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Kākou for Keiki (K4K) is a community collaborative dedicated to strengthening the people and systems that help Maui County’s youngest keiki thrive.

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E komo mai

Kākou for Keiki (K4K) gathers family advocates, service providers, medical professionals, government officials, and community members to achieve greater outcomes together for the health & resilience of all keiki ages birth through five in Maui County.

I ola ʻoe i ola mākou nei ~ I ola ʻoe, i ola au ē

We are committed to building pilina with everyone to ensure that Maui County’s early childhood ecosystem is a thriving, healthy, flexible, adaptable network of offerings that connect ‘ohana to trustworthy services that provide them with choice and chance.

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what we do

Our Work

As a collaborative, we focus our efforts on:

  • Gathering a hui of families, service providers, medical professionals, government officials, and community leaders to build a trustworthy, family-centered, and locally-rooted support system for Maui County families.

  • Promoting practices & protocols that reflect and respect the diversity of Maui County communities so that families who have been institutionally excluded or neglected feel safe and trust can grow.

  • Uplifting screenings & referrals to provide chance for early detection & choice in connected interventions.

  • Building accessible resources for families to easily engage in health services that meet families where they are.

  • Developing family leadership to strengthen early childhood programs & services through the expertise of lived experience & self-determination.

  • Rooting data collection & analysis practices to place to represent our communities’ experiences accurately & authentically.

  • Sharing what we learn with others and integrating those lessons into future plans to meaningfully inform program design, implementation, and quality improvement efforts for the benefit of Maui County ‘ohana.

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Our STORY

K4K was formed in 2016 to promote cross-sector cooperative thinking to best capture the variety of perspectives necessary to create a comprehensive Early Childhood system.

Our Guiding principles

K4K Sustainability team

our partners

Mahalo to our Sustainability Partners who we collaborate with facilitate early detection & connected interventions.

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