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…
MEO receives $6,250 grant with help from Valley Isle Community FCU
A team from Valley Isle Community Federal Credit Union delivered a $6,250 check to support MEO’s Business Development Center….
MEO Kahi Kamali’i Infant Toddler Center has openings
Maui Economic Opportunity has limited openings in its Kahi Kamali`i Infant Toddler Center in Wailuku. Children between 12 months and 2 years of age are being accepted…
MEO electric bus and charging station blessed
Kahu Kimokeo Kapahulehua blesses a charger with the assistance of Mayor Richard Bissen and former state Sen. Gil Keith Agaran on Thursday morning at MEO’s Puunene Baseyard…
NDWG program that offered jobs to wildfire survivors shuts down
The National Dislocated Worker Grant (NDWG), which provided good paying jobs for those impacted by the Aug. 8, 2023, wildfires and labor at no cost for sites doing recovery work, was shut down Monday, Feb. 24, 2024, due to funding issues, Maui Economic Opportunity...
Ag Micro Grant application deadline nears, Feb. 25
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 accepting bids for disposal of old bus on Moloka’i
MEO is disposing of this 15-year-old Moloka`i bus and accepting bids…