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The Conversation spoke to Dorothy Roberts, a professor of law and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, about the death of 10-year-old Geanna Bradley and the shortcomings of the child welfare system.
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The state’s Preschool Open Doors has expanded its subsidy program, meaning more families can now qualify for a break on preschool tuition. It’s one of the largest expansions to the state’s preschool subsidy program for families trying to get childcare for their kids.
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This year children in Hawaiʻi will get more federal money for summer meals to account for the state’s high food costs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will give local kids $59 per month for food during the summer — higher than the $40 provided to those on the continental U.S.
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Operation School Bell literally generated aisles of smiles this weekend at the Walmart on Ke’eaumoku Street. Fifty elementary students from three schools — Palolo, Kalihi, and Likelike — were treated to a shopping spree Saturday.
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Students from the burned King Kamehameha III Elementary School had nowhere to go after the Lahaina fire. A few keiki at a makeshift learning hub became enamored with the concept of writing and illustrating a children's book. Thus, the idea for "Makai Loves Books!" was born. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol has more.
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Imua Family Services, a nonprofit that works with families and children, bought a 6-acre property in central Maui in 2020. The Imua Inclusion preschool at the Imua Discovery Garden will be an outdoor nature-based education.
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A mother with local ties, Lesley Hu, created a nonprofit in honor of her 9-year-old son Pierce who was killed by her ex-husband in a murder-suicide during a child custody dispute over the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Moloka’i's first dedicated theater program is preparing for its Christmas play. Thirty-one keiki between the ages of 4 and 16 have spent weeks remembering their lines and rehearsing together. Participants of the Hokulani Children’s Theatre of Molokai are learning more than meets the eye on stage. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol reports from Molokaʻi.
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Deputy Attorney General Amanda Leonard and Sharon Young, a mother whose three children were abducted by their father and taken to Mexico in the 1990s, joined The Conversation to discuss complicated custody cases in Hawaiʻi.
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The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, according to a recent report from the CDC. Hawaiʻi saw the largest jump, with the exemption rate rising to 6.4%, nearly double the year before. The Conversation's Catherine Cruz spoke to a state Department of Health immunization expert about Hawaiʻi's vulnerability to disease outbreaks.