE KIPA.

YOU FOLKS HAVE A PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL OPERATION.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND YOU BASICALLY ARE TAKING CARE OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AS YOU'RE STEPPING IN FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND SO ON.

YOU ARE THEIR FAMILY.

THAT MUST HAVE BEEN REALLY A CHALLENGE WHEN THEY WERE ALL STUCK AT HOME WITH YOUR FOLKS, RIGHT?

HOW DID YOU ADJUST TO THAT?

>> RIGHT.

SO COVID BROUGHT A LOT OF CHANGE IN OUR EMERGENCY SHELTER.

BUT WE HAD TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD AS BUSINESS AS USUAL.

BECAUSE WE CANNOT NOT TAKE INTO THE YOUTH THAT WERE BEING REFERRED OVER TO US.

IN OUR EMERGENCY SHELTER, WE WORK WITH YOUTH INVOLVED WITH THE FAMILY COURT.

CHILD WELFARE.

AND WE CONSIDER WALK‑INS THAT ARE FUNDED BY THE OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES.

AND ALL OF THESE REFERRALS REALLY HAD TO LOOK AT HOW WE COULD ASSURE SAFETY AND WELL‑BEING FOR THE YOUTH THAT COME INTO OUR PROGRAM.

NOT ONLY FOR THE YOUTH BUT STAFF.

TAKEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS.

KIND OF JUST FOLLOWED AS PROCLAMATIONS BEING MADE STATEWIDE, BUT NOTHING CHANGED AS FAR AS US RECEIVING INTAKES AND HAVING YOUTH DISCHARGE FAMILY OR SO WHATEVER.

WE HAD TO DO A COUPLE OF MORE STEPS ON OUR SIDE, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS SAFE, BEING CAUTIOUS, HAD TO RAMP UP ALL OF THE PPE, JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS OKAY.

>>Daryl: WERE YOU ABLE TO MAINTAIN YOUR CAPACITY?

HOW DO YOU SHALL X NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN A HOUSE.

>> YOU CAN'T SEPARATE THEM.

IF SOMEONE ACTUALLY GOT COVID.

CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE HAD DO, RIGHT.

THANKFULLY, NO ONE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID THROUGH THE THE ENTIRE TIME.

>>Daryl: AMAZING.

KIND OF AMAZING.

>> YOU GOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR THAT.

>> VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.

ABOUT THE SAME TIME, WE HAD TO STAY ON OUR TOES AND JUST TAKE ALL PRECAUTIONS AS USUAL.

WE WERE ABLE TO SORT OF KIND OF ISOLATE.

WE DID EXTRA STEPS IN EVERYONE WHO WAS COMING INTO THE SHELTERS.

WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME IN THAT DO CLASSES AND STUFF.

ALL OF THAT HAD TO TURN INTO VIRTUAL CLASSES.

ANOTHER BIG CHANGE COVID HIT WAS THE SCHOOLING.

OUR YOUTH WOULD COME NEW ABOUT ATTEND HOME SCHOOLS.

WITH COVID, EVERYTHING WAS IN HOME.

SO WE HAD TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ON OUR END TO JUST BE SURE TO ATTEND TO ALL THE YOUTH TUNING IN VIRTUALLY, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ENOUGH ELECTRONICS, SO THEY COULD TEND TO THEIR VIRTUAL CLASSES AND WHATNOT.

THE DEFINITELY BROUGHT SOME CHALLENGES.

BUT WE WERE DEFINITELY UP FOR IT.

>>Daryl: FINALLY, DEBORAH SPENCER CHUN FROM ADULTS FRIENDS FOR YOUTH.

YOU ARE DEALING WITH KIDS EXTREMELY AT RISK OF ACTUAL CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.

HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO, FIRST OF ALL, HOW DO YOU OPERATE?

DO YOU HAVE AN OFFICE, YOU SEND OUT COUNSELOR.

DO YOU HAVE MULTIPLE FACILITIES IN HOW DO YOU OUTREACH?

WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF COVID ON YOUR OPERATION.

>> MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE MOBILE.

DO A LOT OF OUTREACH.

HAVE MOBILE ASSESSMENTS CENTER WHICH WE GO OUT AND WE REACH CLIENTS WHO ARE STATUS OFFENDERS.

REFERRED TO US BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN WE TRY TO PROVIDE SERVICE.

THAT WAS A HIT.

THE FROM THE PANDEMIC.

BECAUSE WE COULDN'T PLACE TOO MANY KIDS INTO PROGRAMS BECAUSE A LOT OF PROGRAMS CLOSED DOWN.

HAD DO OWN MODIFYING COUNSELORS KIDS OURSELVES.

WE PROVIDE COUNSELING ON THE SCHOOL CAMPUS AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED, WE COULDN'T DO IT ON THE CAMPUS.

DIDN'T STOP OUR STAFF FROM CONTINUING TO DO THE COUNSELING.

OF COURSE, WITH THE AMOUNT OF KIDS THAT YOU COULD MEET AT A TIME, WE HAD TO DO MANY MORE SESSIONS AND GIVEN DAY.

SO GROUP OF 20 THAT WE HAVE WOULD HAVE TO BREAK THEM DOWN TO FOUR GROUPS.

SO THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK GOING ON.

WE NEVER STOPPED.

>> DIDN'T CLOSE OUR DOORS.

>> THEN WE HAD MOBILE EDUCATION CENTER.

WITH THAT, THAT REALLY TOOK A BIG HIT.

WE HAD TO ACTUALLY MODIFY OUR OFFICES HERE.

WE DON'T USUALLY HAVE BIG GROUPS OF KIDS HERE.

EVERYTHING IS DONE IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT WE HAD TO MODIFY SO WE COULD BRING OUR KIDS IN TO DO THE ONLINE SCHOOLING THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO.

AND ACTUALLY, GO OUT INTO THE PARKING LOT.

GREAT PART ABOUT THAT WAS EVERYBODY HERE AT OUR OFFICE, BUILDING THAT WE'RE IN, WAS ALL WORKING FROM HOME.

SO WE COULD UTILIZE THE FULL PARKING LOT TO REALLY GO OUT AND SPREAD KID OUT AND CONTINUE SOCIAL DISTANCING.

>> BEING ABLE TO EQUIP THEM WITH THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT FOR THE ONLINE SCHOOLING, IT WAS REALLY TOUGH BECAUSE KIDS DIDN'T HAVE THE WI‑FI, NOR DID THEY HAVE A LOT OF ‑‑ MAIN PART IS COUNSELING.

>> WE HAD TO CONTINUE THAT.

BECAUSE KIDS WERE ON UNDER A LOT OF STRESS.

UNKNOWNS OF WHAT WAS GOING ON DURING THE PANDEMIC.

SO OUR STAFF WAS REALLY STILL OUT THERE.

WE TRIED.

WE TRIED LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

TRIED TO CLOSE DOWN AND WORK FROM HOME.

STAFF JUST DIDN'T, COULDN'T DO IT THIS WAY.

CONTINUED TO WORK.

>>Daryl: LESTER, YOU WENT THROUGH THE ADULT FRIENDS FOR YOUTH PROGRAM.

QUITE A WHILE AGO.

NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT.

WHAT KIND OF TOOLS DID THEY PROVIDE FOR YOU?

WHAT KIND OF STATE WERE YOU IN WHEN YOU FIRST WENT TO ADULTS FRIENDS FOR YOUTH WHEN WERE YOU 15 YEARS OLD, DO HAVE I THAT RIGHT?

>> ABOUT 14 YEARS OLD.

I WAS A FRESHMAN.

I GUESS FROM WHAT I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, IN WAIPAHU THERE WAS A LOT OF, I GUESS GANG ACTIVITIES.

KNOWING THE FACT THAT YOU HEAR THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT IT KIND OF RAISED FLAGS FOR ME.

I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL.

WAIPAHU HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE THINGS I HEARD.

AND THAT'S WHY I JOINED GANG JUST TO HAVE PROTECTION.

SO WHEN I HEARD WAIPAHU HIGH SCHOOL, THERE WERE ALREADY OUR GANG WAS ALREADY I GUESS, CLIENTS OF ABOUT FRIENDS FOR YOUTH.

THAT'S HOW I WAS BROUGHT ON.

>>Daryl: THEN THE WHEN YOU SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THIS PANDEMIC, DID YOU KIND OF GO BACK AND IN YOUR MIND AND WONDER HOW ADULTS FRIENDS FOR YOUTH IS DOING.

>> DO YOU WORK THEM?

ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH ADULT FRIENDS FOR YOUTH NOW?

>> I GUESS YEAH.

COULD YOU SAY.

IN A KIND OF DISTANT WAY.

I AM.

BUT YEAH.

>>Daryl: WERE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO GIVEN WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE PANDEMIC?

>> YEAH.

IT WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST HEARING FROM THE LAST YEARS, JUST HEARING THAT SCHOOLS WERE SHUTDOWN, AND NOT KIDS JUST NOT HAVING PEOPLE TO TURN TO, IT WAS JUST KIND OF MINDBOGGLING BECAUSE OF HOW THEY'RE GOING TO WORK WITH STUDENTS BECAUSE WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY WORK WITH US IN IT THE SCHOOL.

IN THE ROOMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT I JUST, IT WAS CRAZY.

I COULDN'T, YEAH.

>>Daryl: CRAZY TIME FOR EVERYONE.

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

WHAT WAS THE IMPACT THAT YOU NOTICED ON YOUNG PEOPLE, THAT WERE YOU DEALING WITH?

YOU'RE PRIMARILY IN LOWER INCOME AREAS.

PROBABLY A LOT OF THOSE KIDS, PARENT, WERE OUT OF WORK.

OR THEY WERE HOME TAKING CARE OF THEM.

WHAT DID YOU NOTICE THAT KID WRs HAVING THE HARDEST TIME ADJUSTING TO?

>> I THINK THE NUMBER ONE WAS FOOD INSECURITY FOR THE KIDS AND FAMILIES.

WE HAD 75% OF OUR FAMILIES EXPERIENCE NEGATIVE LOSS IN INCOME.

FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

SO YOU KNOW, JUST THINK GOING HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PAY THEIR BILLS AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE PAYING THEIR BILLS, WE HAD 25% OF OUR FAMILIES DID NOT HAVE TECHNOLOGY OR WI‑FI AT HOME.

JUST LIKE THEY SAID.

WE OPENED UP OUR CLUBHOUSES SO THEY COULD ACCESS OUR TECHNOLOGY AND WI‑FI.

WE USED CLUBS AS DISTRICT CENTERS.

>> ACTUALLY DISTRIBUTED OVER 45,000 MEALS IN 2020 TO OUR COMMUNITIES TO HELP THEM.

I THINK IF WE TALK ABOUT LONGTERM IMPACT, THE KIDS REALLY STRUGGLED WITH ON LINE CLASSES, WITH SCHOOL.

TVRs VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM.

AND THEY REALLY NEEDED TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE WHO COULD HELP THEM AND WHEN MOM AND DAD ARE EITHER WORKING AT HOME, OR TRYING TO FIND WORK, AND THEY'RE WORRIED, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO HELP THE KIDS REALLY DID NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE TO ASSIST THEM.

THAT LOSS OF SOCIALIZING, WHEN THEY FINALLY DID COME TO THE CLUB, WE HAD TO ALMOST HELP THEM TO REMEMBER HOW TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER.

TO PLAY WITH EACH OTHER.

HOW TO STEP AWAY FROM A COMPUTER WHEN IT'S BREAK TIME AND GO OUTSIDE.

GET SOME FRESH AIR.

SO IT WAS A STRUGGLE.

THEY STILL ARE STRUGGLING.

IT'S NOT OVER.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP THEM.

>>Daryl: IN TERMS OF HALE KIPA, THE LACK OF SCHOOLING YOU MENTIONED IT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING EARLIER, LACK OF ACCESS TO SCHOOLS, HOW DID THE KIDS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH REACT TO THAT?

DID THEY JUST SORT OF CHECK OUT OR DID THEY APPLY THEMSELVES?

HOW DID YOU GET THEM TO APPLY THEMSELVES AND PAY ATTENTION WHEN THERE WASN'T A MORE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL PRESSURE?

>> RIGHT.

SO WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO BE THAT FACTOR.

TO KIND OF HELP THEM CHANGE THEIR MINDSET.

WE COMMUNICATE THE DIRECTLY WITH THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES AND HAVING THEM ISSUE SCHOOL ISSUED LAPTOPS ALL CAME INTO CARE.

ONE OF OUR BIGGER THINGS, TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

REALLY BEING THAT MENTOR, STAFF, TEACHER PRESENCE HELPING THEM FOLLOW THROUGH, MAKING SURE THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

OF COURSE, SPENDING MULTIPLE HOURS IN FRONT OF COMPUTER SCREEN CAN BE FRUSTRATING.

FOR THE YOUTH AND THEY'LL JUST KIND OF CHECK OUT THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

BUT BEING LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDING TO THEM AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, AND THEN ENCOURAGING THEM ALL IT'S TIME TO JUST KIND OF PUSH THROUGH.

I THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE POSITIVE STRIDES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

>>Daryl: DID YOU SEE PARTICULARLY AMONG YOUR KIDS THAT ALREADY WERE SUFFERING FROM SOME SORT OF EMOTIONAL ISSUE, DID YOU SEE THEM DETERIORATE OR WHAT DID YOU NOTICE?

WAS THERE DETERIORATION OR HIGHER LEVELS OF ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION IN YOUR CLIENTS?

>> RIGHT.

I THINK DEFINITELY, THERE WAS A LOT MORE.

I COME ALREADY EXPERIENCED IN SOME TYPE OF TRAUMA.

COVID GOING ON, COVID BROUGHT EVERYTHING.

LOTS OF EMOTIONS GOING ON.

>> SENSITIVITY WAS VERY, WE HAD TO BE CONSCIOUS ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME.

I THINK IN JUST TRAINING OUR STAFF TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN‑MINDED, WORK THE YOUTH A LOT MORE, I THINK OUR FOCUS WAS BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND JUST KIND OF CONCENTRATING ON US TO, HAVE THE YOUTH TRUST IN YOU, TRUST HELP THAT WAS AVAILABLE.

HELPED US THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING.

>>Daryl: ADULT FRIENDS FOR YOUTH, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT THIS IN A POLITICALLY CORRECT WAY YOU'RE DEALING WITH KIDS ON EDGE OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR OR INVOLVED WITH CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.

PERCEPTION IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CRIME HAS GONE UP ESPECIALLY YOUTH CRIME.

WE'VE HAD SOME EXAMPLES OF VERY YOUNG PEOPLE GETTING INVOLVED IN SOME VERY HIGH PROFILE CRIME.

WERE YOU FOLKS OBSERVING THAT AND WHAT ROLE WERE ABLE TO PLAY AND PERHAPS DEALING WITH THAT?

>> RIGHT.

SO YOU KNOW, OUR FIRST AND FORMAL IS PROVIDING COUNSELING.

WE DO LONGTERM COUNSELING.

WE AVERAGE ABOUT 3 TO 4 YEARS WITH OUR CLIENTELE AND WORK WITH GROUPS WHOLE ENTITY.

WE LOOK TO ALL OF HIS PEERS.

WORK WITH  ALL OF HIS PEERS AND WORK THEM IN THE GROUP.

PANDEMIC ADDED TO THAT WE HAS KNEW THERE WAS A TIME WHEN FAMILY STRESS, KIDS COULD FEEL THE STRESS FROM THE FAMILIES.

THEY HAVE TO BE HOME.

CRIME WOULD GO UP.

AND THAT WAS OUR CONCERN.

BUT BECAUSE WE WERE HELPING THEM HEAVILY ON EDUCATION SIDE, WE HAVE TO REVAMP TOO.

WE HIRED FORMER YOUTH WHO JUST GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, TO HELP WITH THE EDUCATION SIDE.

SINCE THEY WERE MUCH MORE PRIVY TO HOW TO DO THE GOOGLE, AND ALL OF THAT.

CLASSROOM GOOGLE TO HELP OUR KIDS SO THE STAFF COULD MOVE AWAY FROM THE EDUCATIONAL SIDE AND REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE GET BACK TO THE COUNSELING.

HEAVILY INTO THE COUNSELING SO WE COULD PREVENT A LOT OF THOSE THINGS.

BUT YES, DEFINITELY DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE HEARING ABOUT ALL OF THESE LITTLE BOUTIQUES GETTING BROKEN INTO.

SO FORTH.

KIDS ARE STRESSING.

THEY'RE TRYING TO GET WHAT THEY CAN TOO BECAUSE THEY HEAR AND COULD SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AT HOME.

SO THEY WERE REACTING TO A LOT OF THOUGH.

OUR COUNSELING HAD TO BE FIRST AND FOREMOST.

>>Daryl: I IMAGINE ALSO, THEIR PARENTS STRESSED OUT AND MAYBE NOT AS AVAILABLE TO THEM ALSO.

RIGHT?

STEP IN AS A PARENTAL ROLE.

>> RIGHT.

DEFINITELY.

THAT OFTEN BECOMES THE CASE.

HALE KIPA, YOU BECOME THE SURROGATE PARENT.

NOT BECAUSE PARENTS CAN'T, BUT BECAUSE OF STRESSES MANY OF OUR PARENTS WORK 2 TO 3 JOBS.

SUDDENLY EVERYTHING SHUTS DOWN.

FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR SOMETHING.

CAN'T REALLY HELP MYSELF.

HELP MY KIDS TOO.

BEEN VERY STRESSFUL.

IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER ANY TIME SOON.

TO BE HONEST.

WE CAN, KNOWING THAT THERE ARE SERVICES AND THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT OF FOR THE THE COMMUNITY.

TO UNDERSTAND.

NONPROFITS LIKE THIS, THREE OF US HERE VERY IMPORTANT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

>> WE DO DIFFERENT THINGS.

BUT IT'S ALWAYS EVERY PART IS IMPORTANT.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE KIDS AT RISK.

THEN DEALING WITH KIDS AT HIGH RISK.

ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT LEVELS.

>> THEY NEED THE DIFFERENT SERVICES.

>>Daryl: LESTER, WHEN YOU, AS A FAMILY MAN, FATHER, WE'RE FACING THIS PANDEMIC, DID YOU THINK ABOUT MAYBE SKILLS THAT YOU LEARNED OR WHAT YOU LEARNED AT ADULTS FRIENDS FOR YOUTH AND HOW DID, WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH WITH ADULT FRIENDS FOR YOUTH SO MANY YEARS AGO PREPARE YOU FOR THIS?

I MEAN, NO ONE IS REALLY PREPARED FOR IT.

BUT WHAT KIND OF THINGS DID YOU PICK UP FOR THAT?

WHAT DID THEY DO FOR YOU THAT MADE YOU CAPABLE OF HANDLING THIS WITH YOUR OWN STRESSES?

>> LIKE DEBBIE WAS SAYING, AT THE WORK WITH CLIENTS FOR TIME OF YEARS THAT EVEN AFTER FOUR YEARS, THEY STILL WERE WORKING WITH ME.

AND THERE'S JUST ONE THING THAT MO TOLD ME, HE SAID, YOU'RE JUST GOING THROUGH A CROSSROADS.

>> THROUGH THAT, JUST REMINDED ME THAT WHATEVER I'M GOING THROUGH, IT'S JUST A STUMBLING BLOCK.

CROSSROAD.

CAN GET OVER THIS.

STAY STRONG.

BESIDES THE PANDEMIC LAST YEAR IT WAS CRAZY FOR ME AS IT WAS WITH THE FAMILY STUFF LIKE THAT TWINS BEING BORN.

BUT YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SO MANY SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITIES AND DEFINITELY ADULT FRIENDS FOR YOUTH, WERE THERE.

FOR ME.

IT'S JUST AMAZING.

I'M STILL HERE.

I'M STILL FRIENDS.

ALL FRIENDS FOR YOUTH.

>>Daryl: IT'S GREAT TO SEE SUCH SUCCESS STORY.

QUESTION FOR DEBBIE AND ANNIE.

WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU DID DIFFERENTLY DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT TURNED OUT TO BE A GOOD IDEA AND YOU WILL KEEP DOING IT?

THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION FOR ALL THREE OF YOU.

WHY DON'T YOU START.

WHAT POSITIVE THINGS DID YOU GUYS PICK UP, NEW SKILLS THAT YOU GUYS PICK UP YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO APPLY?

>> SO I THINK DEFINITELY THE TRAINING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE OUR STAFF PARTICIPATE IN.

FOCUSING BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS.

THEN BEING CREATIVE IN HOW TO ENGAGE THE YOUTH/, HELP TO ENTERTAIN THEM THROUGHOUT THE DAY ESPECIALLY DURING COVID WHEN EVERYTHING WAS SORT OF LOCKED DOWN.

TO KIND OF KEEP THEM MOTIVATED, KEEP THEIR SPIRITS UP, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT BUT I THINK WE MANAGED PRETTY WELL.

>>Daryl: YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU BROUGHT IN A VOLUNTEER YOUNG PEOPLE.

OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL TO HELP BOTH OF YOUR STAFF AND YOUR CLIENTS.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, I IMAGINE IT MUST HAVE BEEN REREWARDING FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.

WHAT IF THEY EVEN HAVE A GRADUATION OR NOT, HAVE SOMETHING WORTHWHILE TO DO.

IS THAT SOMETHING YOU THINK YOU'LL BE CONTINUING?

>> DEFINITELY.

THE WAY THEY CAN NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM BETTER.

DEFINITELY.

GIVING THEM HOPE TO GO BACK A COLLEGE AND DO MORE.

THEY'RE NOT VOLUNTEERS.

>> WE HIRED THEM.

EXCITING PART.

WE COULD PAY THEM AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE PAYING THEM.

>> I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES.

WHEN THE KIDS LOOK IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE KIDS COMING OUT AND WORKING FOR US, NOW ASPIRING.

>> WE WANT TO HIRE MORE OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

>>Daryl: HOW CAN YOU AFFORD IT?

IT'S LIKE, YOU'RE MIDDLE OF PANDEMIC.

EVERYONE'S BUDGET ARE GETTING CUT.

HOW COULD YOU AFFORD TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL PEOPLE.

>> PART OF THE PPP.

STILL GOING AFTER FOUNDATIONAL MONEY.

FOUNDATIONS WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE DURING THIS TIME.

THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL.

BEING ABLE TO FILL A GAP WHEN THE STATE COULDN'T AT THAT TIME.

THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF HAWAII TOO IN GENERAL.

EVERYBODY STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE.

I GOT TO COMMEND A LOT OF THE FOUNDATIONS OUT THERE.

THEY WERE REALLY HELPFUL.

PROVIDING THIS SO WE COULD DO HIRE THESE KID AND CONTINUE THE WORK THAT WE DO.

>>Daryl: LET ME GO BACK THIS FIRST QUESTION.

WHAT NEW THINGS DID YOU LEARN AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO APPLY?

I WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH A FUNDING QUESTION AND A FOUNDATION QUESTION AS WELL.

>> SURE.

I THINK THERE IS TWO MAIN THINGS HIGHLIGHTED.

ONE WAS THAT OUT OF THE CHILDREN THAT COME TO US FOR SERVICE, SOME DEFINITELY NEED MORE RESOURCES THAN OTHERS.

SOME NEED MORE, HIGHER SKILL IN ORDER TO SUCCEED IN LIFE.

WHAT WE REALIZE WE HAVE TO HAVE VERY INTENTIONAL CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN OUR PROGRAMS.

SO THAT WE HAVE THE KIDS THAT ARE COMING.

JUST THERE TO PLAY SPORTS.

STAY SAFE.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE KIDS THAT HAVE LITTLE HIGHER OR LOT HIGHER NEED.

JUST NEED THAT SPECIAL ATTENTION.

SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

WE'RE GOING IT MAKE SURE WE INCORPORATE VERY DEFINITE COHORT BASED SERVICE AND CASE MANAGEMENT.

THE SECOND ONE IS THAT WITH WE DID VIRTUAL PROGRAMS, IT WAS LIKE THE CLUBHOUSE WALLS DISAPPEARED.

HE WE HAD KIDS ON KAUAI VISITING OAHU PROGRAMS.

PARTNERING WITH SCHOOL IN JAPAN.

WE HAD CLUBHOUSES ON THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.

REALLY EXCITING.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THAT.

FOR FUNDING QUESTION, I AGREE WITH DEBORAH.

100%.

THE FOUNDATIONS IN HAWAII, THEY CAME THROUGH.

AND NOT ONLY FOUNDATIONS BUT THERE WERE SOME REALLY SIGNIFICANT PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS AS WELL.

AND I AM JUST SO PROUD OF THIS STATE FOR HOW EVERYONE CAME TOGETHER JUST TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

AND WE ALSO DID NOT LAYOFF OR FURLOUGH ANY OF OUR STAFF.

WE HAVE ALMOST 100 EMPLOYEES AND EVERYONE KEPT THE JOBS.

EVERYONE KEPT THEIR MEDICAL BENEFITS.

VERY PROUD OF THEM.

>>Daryl: DEBORAH MENTIONED PPP MONEY.

DID YOU FOLKS WERE A LOT OF NONPROFITS ABLE TO ACCESS AT THAT?

WHAT KIND OF HELP DID YOU NEED GETTING MONEY.

DID YOU FOLKS NEED TO GET EXTRA HELP?

>> WE MOST CERTAINLY DID.

HELP WAS PROVIDED.

I JUST KIND OF WANT TO TAG ON TO WHAT THE TWO LADIES HAD MENTIONED.

AWESOME TO SEE HOW HAWAII JUST CAME TOGETHER AS A WHOLE.

ALL NEEDS PROVIDED FOR.

TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE SUPPORT ALL THE STAFF AS WELL.

I THINK THAT WAS AMAZING.

>> FOR ALL THE STAFF TO KNOW THEY WERE STRONG SUPPORTED THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.

GREAT TO SEE.

>>Daryl: YOU KNOW, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT ALL THE FOUNDATIONS.

YOU GUYS COULD GO AHEAD AND NAME SOME NAMES.

WITH WHERE DID YOU GET MOST OF YOUR HELP FROM?

>> I THINK A LOT OF OUR DONOR DESIGNATED FUNDS COME THROUGH HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

WE HAD CHING FOUNDATION.

WE HAVE WEINBERG.

WE HAVE HT HIOSH.

FOUNDATION.

CAMPBELL FOUNDATION.

CASTLE FOUNDATION.

THERE'S JUST SO MANY OF THEM.

THEY ALL CAME THROUGH.

JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

>>Daryl: DID YOU HAVE TO ASK OR DID IT KIND OF JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN PEOPLE REALIZED THE NEED.

DEBORAH, DID YOU GUYS HAVE TO GO POUNDING ON DOORS OR DID IT JUST COME?

>> WELL, A LOT OF THEM REACHING OUT TO SAY, LIKE THE CLARENCE TC CHING FOUNDATION, WOMEN'S FUND, SO THERE WAS ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS.

HAROLD FOUNDATION.

ALASKA.

ALL OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY PUTTING OUT PANDEMIC PANDEMIC MONEYS.

REQUESTING FOR TO US APPLY FOR IT.

THEY WERE ALSO MODIFYING AND TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST TO REACH DIFFERENT TYPES ‑‑ FOR FOOD, WE WEREN'T THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER.

WE WOULD PICK UP FROM LILIUOKALANI TRUST.

WE WOULD DROP OFF THE FOOD.

>>Daryl: REALLY, THIS WAS NOT ONLY WAS THIS COMMUNITY RECOGNIZING A NEED, I IMAGINE MOST OF OUR FUNDERS ALSO REALIZED THAT THE STATE REVENUES HAD TANKED.

STATE GRANTS ARE NOT GOING TO COME THROUGH.

AND SO THEY PROBABLY KNEW RIGHT AWAY YOU NEEDED IT.

ALSO, IMPRESSED BY THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE GROUPS.

WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.

ONE FOUNDATION TOOK THE TOOLS THAT THEY HAD.

AND THEN ORGANIZATION, FOUND ANOTHER.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT?

OTHER NONPROFITS JUMPING TO HELP YOU AND VICE VERSA?

>> OH, YEAH.

PARTNERED WITH FOOD BANK, KUPU, SO MANY WOULD LIKE DEBORAH.

FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

WE WERE THE ONES WHERE FOLKS WOULD BRING THE FOOD TO, THEN WE WOULD DISTRIBUTE TO THE CLUBHOUSE AND WE HAD OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAME UP FROM US.

I DO WANT TO SAY THOUGH, WITH OUR GOVERNMENT FUNDING, WE DIDN'T LOSE ANY OF IT.

WE KEPT IT ALL.

COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.

I WAS VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

AND ME WERE ALSO VERY FLEXIBLE.

ALLOWED US TO CHANGE SOME OF OUR OUTCOMES AND CHANGE THE WAY WE WERE ALLOWED TO SPEND IT.

IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR OUTCOMES.

I'M VERY HAPPY WITH OUR GOVERNMENT.

>>Daryl: WONDERING IF ANY OF YOU ALSO NOTICED THE YOUTH THEMSELVES THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH, DID YOU GET THEM INVOLVED IN HELPING OUT OTHER GROUPS?

I MEAN, WAS THERE SORT OF A ANOTHER SILVER LINING THERE, OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR CLIENTS TO HELP OTHERS AND THEN GET SOME PERSONAL BENEFIT OUT OF THAT?

>> I MEAN, DEFINITELY.

FOOD DISTRIBUTION, A LOT OF OUR KIDS JUMPED INTO OUR 15 PASSENGER VANS THAT WENT OUT.

HELPED TO DELIVER DIRECTLY TO THE HOUSE.

PACKING, CLEANING, ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT.

ALL OF THEM KNOW, TO DELIVER THE FOOD.

ALSO, AGAIN, BEING ABLE TO HELP EACH OTHER IN THE CLASSROOM.

BEING ABLE TO WHEN ONE KID WAS BETTER IN MATH, HE WOULD HELP THE OTHER KID.

ANOTHER KID WASN'T AS GOOD IN MATH.

THOSE KIND OF THINGS YOU COULD SEE.

YOU HAVE TO CREATE THAT TOO.

TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THESE THINGS ARE OKAY.

>> THERE WAS A LOT OF PANIC WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE DOING STUFF.

YOU HAD TO DISTANCE.

>> WE MADE SURE WE COULD CLEAN EVERYTHING, WIPE DOWN THE VANS SO THERE WAS, WE WERE FOLLOWING CDC PROTOCOLS AND SO FORTH.

STILL DO IT.

AND MAKE THEM FEEL IT WAS OKAY TO DO IT.

>>Daryl: DID YOU FOLKS PUT YOUR KIDS TO WORK?

>> YEAH.

SO LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE SAME.

HALE KIPA PARTNERED UP WITH LILIUOKALANI TRUST FOR THE PRODUCE BOX PICKUPS.

AND YOUTH ARE ALWAYS THERE BRIGHT AND EARLY IN THE MORNING SETTING UP TENTS, PUTTING UP TABLES.

SET EVERYTHING UP.

BREAK EVERYTHING DOWN.

HELP WAS DISTRIBUTION.

BRINGS SENSE OF PRIDE TO THEMSELVES.

I MEAN, THERE'S NO PROBLEM.

THEY'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP OUT.

AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE.

>>Daryl: ONE THINK WOULD LIKE TO ASK LESTER.

HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT HOW YOUR COMMUNITY RESPONDED?

>> THE AMAZING.

GROUPS LIKE THIS, I GOT TO MENTION, WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I WAS PART OF BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

USED TO PLAY BASKETBALL.

USED TO RUN YOUTH CLUBS.

LEAGUES, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

>> THANK YOU.

SO MANY PROGRAMS OUT THERE.

IN WAIPAHU.

THERE'S CITY & COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF REC.

HO'OMANA.

I WAS A PART OF.

I THINK IT'S JUST AMAZING WHEN THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS GATHER, ESPECIALLY WITH HELP OF THE SCHOOL.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

>>Daryl: QUICKLY.

READ A COUPLE OF COMMENTS COMING IN.

LAST QUESTIONS.

BUT COMMENTS FROM RENE I THINK ON FACEBOOK.

VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.

SO MUCH NEEDED IN ALL COMMUNITIES IN HAWAII.

AND CARLA FROM FACEBOOK, MAHALO TO THESE FOLKS AND PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH.

HOW ARE THEY FUND AND WHAT CAN THE COMMUNITY DO TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH?

I'M ASSUMING ALL OF YOU GUYS TAKE DONATIONS RIGHT?

ARE THERE OTHER WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN HELP?

ARE YOU ALWAYS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS?

DO YOU GUYS USE VOLUNTEERS OR IS IT ALL PAID STAFF?

>> WE DEFINITELY HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT COME IN.

THROUGH THE THE WEEK, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND DO MUSIC THERAPY.

TALK ABOUT BUILDING LIFE SKILLS.

WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND JUJITSU.

YOGA TEACHER THAT COMES IN.

WHATEVER SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO LINK UP WITH THEM AND SEE WE CAN GET THEM ENGAGED WITH OUR YOUTH.

>>Daryl: DEBBIE.

DO YOU FOLKS WORK WITH VOLUNTEERS SO MUCH OTHER THAN YOUR OWN, YOU MENTIONED YOUR OWN STAFF TOO.

>> MOST OF THE WORK THAT THE PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEER, MORE ON THE CLERICAL SIDE TO HELP WITH THINGS THAT ARE CLINICAL STAFF NEEDS TO FILE, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

LITTLE TOUGHER TO DO SOME OF THE COUNSELING AND THE BUT WE DO HAVE, PEOPLE ONCE IN A WHILE, WILL COME IN.

TEACH MUSIC OR GUITAR.

INTEREST THAT THE KIDS HAVE.

ALWAYS TRY TO LINK UP VOLUNTEERS.

WITH OUR KIDS INTERESTS ARE RIGHT NOW.

>>Daryl: BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO?

AGAIN, I'M SURE YOU WOULD TAKE THEIR MONEY.

WHAT OTHER THINGS CAN PEOPLE DO TO HELP YOU?

>> I MEAN, WE USE THEM FOR PROGRAMS, VOLUNTEERS, AND WHEN WE PARTNER WITH CORPORATE ORGANIZATIONS AND THEY SAND THEIR STAFF OVER, BRING EXPERTISE, TEACH KIDS AND FAMILIES.

BANKING, COME OVER TO FILE INCOME TAX RETURNS.

OPEN BANK ACCOUNT, MONEY MATTERS.

PARTNER WITH LOCAL CHEFS IN THE AG FOUNDATION.

BRING FARM TO TABLE COOKING WILL HE LESSONS FOR KID.

>> GIVE THEM GROCERIES TO COULD GO HOME AND COOK FOR FAMILY.

A LOT OF WAYS TO COME IN AND HELP US WITH THE PROGRAM.

OTHER THING WE REALLY APPRECIATE INTRODUCTIONS AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO REACH INTO THE COMMUNITIES, GOVERNMENT LEVELS, THROUGH THE D.O.E., ANYWHERE WE CAN THAT CAN HELP TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE NEED AND HIGHLIGHT WHAT OUR KIDS NEED AND HELP US ALL TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE WHAT THE KIDS NEED TO SUCCEED IN LIFE.

>>Daryl: I APPRECIATE HOW POSITIVE IN IS.

BUT QUESTIONREMIND ME THAT THIS IS SOME VERY SERIOUS SCARY THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

THIS QUESTION ANONYMOUSLY.

DID THE PANEL NOTICE ANY TRICKLE‑DOWN EFFECT DUE TO INCREASED REPORTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND STRESS IN THE COMMUNITY?

I DON'T KNOW IF COULD YOU STILL HEAR ME.

WE JUST LOST OUR LIGHT AGAIN IN THE STUDIO.

I'M NOT SURE WHO CAN HEAR ME OR RESPOND.

ADULT FRIENDS FOR YOUTH, DID YOU FOLKS SEE FAMILIES STRUGGLE MORE SO DURING THIS PANDEMIC?

WHAT KIND OF THINGS DID YOU HAVE TO DO ABOUT THAT?

>> YOU WANT ME TO TAKE THAT?

>> I'LL FOLLOW RIGHT AFTER YOU.

>> THERE WAS DEFINITELY STRUGGLES.

WITH US, OUR KIDS COME TO THE CLUBHOUSE TO BE SAFE.

AND FOR THE KIDS THAT COULD NOT COME TO THE CLUBHOUSE ANY MORE, THEY LOST THEIR SAFE PLACE.

SO WHEN THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DOMESTIC ABUSE AT HOME, STRESS IN GENERAL, WHERE DID THEY GO TO FIND THAT COMFORT AND SUPPORT?

WE SAW INCREASE IN SUICIDE IDEATION.

CUTTING.

DEPRESSION.

JUST ANXIETY IN GENERAL.

DEFINITELY.

>>Daryl: WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT THAT?

WHEN YOU SEE THAT IN YOUR CLIENTS?

I MEAN, YOU FOLKS HAVE A LEVEL OF EXPERTISE BUT DO YOU NEED TO BRING IN EXTRA HELP WHEN THAT HAPPENS?

>> FOR US, BECAUSE WE PROVIDED COUNSELING, MOST OF OUR STAFF HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES IN ASSOCIATION WORK.

>> SO THE COUNSELING IS PROVIDED.

>> OF COURSE, WE ALSO REFERRED WHEN AS NEEDED.

MOST OF THE WORK THAT WE FOUND THAT WE HAD TO DO, THAT WAS REALLY RUN AWAYS AFTER A WHILE.

KIDS RUNNING FROM HOME FROM ALL THE STRESSES THEY WERE HAVING.

RUNNING.

COUNSELING AROUND THOSE, BUT ALSO, DOING FAMILY COUNSELING.

MEDIATION.

BRINGING FAMILIES AND THE KIDS TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT WHY THEY WERE RUNNING AND SO SOME OF THAT, NOT SO MUCH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WAS COMING OUT AS STRONG AND I'M SURE THAT WAS THERE.

BUT WE WERE DEALING WITH OTHER ISSUES AS WELL AS THE ‑‑ >>Daryl: SORRY.

I'VE GOT A LIGHT ON HERE TO FIND MY WAY AROUND.

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

WHAT DID YOU NOTICE IN YOUR AMONG YOUR FOLKS YOU TAKE CARE OF, I MEAN, CERTAINLY YOU MENTIONED ECONOMIC ISSUES.

FOOD INSECURITY AND SO ON.

HOW ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL ISSUES AND SUPPORT THAT YOUR CLIENTS NEEDED?

YOUR PARTICIPANTS?

>> BASICALLY, SAME AS WHAT DEBORAH SAYING TOO.

I'M SURE ANNIE THE SAME.

NEEDED SOMEBODY CARING AND SOMEBODY WHO WAS IN AN ADULT.

THAT THEY COULD TALK TO AND TO BE REASSURED, AND THEY WERE REMINDED OF THE HELP AVAILABLE AND FOR TO US PUT THEM WITH COUNSELING SERVICES TO DOCTORS AND MEDICAL CARE AS THEY NEED IT.

YOU CAN ONLY DO THAT IF YOU HAVE THE TRUST OF THE CHILDREN.

WE HAVE ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS BUILT TRUST WITH FAMILIES AND THE CHILDREN AND THEY KNEW THEY COULD REACH OUT TO US WITHOUT SHAME AND KNOWING WE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE TO SUPPORT THEM NO MATTER WHAT THEY NEED.

>>Daryl: JUST IN CASE ANYBODY WATCHING FROM HOME.

LOST SOME OF THE LIGHTING IN THE STUDIO.

STRUGGLING TO PUT SOME NICE LIGHTS ON ME SO I CAN STILL BE HANDSOME.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAS COME UP FROM FACEBOOK, HAS THERE BEEN DISCUSSION WITH THE YOUTH, YOU SERVE ABOUT VACCINATION OR VACCINATION HESITANCY.

VERY INTERESTING QUESTION.

LET ME JUST START WITH PATTY FROMMER BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF THAT, IF THAT IS A ROLE YOU FOLKS TO PLAY.

PEOPLE YOU SERVE ARE GETTING VACCINATED OR TESTED?

>> YES.

SO WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE VACCINATION WITH OUR STAFF.

AND WE SHARE INFORMATION WITH OUR FAMILIES.

WE HOPE BY SETTING EXAMPLE OF THE SAFETY OF THE VACCINE BY DOING TO OUR SELVES WE'LL ENCOURAGE OTHERS.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE FEEL THAT'S OUR JOB TO SHARE FACTS.

AND TO PROVIDE RESOURCES.

AND TO ENCOURAGE.

>>Daryl: YOU KNOW, ANNIE AND DEBORAH, THE FOLKS YOU FOLKS DEAL WITH ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE TROUBLED IN MANY WAYS THAN THE FOLKS AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS.

DO YOU SEE A HARD TIME GETTING SERVICES, HEALTH CARE SERVICES, VACCINATIONS, TESTING, AND SO ON TO THE FOLKS IN YOUR PROGRAM OR THEIR FAMILIES?

>> DEFINITELY.

ESPECIALLY IN THE BEGINNING A LOT OF MYTH.

THIS WAS A HOAX.

WE WERE SURPRISED HEARING ALL OF THESE.

ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT THROUGH COUNSELING AND SO FORTH.

EVEN NOW, I THINK OUR YOUNG GENERATION ESPECIALLY THEY MAY LOUD ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

GETTING STUFF FROM THERE.

CRAZY HOW THEY, OH, NO.

VACCINATION DOESN'T WORK.

ALL OF THESE THINGS COME UP.

>> IT'S STILL ABOUT LIVING TO MAKE THEIR CHOICES BUT YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE FACTS, HAVING THEM SEARCH, RESEARCH IT THEMSELVES TO LOOK IT UP.

TO BE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FACTS OUT THERE.

AND NOT JUST ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THROUGH RESEARCH.

GOING ON THE CDC AND OTHERS AND SO FORTH.

THEY RELY HEAVILY.

I'M SURE ANNIE, THAT'S PROBABLY THE SAME THING FOR THEM.

OR PATTY.

YEAH, SOCIAL MEDIA UNBELIEVABLE WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE RELY ON THE INFORMATION.

>>Daryl: HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT?

JUST CURIOUS.

PARENT MYSELF, WATCHED MY KIDS GROW UP IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD THAN I GREW UP.

YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT ADOPTING TECHNOLOGY WAS NEW FOR A LOT OF YOUR STAFF.

HOW DO YOU HELP PEOPLE WITH THAT WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE THE, MAY NOT HAVE THE SKILLS THEMSELVES.

I'M TALKING ABOUT CUTTING THROUGH ALL OF THE BS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

DO YOU HAVE TO LOOK OVER THEIR SHOULDERS?

>> PART WORK WE PROVIDE, COUNSELING WE PROVIDE.

EVEN FOR THE WORK WE DO, A LOT OF VIOLENCE IS PORTRAYED ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA.

A LOT OF FIGHTS START FROM THE MEDIA.

SO WE HAVE FOR HELP THEM CUT THROUGH THE FACTS.

EVEN WHEN IT'S ABOUT A FIGHT, AND THEN EVERYONE GOES TO PREPANDEMIC.

EVERYBODY GOES TO THE PARK.

ALL RUMORS GOING ON.

AND SO NOW, WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR STUDENTS AWAY AND REALLY HAVE BEEN CUT TO, WHERE DID YOU LEARN THIS INFORMATION?

HOW DID YOU GET THAT INFORMATION?

IS THE SOURCE RELIABLE?

GOING THROUGH ALL OF THAT.

WITH THEM.

WALKING THROUGH THE STEPS WITH THEM.

THEN ACTUALLY SEE SOME OF THEM.

OH, YEAH.

FROM MY GIRLFRIEND, FRIEND.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, OH, YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW HOW RELIABLE THAT SOURCE IS.

SO THAT WILL STARTED THEN.

SO WE COULD CARRY ON DURING THE PANDEMIC.

ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT STORIES ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS.

>>Daryl: FRANKLY, I CAN'T SEE WHO IS TALKING BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A POWER OUTAGE.

DUE IT APPARENTLY POWER LINE GOING DOWN ACROSS THE STREET.

SAND ISLAND PARKWAY.

I CAN'T SEE WHO I'M TALKING TO RIGHT NOW.

I WANT TO DIRECT THAT QUESTION ABOUT HELPING THESE AT RISK YOUTH THROUGH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

WAS THERE ANNIE TALKING OR.

>> THAT WAS DEBBIE.

>>Daryl: I LIKE TO HEAR WHAT YOUR FOLKS WERE GOING THROUGH.

HOW DID YOU GUYS CURATE THAT FOR THEM?

>> SURE.

SO WITH US, IT'S JUST REALLY ABOUT SITTING DOWN AND HAVING THAT THOROUGH CONVERSATION WITH THEM.

OUR YOUTH HAVEN'T BEEN PROVIDED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET VACCINATED THROUGH US BUT EVERY OTHER WEEK, THEY DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET SWAB TESTED.

MOST OF OUR YOUTH GET TESTED EVERY OTHER WEEK.

AT FIRST STARTED DOING TESTING, LITTLE BIT HESITANT ABOUT IT.

DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT.

HAD ALL DIFFERENT BELIEVES DUE TO SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND JUST CHATTER GOING AROUND.

BUT I THINK JUST SITTING DOWN, MEETING THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT AND HAVING THAT OPEN CONVERSATION WITH THEM.

SAYING PROVIDING FACT ABOUT EVERYTHING.

MUCH MORE OPEN TO IT.

DIDN'T SEE MUCH RESISTANCE AFTERWARD.

WE JUST STARTED PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF TO GET VACCINATED.

SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

>>Daryl: AT BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, WERE ACTUALLY HELPING PEOPLE WITH SCHOOLWORK AND YOU MENTIONED A LOT OF THEM HAD FALLEN BEHIND.

HOW BIG IS THE GAP NOW WOULD YOU SAY FOR FOLKS IN YOUR COMMUNITIES, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHERE THEY SHOULD BE IN SCHOOL, TODAY AND WHERE THEY ARE.

AND DO YOU SEE ENOUGH EFFORT OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY OR IN THE SCHOOLS TO GET THEM.

WHAT DO YOU SEE THE DEFICIT AS BEING NOW?

>> THERE A REPORT IN CIVIL BEAT IN FEBRUARY THAT SAID 34% OF HAWAII'S SENIORS WERE NOT ON TRACK TO GRADUATE.

WE TOOK THAT REALLY SERIOUSLY.

THAT'S WHY WE, OPERATING HOURS AN OPENED CLUBS IN THE MORNING SO THE KID COST COME AND ACCESS THEIR SCHOOL LESSONS.

SO WE HAD SOME KIDS THAT WERE COMING IN THAT HAD 30 OR 40 PROJECTS OR LESSONS THAT WERE OVERDUE.

THAT IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION.

WE ACTUALLY SAT DOWN WITH THEM, HELPED THEM TO GET CAUGHT UP, AND HAND THEM IN AND GET MARKED.

KIDS THAT WERE ABLE TO ACCESS CLUBHOUSES WE GOT THEM CAUGHT UP.

MY WORRY IS KIDS THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS PROGRAMS LIKE OURS.

I DON'T AWAY WHAT THE NUMBERS.

ARE SHOCKING WHEN THE NUMBERS DO COME UP.

>>Daryl: YOUR FOLKS PERSPECTIVE?

AND YOU AND DEBORAH ON THAT ISSUE.

YOUR FOLKS' PROGRAMS REALLY DO DEPEND ON MOVING THESE KIDS THROUGH SCHOOL AND HAVING THEM SUCCEED AT SCHOOL.

RIGHT?

SO DEBORAH, WHAT KIND OF DEFICITS DID YOU SEE AND WHAT DID YOU HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO MAKE UP FOR IT?

WERE YOU ABLE TO MAKE UP FOR IT?

>> SO MOST OF THE KIDS THAT WE FIRST STARTED OFF WITH, DOING POORLY IN COOL TO BEGIN WITH.

SO WE WERE GETTING THEM BACK ON TRACK.

AND THEN THE PANDEMIC HIT.

SO WE REALLY HAD TO STEP BACK.

WITH OUR STAFF DID ALONG WITH WHAT WE CALL OUR EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS, FORMER STUDENT.

DID MAPPING OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, WHAT CREDITS THEY HAD, WHAT NEEDED TO DO.

WHICH CLASS THEY NEEDED TO CONCENTRATE ON.

WE'RE GOING DOWN TO THE WIRE RIGHT NOW.

SCHOOL ENDS NEXT WEEK.

STILL DOWN TO THE WIRE, MAKING SURE THE KIDS ARE GETTING THESE THINGS DONE.

I MEAN, AGAIN, LIKE PADDY, WE ONLY KNOW WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING.

AND WE CAN JUST IMAGINE THE ONES THAT SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS.

DIDN'T GET ANY OTHER SERVICE.

WHAT WE'RE MOST AFRAID OF.

TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO BRING.

WE KNOW WHEN KID DROP OUT, ALSO IS GATEWAY TO VIOLENCE AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

THAT'S A BIG CONCERN FOR US.

>>Daryl: HALE KIPA.

SAME ISSUE FOR YOU FOLKS, RIGHT?

DO YOU HAVE KIDS THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GRADUATE THAT WILL GOING TO END UP BEING, I THINK YOU HAVE TO LET THEM GO WHEN THEY HIT A CERTAIN AGE, RIGHT?

>> RIGHT.

BUT YOU KNOW, SO FOR EVERYONE THAT COMES IN AND THEY'RE ALREADY BEHIND, OUR MAIN THING IS ADVOCATING FOR APPROPRIATE SERVICE.

ALSO, DURING COVID, WE HAD TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES.

SOME KIDS PUT THEM IN FRONT A COMPUTER.

ABSOLUTELY FINE.

OTHER KIDS, TEN MINUTES AND THEY'RE CHECKED OUT ALREADY.

SO WE DID BEGIN TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES AND THOSE WHO COULD BENEFITED FROM BEING IN CLASS.

WE STRONGLY ADVOCATED FOR THEM.

TO GET THOSE SERVICES THROUGH THE SCHOOL.

AND SOME OF THEM WERE ABLE TO GO IN PERSON.

VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE HAVE THREE YOUTH GRADUATING THIS YEAR.

SO BIG CELEBRATION.

IT'S REALLY JUST LIKE PADDY SAID, SPENDING THE TIME WITH THEM.

THEY'RE REALLY IS NO MAGIC WAND FOR THAT.

JUST NEED TO BE PRESENT.

SIT THERE WITH THEM.

HELP THEM THROUGH T AND THAT IS REALLY, THAT'S REALLY THE BIG DIFFERENCE MAKER.

>>Daryl: I GOT A QUESTION FROM CARLA ON FACEBOOK.

CAN YOU PROVIDE STATS ON NUMBER OF YOUTH WITH YOU WERE SERVING?

I BET IT'S MORE THAN PEOPLE REALIZE.

I WOULD BE CURIOUS AS TO WHAT YOUR CAPACITY ISSUES ARE.

DO YOU HAVE SPACE FOR MORE BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL SAYING THAT THERE IS MORE KIDS OUT THERE YOU'RE SERVING.

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

>> I WHEN I SAID YOU'RE SERVING 15,000.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE NEED IS FOR YOUR SERVICES OUT THERE AND DO YOU STILL HAVE ROOM FOR MORE PEOPLE?

>> YES.

SO THE 15,000 WAS PRECOVID.

SO DURING COVID, WE SERVED OVER 3500 KIDS THROUGH THE CLUBHOUSES.

THEN OVER 20,000 KIDS IN VIRTUAL PROGRAMS.

>> SO IT WAS A REALLY DIFFERENT MIX FOR US.

THROUGH THER PANDEMIC.

BUT WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD CAPACITY BACK UP AGAIN.

IN THE CLUBS.

NOW THAT'S SAFE TO DO SO.

>> SO WE DO HAVE ROOM AT SOME CLUBHOUSES AND SOME CLUBHOUSES HAVE WAIT LISTS.

IT REALLY DEPENDS ON AREA IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND ONLY REASON WHY WE HAVE THROUGH IS SOME PARENT IS NOT READY YET FOR THEIR KIDS TO GO TO PUBLIC PROGRAMS LIKE THAT.

IT'S REALLY DEPENDS ON THE CLUBHOUSE.

>>Daryl: DID YOU FIND, PADDY, THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT YOU LEARNED THAT YOU CAN EXTENDING YOURSELF WITH THE DISTANCE LEARNING OR DISTANCE, CONNECTION ONLINE.

SO ON.

DO YOU SEE IN THE FUTURE BEING ABLE TO REACH MORE KIDS ONCE YOU GET UP TO STAFF?

IS THAT ONE OF YOUR GOALS?

>> IT IS BUT GOING TO DEPEND ON THE PROGRAM.

HAS TO BE SUPERENGAGING.

HAS TO BE HANDS ON AND TACTILE.

IT HAS TO BE A COOKING PROGRAM WHERE KIDS GET TOO COOK A LOT.

KIDS ARE SICK AND TIRED IN BEING IN FRONT A COMPUTER.

DON'T WANT TO.

WHO WOULD EVER HAVE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD HAVE THOSE, KIDS DON'T WANT TO BE IN FRONT OF COMPUTER.

>> THEY DON'T.

THEY'RE TIRED OF T REALLY WILL DEPEND ON THE PROGRAMS.

WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN.

IF IT'S RIGHT FIT.

>>Daryl: ADULT FRIENDS FOR YOUTH.

WHAT YOUR CAPACITY AND ARE THERE MORE KIDS OUT THERE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HELP BUT YOU CAN'T, WHAT IS YOUR ABILITY TO RAMP UP IF YOU NEED TO.

>> MAIN PROGRAMS 600 KIDS MEETING WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS.

THEN WE HAVE A CONVENTION ABOUT PROMOTING PEACE, EMPATHY, ACCEPTANCE, RESPECT AND LOVE IN THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WENT VIRTUAL WITH THAT.

ABLE TO 2400 KIDS THROUGH THAT PROGRAM WITH THE SCHOOLS.

CAPACITY FOR US IS ALWAYS DEPENDENT ON GETTING RIGHT PEOPLE.

THE RIGHT STAFFING.

BECAUSE IT'S THE WE'RE ON CALL 24‑7 FOR OUR CLIENTELE.

THEY ALL HAVE OUR CELL NUMBERS.

CRIME ACTIVITY THESE GET INVOLVED IN IS NOT BETWEEN 9 AND 5.

WE HAVE TO BE THERE.

LONG HOURS.

>> HAVING RIGHT PEOPLE IS REALLY WHERE THE CAPACITY IS.

FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE, DEDICATED PEOPLE, BECAUSE WORKING WITH KIDS AND GROUPS IN MUCH EASIER THAN IT IS WORKING INDIVIDUALLY.

>>Daryl: I'M SORRY I KIND OF FORGOT ABOUT YOU WHEN I WAS SITTING HERE IN THE DARK.

I APOLOGIZE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY, WHAT ARE YOU MOST WORRIED ABOUT WHEN YOU SEE WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND DIFFERENT THINGS, LEARNING DEFICITS, VIOLENCE, THE RISKS.

WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU'RE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT?

WHAT DO YOU THINK AS A COMMUNITY WE SHOULD BE WATCHING OUT FOR?

>> RIGHT.

TO BE HONEST, I THINK IT'S STILL FAMILY CELL.

THIS WHOLE PANDEMIC, I THINK PARENTS ARE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SOME PARENTS ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND WORK AND STUFF.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.

AND I CAN RELATE TO THAT BECAUSE AS A YOUTH, MY PARENTS WORKED BECAUSE WE JUST GOT HERE.

THEY HAD TO.

FOR PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE SEEN ON THE NEWS, I THINK IT'S THE SAME.

AND THEY TURN TO FRIEND AND GANG MEMBERS VIOLENCE.

STUFF LIKE THAT THINK IT STARTS WITH FAMILY.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT FAMILY CORE, THAT VALUE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SO MANY PATHWAYS THAT YOU CAN JUST GET PEOPLE INTO.

>>Daryl: REALLY REALLY GOOD POINT.

LESTER.

WHERE DO YOU SEE YOUR CAPACITY GOING AND I IMAGINE YOUNG AT HEART KIND OF ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD PREFER NOT TO EXIST, RIGHT?

YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE CHILDREN AT RISK BUT IS YOUR CAPACITY TO HELP PEOPLE BASED ON THE REFERRALS YOU GET OR COULD PEOPLE ACTUALLY BRING A CHILD TO YOU?

OR HOW DOES THAT WORK.

>> SO HALE KIPA 20 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.

SPEAKING ON THE OTHER PROGRAMS ONLY EMERGENCY SHELTER.

AS FAR AS CAPACITY, WE DO HAVE PROGRAMS THAT PEOPLE CAN COME TO US.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY BY REFERRAL.

A LOT OF TIMES, WE'LL REFER IT TO OTHER PROGRAMS WITHIN OUR OWN AGENCY.

BECAUSE WE KNOW THE SERVICES ARE NEEDED.

>> SO AS FAR AS SHELTER, I WANT TO SAY, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, PROBABLY HAD ABOUT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 140, TO 150 YOUTH IS HE SERVED IN OUR EMERGENCY SHELTER ALONE.

TWO SHELTERS EACH HOUSE COULD TAKE UP TO EIGHT YOUTH.

WE'VE BEEN PRETTY STEADY THROUGHOUT COVID.

>>Daryl: DID YOU SEE BIG INCREASE FOR NEEDS FOR YOUR SERVICES DURING THE COVID?

>> BIG NEED FOR ADVOCACY.

A LOT OF KIDS CAME IN AND SERVICES WEREN'T BEING PROVIDE FOR WHATEVER REASON.

KIND OF WHAT WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON.

SPEAKING OUT FOR THE YOUTH.

GETTING THEIR VOICES HEARD.

AND HELPING THEM GET THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.

>>Daryl: SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.

ALL OF YOU.

AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SPEND IT'S TIME WITH YOU AGAIN.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THE TECHNICAL ISSUES.

THAT WE HAD.

BEYOND OUR CONTROL.

OBVIOUSLY.

AND OUR STAFF HERE.

I GOT TO SAY, THEY WERE SCRAMBLING MIGHTILY AND APPRECIATE THE VERY MUCH.

CREW ABLE TO KEEP THIS SHOW GOING.

DESPITE PRETTY CRAZY SERVICE.

>> NOT AS BAD AS COVID, BUT PRETTY DARK.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

AND WE THANK OUR GUESTS ‑ PADDY KAUHANE, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII, ANNIE TUIOLEMOTU FROM THE HALE KIPA EMERGENCY SHELTER, DEBORAH SPENCER‑CHUN, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF ADULT FRIENDS FOR YOUTH, AND LESTER ORSINO, A FORMER PARTICIPANT WITH ADULT FRIENDS FOR YOUTH.

NEXT WEEK ON INSIGHTS, WITH SUMMER RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND COVID‑19 RESTRICTIONS LOOSENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MANY PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO START TRAVELING AGAIN.

WE’LL TALK HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDELINES.

PLEASE JOIN US THEN.

I’M DARYL HUFF FOR INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAI`I, ALOHA!