MEO offers job training help for recently released inmates
Tuition assistance for vocational training is available for recently released inmates until the end of 2022 when the COVID-19 funding for the program run by Maui Economic Opportunity lapses. Anyone incarcerated since 2020 is eligible for the program that helps those...
MEO helping students get to school on Molokai
Maui Economic Opportunity on Moloka‘i has stepped in to offer transportation services to youths who could not be accommodated by the public school bus service. The state Department of Education sent out an email to families last week indicating that about 17 students...
Business grants available to MEO Core Four students
Maui Economic Opportunity’s Core Four Business Planning series will begin Sept. 6 and run for five weeks with graduates eligible for up to $25,000 in grants for business start-up expenses. MEO’s Business Development Center offers the course Tuesdays and Thursdays,...
Molokai residents participate in suicide prevention training
Twenty Moloka‘i residents learned to be suicide prevention gatekeepers in training sessions Tuesday and Wednesday conducted by Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services. The four sessions held over the two days at MEO’s Kaunakakai office covered recognition of the...
Head Starts Ashley Caris named Employee of the Month
Maui Economic Opportunity’s Employee of the Month Ashley Caris offered insight and empathy for workers and clients as Head Start preschool made decisions amid the uncertainties of the pandemic. “This empathy has been useful in many instances, such as the logistics of...
Suicide prevention trainings set Aug 23-24 on Molokai
Suicide Prevention Basics, two-hour training workshops, will be offered by Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services on Aug. 23 and 24 at MEO in Kaunakakai. The trainings are for parents/guardians and will cover suicide risks, warning signs, how to listen, self-care...
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MEO Youth Services wraps up summer program for youth
Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services summer program came to an end last week after a busy two months of community service projects, such as reading to preschoolers and organizing Bingo for kupuna, and fun activities that included snorkeling at Molokini and a Maui...
Lee Imada named MEO Employee of the Month
Executive Assistant Lee Imada was named Maui Economic Opportunity Employee of the Month at a virtual general staff meeting Friday, July 29. He was nominated by Mae Koyanagi, who is one of two administration staff he supervises. “I will hear him talking to people who...
MEO Business Development Center offering credit counseling services
Residents facing worrisome credit debt or needing advice on managing their student loans can now turn to Maui Economic Opportunity’s Business Development Center for help. The Business Development Center recently certified staff members on Maui and Moloka‘i as national...