Teachers Aide 2022-23
Annual Pre-School Supply Drive info here (June-July)
June 30 application deadline nears for energy credit help
The deadline to apply for federally funded energy credit assistance for low-income residents who are not in crisis but require help to pay their heating and cooling bills is 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30. Maui Economic Opportunity administers the popular once-a-year...
MEO Kaohi youth program under way on Molokai
Youth in the inaugural Maui Economic Opportunity Kāohi program on Moloka‘i helped with food distribution and learned about vehicle maintenance, including changing wiper blades and fixing a tire. MEO Youth Services brought its drugs, alcohol, smoking, bullying and...
MEO Head Start Dad Kekoa Barcai selected Father of the Year
Head Start Dad Kekoa Barcai was named “Father of the Year” for Maui Island and Maui Economic Opportunity the “Parent-Friendly Business Award” winner at the fourth annual Hawai‘i Fatherhood Conference via Zoom on Saturday, June 18. The awards were presented by the...
MEO holds focus group meetings to identify top community needs
Government, private and nonprofit Maui County leaders and clients and staff of Maui Economic Opportunity offered their views on top community problems and ways to address them in focus groups organized this week as part of MEO’s effort to formulate a Community Needs...
Business grants of up to $25k available to MEO Core Four students
Applications are being accepted for Maui Economic Opportunity’s Core Four Business Planning series that offers the opportunity upon course completion to submit a business plan for review – with the top nine plans eligible for grants of up to $25,000 for start-up...
Required pesticide training for farmworkers offered by MEO NFJP
A pesticide safety training, required annually for farmworkers, is being offered at no cost to agricultural operations statewide by certified Maui Economic Opportunity National Farmworker Training Program staff. The Worker Protection Standard training is approved by...
The MEO Minute 26
*On Wednesday's* The MEO Minute on Akaku's The Maui Daily, Business Development Center Director David Daly talks about a new credit counseling program. His segment appears at about the 12 minute mark, preceded by a report on the MEO administered ‘Ai Hua farmers market...
Maui P&CC Mothers and Fathers Day Luncheon at MEO
About 40 members of kupuna clubs islandwide attended the Maui Planning & Coordinating Council Mothers’ and Fathers’ Day Luncheon at Maui Economic Opportunity in Wailuku on Wednesday, June 8. Before lunch, club presidents and their leaders learned about Robert's...
MEO NFJP joined AgFest
U‘ilani Ah Chan and Suzette Bacarro met more than a hundred visitors to the MEO National Farmworker Jobs Program table at the Maui AgFest & 4-H Livestock Fair at the War Memorial Special Events Field on Saturday, June 4. NFJP is a job training and employment...