MEO accepts H-HEAP utility credit applications June 1-30 countywide
The annual Hawaii Home Energy Assistance Program (H-HEAP), which offers credits on utility bills for income-qualifying households, will accept applications between June 1 and June 30 at Maui Economic Opportunity offices in Wailuku, Hana, Lana`i City and Kaunakakai,...
Available openings for preschoolers to attend MEO Head Start
Maui Economic Opportunity’s Head Start preschool program, which offers comprehensive early childhood education at no cost to income-qualifying families, has available openings for preschool age children to attend the 2025-2026 school year, which begins in August....
Hawaiian Electric teams collect toiletry/hygiene items for MEO clients
Hawaiian Electric donated to Maui Economic Opportunity a total of 150 toiletry and hygiene items, including shampoo, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste and laundry soap, to be given to Head Start preschool families and Community Services clients in need. The two-week...
First-time homebuyers’ workshop in Spanish set for June 7 at MEO
A workshop in Spanish for first-time homebuyers will be hosted by Maui Economic Opportunity’s Enlace Hispano from 3:30 to 7 p.m., Saturday, June 7. Topics to be discussed are: - What is credit. - How credit is established. - Steps to buying a home. Isaac Peña-Parrilla...
MEO surveying residents about top community needs
Maui Economic Opportunity is seeking the community’s help in identifying Maui County’s top community needs as the Community Action Agency embarks on a process to develop a three-year plan to tackle those needs. The survey of the general public and stakeholders is an...
Maui County Council Members proclaim May Community Action Month
Thank you Maui County Council Members for proclaiming May Community Action Month and for recognizing and praising the work of Maui County’s Community Action Agency, Maui Economic Opportunity, in Council Chambers today…
Community Action Month proclaimed; MEO lauded as countyʻs CAA
Maui County Chief of Communications and Public Affairs Mahina Martin read a proclamation declaring Community Action Month in Maui County and praised the work of the countyʻs Community Action Agency, Maui Economic Opportunity, at the nonprofitʻs general staff meeting...
MEO Hana to offer transportation services for East Maui Taro Festival
Maui Economic Opportunity Hana drivers will be picking up attendees of the East Maui Taro Festival on Saturday from the three parking lots and taking them to the event at the Hana Ball Park from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is no charge for the roundtrip ride. MEO Hana also...
MEO Head Start preschool continues to accept children for 2025-26
Moloka‘i Head Start teacher Valeny Dudoit “sails” through the Kaunakakai office of Maui Economic Opportunity in Max’s red boat from the children’s book “Where The Wild Things Are.” On the last day of summer school on July 5, a Rumpus Dance was held, the concluding event of a summer curriculum with the “Wild Things” theme…
AT&T, BoostMobile users may be having trouble calling MEO for rides
MEO Transportation assists a rider at the 2023 Kupuna Aloha Luncheon at the Grand Wailea. AT&T and BoostMobile callers may be having trouble getting their reservations into MEO Transportation…