MEO receives $150,000 OHA award for fresh food program
Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc., today announced receiving a $150,000 award for a fresh food voucher program that will support the Native Hawaiian community through the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) COVID-19 Impact and Response Grant. ‘Ai Hua will help to reinforce...
MEO Hana Branch Manager Jonnie Oliveira interviewed by HPR
Maui Economic Opportunity Hana Branch Manager Jonnie Oliveira talked story with Hawaii Public Radio’s Noe Tanigawa about MEO bus services and life in Hana in a report that aired Friday, Aug. 20. Part of HPR’s The Aloha Friday Conversation, Tanigawa’s report lasted...
MEO Youth Services offers anti-bullying, suicide program
A youth bullying and suicide prevention program, Defenders Connect, will be offered by Maui Economic Opportunity’s Youth Services from 4 to 5 p.m. Aug. 23, 24 and 26 via Zoom. It is a training program for 7th to 12th graders that focuses on identifying youths...
National energy assistance program that aids local families celebrates 40th birthday
Chase Taiseni and his girlfriend visited a Maui Economic Opportunity housing/energy assistance outreach event in Kihei earlier this year. Chase had lost his job due to the COVID-19 pandemic and came to the event looking for help with utility bills. He had received a...
MEO BDC Money Matters Financial Literacy Workshop online via Zoom
Another round of the Money Matters Adult Financial Literacy Workshop series, offered by Maui Economic Opportunity’s Business Development Center, will be held from 10 to noon Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 18 and 19, via Zoom. The two-session series will cover...
Sugar Beach gets a cleaning by MEO, BBBS, Monkeypod restaurant
Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services summer program kids, Big Brothers Big Sisters Bigs and Littles and Monkeypod Kitchen by Merriman staff joined in the E mālama I kō kākou moana “Save Our Ocean” beach cleanup on July 29. Sixteen youths from MEO’s summer program,...
Recently released inmate works to restart his life
Lolesio Setefano was released from the federal correctional system after 10 years behind bars with hopes of restarting his life. He was referred to Maui Economic Opportunity’s BEST (Being Empowered and Safe Together) program in May. He came to the BEST program seeking...
10 new Maui Bus paratransit buses blessed
The Rev. John Hau‘oli Tomoso blessed 10 new Maui County paratransit buses, which should be on the road in the next two weeks, on Wednesday, Aug. 4, at the Maui Economic Opportunity base yard in Puunene. Maui County Department of Transportation and MEO officials were...
MORTGAGE, RENT & UTILITY ASSISTANCE IN-PERSON APPLICATION SUPPORT
Renters and mortgage holders facing difficulties making their payments may qualify for assistance – including with back rent – and could receive information and help in applying for relief at Maui Economic Opportunity in-person outreach events and offices. MEO staff...
Housing specialist Shayna Manlapao is MEO Employee of the Month
Housing specialist Shayna Manlapao, who received a public shout-out in a Letter to the Editor in The Maui News, was named Maui Economic Opportunity June Employee of the Month. “Not only does she provide personal excellence with all of her clients, as a co-worker Shay...