PROGRAM YEAR "E"

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION-08-OBJECTIVES

Employment objectives

1. Place 30 residents in on the job training slots. To date 28 have been placed. 93%.

2. Assist in recruiting 15 applicants for the Operation Mainstream project. 29 persons have been recruited. 193%.

3. Provide assistance in outreach referral services for MDTA and job place ments with the employment services for 80 people. Thus far 83 people have been so assisted. 104%.

Educational objectives

1. Provide a concerted effort with the DOE, Adult Education Division to enroll approximately 1,000 of the target area residents in Adult Education classes. 620 people have been enrolled in Adult Education Classes. 62%.

2. Request from the Department of Education to increase its Title I 89-10 half year full-time Head Start classes in Haiku and Lahaina to full-time and to add one Head Start class in the Island of Lanai. 1970-71 Lahaina, full-time, Puunene, full-time, Hana, full-time, Lanai class tentative 1971-72.

3. Request the Molokai Community to assume responsibility for the CAA Summer Camp Program in Molokai. No response.

4. Negotiate with the Department of Labor for two day care classes in Lahaina. Successful-currently two classes in Lahaina. 100%.

5. Negotiate with local, state and federal agencies for a limited subsidized transportation system. None as yet. Feasibility study to be concluded February 21, 1971.

Housing objectives

1. To increase participation in housing task force committees. Tenant's Coun cil of Maui was formed (a part of Welfare and Housing Action Movement, islandwide WHAM) representing three low-income housing areas including Upper and Lower Kahekili in Wailuku and David Malo Circle in Lahaina. Some 100 families are members of the Tenant's Council. The Maui Concerned citizens for Housing group was also formed, their representatives speaking for some 11.000 low income Maui residents. The Lahaina Housing Task Force came into being with 60 families as active members.

2. Motivate the tenants of low-income housing to become more issue oriented. Through the establishment of the above action groups, this has been accomplished. Assisted with Legal Aid in developing Tenants Council.

Planning skills objectives

1. To increase the planning capacity of the residents, the Community Organization Program Account will provide training in relation to the major conditions of poverty. To provide training in strategies in getting the power structure to share their power with residents of the community. This program account will serve the seven area councils that have been organized. This agency will coordinate its training activities with WCATI, State Planning System and State Economic Opportunity Office. Area Councils have developed planning and coordination committees.

EMERGENCY FOOD AND MEDICAL SERVICES-55-OBJECTIVES

1. Provide one hot meal a day (5 days a week) to 60 tenants of Hale Mahaolu (housing for the elderly) who meet the poverty economic criteria, live alone, and show evidence of potential malnutrition. This program was put into effect July 1, 1970 and to date has served 406 residents per month for an average of 49 per day. 83%.

2. To evaluate the dietary habits of the Housing tenants to determine the nutritional deficiencies of the elderly and to supplement their food with the lacking nutrient in dishes they traditionally prepare. Dietary summary sheets were given to the residents and the information obtained from them enabled the nutritionist to include in the hot meal the lacking ingredients. Personal reactions were also gotten from the residents. Every effort is made to supplement their diets with the one hot meal.

3. To encourage and provide physical examinations for the participating elderly to determine these physiological deficiencies and their dietary requirements and

to determine if the one meal a day will remedy the elderly's physiological conditions. Nothing done.

SUMMER YOUTH OPPORTUNITY-59-OBJECTIVES

1. To provide camping experience for 160 youngsters of disadvantaged families. Actual children served-142. 88%.

2. Develop the innate leadership abilities of disadvantaged children by allowing them to participate in the design and planning of activities they want. The youth formed their own policy advisory council at camp where they developed and planned their programs and activities such as crafts, family night entertainment, etc. 3. Provide cultural enrichment and recreational experience to children from disadvantaged families. The children participated in swimming, hiking, visiting of historical spots located within the camp area, hula lessons, ukelele lessons, listened to Hawaiian speakers, etc.

SENIOR OPPORTUNITIES AND SERVICES-65-OBJECTIVES

Increase if not attain expertise for the elderly in purchasing know-how : 1. Arrange workshop on

a. Consumer Competence.-Workshop was held with the president of a savings and loan speaking to about 50 senior citizens covering topics such as the value of competing items, budgeting for the elderly, getting the most for your money, etc.

b. Consumer Protection Laws.-The local legal aid attorney informed the senior citizens regarding protection against fraud, extortion, profiteering, unsafe health practices. He gave an excellent explanation of present laws and available resources.

2. Arrange for drug discount clubs on non-prescription and prescription drugs. A local drug store is participating in drug discounts for the elderly. 40 elderly per month are participating. Based on 10 new recipients per month, approximately 120 individuals are in the drug discount program.

3. Counseling on money borrowing, installment buying. Workshops have been held on these subjects as well as Social Security, taxation, housing, etc., involving some 300 elderly.

4. Encourage eligible elderly to participate in the Food Stamp program and to buy cheap but nutritious foods. Objective has been met by taking the elderly food stamp shopping each month. They are taken to the bank to purchase the food stamps, then to the shopping center where they are given help in purchasing if needed. Approximately 10 new recipients per month are included and approximately 80 senior citizens are involved each month.

Arrange workshops on:

Food Stamp Program: Workshop held and residents educated on a 1-1 basis as well.

Nutrition: Workshop held and residents educated on a 1-1 basis.

Low Cost Meals: Workshop held and residents educated on a 1-1 basis. 5. Increase the number of eldrely participants in the Consumer Education Program. 10-12 new members are gained each month via word of mouth, aide contact, referrals or surveys.

6. Improve ability of elderly to speak conversational English by enrolling them in the Adult Education classes. 120 elderly are enrolled in continuing adult education classes, 10 classes held in the target areas.

7. Develop organizational skills of the elderly to meet their needs. 19 elderly clubs are currently in existence fulfilling this objective. 1,000 elderly are involved in the clubs.

8. Provide elderly with newsletter containing articles on consumer, nutrition, and health sections. The Senior Citizens Sentinel is published every month and distributed to some 750 senior citizens.

9. Encourage elderly to engage in semi-recreational activities that have bearing with Consumer Education as:

Handicrafts for sale: The elderly clubs had booths at the Bazaar where they displayed and sold their work.

Home Gardening for Home Use: University Extension service participated in the education of the elderly on this subject.

FOOD STAMP SUPPLEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECT FOR THE ELDERLY-55— OBJECTIVES

1. Provide a nutritional education program for the elderly: