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.

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.

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

The story of Stanley Soares' hard work and determination as well as his team of family, friend and service providers that made reunification with his children a success.

National Reunification Month July 2019 - Hikalea Family