MEO NFJP conducts pesticide safety heat stress protection trainings
About 80 farmworkers on Kaua‘i and Hawai‘i Island were trained in pesticide and heat stress protection last week by Maui Economic Opportunity’s National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) trainers. The Worker Protection Standard, Heat Stress Prevention and Pesticide...
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Director of Community Services Cassi Yamashita discussed available rental/mortgage assistance available, especially for families experiencing hardships from COVID-19, on The MEO Minute, a segment on the Wednesday, June 29, The Maui Daily. Cassi appears at about the...
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...
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...
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...
Ai Hua fresh food vouchers still available to Native Hawaiian families
Native Hawaiian families that have been financially impacted by or had a member contract COVID-19 are eligible for ‘Ai Hua fresh food vouchers, program coordinator Maui Economic Opportunity said Tuesday, May 31. The program is funded by a $150,000 Office of Hawaiian...
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I've been behind again on posting the links to *The MEO Minute* on *Akaku's The Maui Daily*. Our segment runs every Wednesday. On Wednesday, May 18, Assistant Director of Community Services Jennifer McGurn talked about the National Farmworker Jobs Program, the only...
Candidates invited to 50th Kupuna Aloha Luncheon
Candidates for public office are invited to sign up for a display table at the 50th Kupuna Aloha Luncheon, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, July 30, in the Grand Wailea Haleakala Ballroom. Five decades ago, the event was organized by Maui Economic Opportunity to give...
Construction Industry of Maui donates to MEO
Maui Economic Opportunity received a check for $2,500 from the Construction Industry of Maui on Wednesday, May 18, to support the agency’s programs to reintegrate, train and employ recently released inmates. This is the second consecutive year that the construction...