MEO worries about funding freeze while planning for fundraising gala
CEO Debbie Cabebe discusses the impact of federal funding freeze that was eventually challenged in court and rescinded. https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2025/02/maui-economic-opportunity-worries-about-funding-freeze-while-planning-for-fundraising-gala/...
Budgeting, spending, credit strategies offered at MEO class Feb. 19
The class also will cover credit, how to establish it, improving FICO scores, and understanding personal credit profiles. A FICO score is a tool used by lenders to determine whether an individual qualifies for a credit card, mortgage or other loans and the rates the individual pays…
Baldwin-Maui High team wins top prize in 4th ‘Imi Pono Challenge
The winners of the ‘Imi Pono Challenge Jada Gomes (center holding certificate) and Hina Wells (next to her on the right) pose for a photo with (from left) MEO CEO Debbie Cabebe, Maui County Council Chair Alice Lee, and Amber Coutsos, Office and Legislative Manager for the Maui Chamber of Commerce…
English classes for Spanish speakers set Feb. 19 to April 2 at MEO
A 12-class series that offers English language classes for Spanish speakers and preparation for the U.S. Citizenship Test will be held 9 a.m. to noon, Mondays and Wednesdays, from Feb. 19 to April 2, at Maui Economic Opportunity in Wailuku…
MEO offices on Maui, Moloka`i, Lana`i closing Friday due to weather
Maui Economic Opportunity offices in Wailuku, Hana, Kaunakakai and Lana`i City will be closed Friday, Jan. 31, due to the dangerous weather conditions. MEO Human Services buses will be making essential runs only. ADA paratransit runs will align with The Maui Bus...
MEO has driven Hana residents to Central Maui and back since its beginning
MEO Hana Director Kane Kanaka‘ole offered a ho‘okupu to the royal court of the Festivals of Aloha on Oct. 19, 2024…
Video of informational meeting on Agricultural Micro Grants available
About 55 individuals and more than 20 via Zoom listened to MEO BDC Director David Daly discuss the new round of the Maui County Agricultural Micro Grants on Wednesday, Jan. 15…
MEO’s 60th Anniversary: Assisting residents on Lana’i
Lana‘i Branch Manager Victorio Agtarap, assists his passengers in boarding the MEO bus in this photo taken from MEO’s 1992-93 annual report…
County Agricultural Micro Grant informational meeting set Jan. 15
Maui Grown Tomatoes in Haiku has been a recipient of the Maui County Agricultural Micro Grant, which is currently accepting applications for a new round of grants…
MEO 60-Year Spotlight: The Moloka’i branch
This cover of the MEO annual report for the 1992-93 fiscal year shows the old and “new” sites of MEO offices on Moloka‘i…