Every June families who have navigated the Child Welfare System and successfully reunified with their children are honored in the State of Hawai‘i. Partners like EPIC ‘Ohana Conferencing, Child Welfare Services, Lili’uokalani Trust, Catholic Charities Hawai‘i and UH Law School come together to plan a lunch celebration. This year in 2025 we had the privilege to honor three families on the island of O‘ahu.

Celebrating Reunification Month for two families from Maui County. One family from Maui Island and the other from Moloka’i.

Every year a family is honored for successfully reunifying with their children. This year June 2023 we celebrated the Keleleiki-Francisco family.

A positive working relationship between parents and resource caregivers is pivotal to the well-being of the keiki. This event in Hilo celebrated the importance of shared parenting, bringing families together in aloha for one another and our keiki.

This video brings voices of parents with lived experience to encourage birth parents currently in the child welfare system, especially those struggling with substance use disorders.

This 10-minute video, created by Hawaii’s Nā Kama a Hāloa Network, depicts the benefits that can happen when parents and resource caregivers (foster parents) collaborate on behalf of the children.

We are excited to share this virtual celebration of ‘Ohana Conferencing - 25 years of service in Hawai‘i .

June was National Reunification Month, and across the country celebrations have been taking place to honor successful family reunifications. This webinar honors own Hawaii Reunification Champions, Resource Caregivers.

The 15th annual ‘Ohana is Forever conference was held virtually on July 16, 2021, with over 200 young people, adult professionals and community partners in attendance online.

On May 26, 2021 HI H.O.P.E.S hosted a pandemic support virtual town hall.

Begun in 1996, EPIC’s ‘Ohana Conferencing Program is now an essential statewide service that's provided to families who are navigating Hawaii's Child Welfare Services.

Learn more about the work of EPIC’s ‘Ohana Finding program and hear stories that uplift the importance of family connections.

Enjoy special moments, speakers and key highlights from our one-hour virtual event held on September 30, 2020.

Join us in celebrating a decade of accomplishments, youth voice and amazing community partnerships!

We know you'll laugh along with our HI H.O.P.E.S. boards as we celebrate a competitive and fun HI H.O.P.E.S. annual tradition!

A Healing Journey: The Road to Reunification outlines the stages parents go through when their family enters Child Welfare Services (CWS).