Kākou for Keiki | A Maui County Community Collaborative

a community collaborative that connects Maui County’s youngest keiki to trustworthy, family-centered, and locally-rooted programs and services.

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Kākou for Keiki (K4K) gathers family representatives, service providers, medical professionals, government officials, and community members to achieve greater outcomes together for the health & resilience of all keiki ages birth through five in Maui County.

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It's nice to know I'm not alone

We all know what a day full of chaos looks, sounds, and feels like. It comes with a never ending to-do list, overstimulation from all of the many voices calling for help, and most times, getting from point A to point B…

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Routines = more times

TIME is the most precious and priceless thing in this world. As caregivers, a lot of our time is centered around pouring into the cups of others and we forget that we cannot pour out of an empty cup.

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Mental Health Matters!

Think about your favorite memory that you have growing up. What is the environment like? Who is around you? What do you smell? What do you see? It might feel easy to bring you back to that moment…

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what we do

Our Work

As a collaborative, we focus our efforts on:

Uplifting screenings and referrals to help notice and provide support where needed for keiki’s health and growth
Building accessible resources for families to easily engage in health services that meet families where they are
Developing family leadership to strengthen our systems through the expertise of families’ lived experiences & self-determination
Integrating data collection & analysis to root program design, implementation, and quality improvement efforts on what matters most to families

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Our ORIGINS

K4K was formed in 2016 to promote cross-sector cooperative thinking to best capture the variety of perspectives necessary to create a comprehensive Early Childhood system.

Our Guiding principles

K4K Sustainability team

our partners

Mahalo to our Sustainability Partners who we collaborate with facilitate early detection & connected interventions.

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Meet Our Sustainability Team