‘Oku ‘ataa ‘a e lesisita pea ‘oku ‘i ai ‘a e tokoni tokoni ki he lesisita ki he ngaahi polokalama tauhi fānau ‘i West Maui, hili hono fakaava ‘o e ngaahi loki ako ‘e tolu ‘oku fakataumu’a ki he tauhi fānau pea ‘oku poupou’i ‘e he Vahefonua Maui ‘o fakafou ‘i he West Maui Early Childhood Collective.

Naʻe kātoangaʻi ʻe he fakatahaʻangá ʻa hono fakaava ʻo e ngaahi loki ako ʻi he ʻApiako Māʻulalo ʻo Pilinisesi Nahiʻenaʻena ʻi he konga kimui ʻo Siulaí, ko ha konga ʻo ha feinga ke fakafoki mo fakalahi ʻa e ngaahi ngāue tauhi fānaú mo e fānau īkí ʻi Lahaina hili ʻa e vela ʻo e vaotaá ʻi he ʻaho 8 ʻo ʻAokosi 2023.

“Ko e tokangaʻi ʻo e fānaú ko ha meʻa ia naʻe fakamuʻomuʻa ʻe homau kau nofo aí, ʻo toe lahi ange ʻi he hili ʻa e velá,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Pule Kolo ko Richard Bissen. “Ko ‘emau taumu’a ke fakapapau’i ‘oku ma’u ‘e he’emau keiki ‘a e tokanga’i mo e ako kakato, koe’uhi ke nau lava ‘o langa hake ‘i ha makatu’unga fefeka ke a’usia ‘a e lavame’a ‘i he mo’ui ‘i he kaha’u.”

Ko e polokalama ʻe tolu ʻoku ʻi he ʻapi ʻo Pilinisesi Nahiʻenaʻená ko e Ngaahi Ngāue Poupou ki he Fāmili ʻi Maui (MFSS) ʻa e ʻUlu ʻo e Kamata Tomuʻá, Kamaʻāina Kids mo e ʻAha Pūnana Leo ʻO Lahaina.

Naʻe iku ʻa e vela ʻo e vaotā ʻi Lahaina ʻo mole ʻa e ngaahi sea tauhi fānau laiseni ʻe 255 maʻá e fānau taʻu 6 ki he akoʻanga kei talavoú, pea ʻoku toe fakatuʻutāmakiʻi ha ngaahi sea ʻe 20 maʻá e fānau taʻu 3 mo e 4. Mei he ngaahi ʻaho fuofua ʻo e fakaakeaké, ko hono toe fokotuʻu ʻo e tauhi fānaú ʻi Lahaina ko ha meʻa mahuʻinga taha ia, ʻaki hono fokotuʻu fakaʻofisiale ʻo e kautaha ʻi he konga kimui ʻo ʻOkatopa 2023.

“ʻI he kamataʻangá, naʻa mau ʻiloʻi ʻoku mahuʻinga ʻa e tokangaʻi ʻo e fānaú ki he fakaakeake ʻo Lahaina,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Tokotaha Fakatonutonu Maʻuʻanga Tokoni ki he Fānau Kei Siʻí ʻi he Vahefonua Mauí, Kaʻina Bonacorsi. “Ko e kau ngāué kotoa ‘oku nau fakafalala ki he tauhi falala‘anga ‘o e fānaú. Ko e lava 'a e kau faiako 'o faiako -- 'oku fiema'u ke nau ma'u 'a e nonga 'o e 'atamai 'i he'enau 'ilo 'oku 'i ai 'enau feitu'u ke fekau'i atu 'enau fanau iiki 'anautolu.”

ʻI he ngaahi sea ʻe 103 kuo toe fakafoki mai ʻi Lahaina talu mei ai, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e sea ʻe 83 ʻi he ʻapiako Pilinisesi Nahiʻenaʻena, ʻa ia ʻoku kau ai foki mo e polokalama Head Start ʻo e Faingamālie Fakaʻekonōmika ʻi Maui ʻa ia naʻe toe fakaava ʻi ʻEpeleli 2024 pea mo e ʻŌfisi Pule ʻo e Ako Fakamuʻomuʻá (EOEL) Preschool.

“Naʻe nounou ʻa e ngaahi ngāue tauhi fānau ʻi he kei siʻí naʻa mo e kimuʻa ʻi he velá,” ko e lau ia ʻa Bonacorsi. “Lolotonga ko ʻemau taumuʻá ke fakafoki mai ʻa e meʻa naʻe toʻó, ʻoku ʻikai ke mau ngata ai.”

Ngaahi Sevesi Poupou ki he Famili Maui Ko e Early Head Start ko e keiki ta'u 6 uike ki he ta'u 3 pea 'oku ta'etotongi ki he ngaahi famili 'oku nau taau. ʻOku siʻisiʻi pē ʻa e feituʻú, pea ʻoku kei fakaava pē ʻa e lesisitá. Ki ha fakamatala lahi ange, ʻaʻahi ki he https://www.mfss.org pe tā ki he (808) 242-0900 .

Ko e Kamaʻāina Kids 'oku fakaava ia ki he fanau ta'u 6 ki he ta'u 3 pea 'oku makatu'unga 'i he totongi ako. 'Oku 'ataa 'a e feitu'u. Ki ha fakamatala lahi ange, ʻīmeili ki he lahaina@kamaainakids.com pe tā ki he (808) 425-1474.

'Oku lolotonga tali 'e he 'Aha Pūnana Leo 'O Lahaina 'a e ngaahi tohi kole ki he'ene Senitā Tauhi Fānau 'i Kula Kamaliʻi ki he kau keiki ta'u 3 ki he 4. Ko e polokalama 'oku makatu'unga ia 'i he totongi ako. Ki ha fakamatala lahi ange, ʻaʻahi ki he https://www.ahapunanaleo.org .

Ko e tokoni fakatapui ki he polokalama Kamaʻāina Kids ʻi Pilinisesi Nahiʻenaʻena ʻoku ʻoatu ia ʻe he MFSS. Ko e ngaahi famili ‘oku nau taau ‘e ma’u ha totongi fakataha ‘oku fakasi’isi’i ‘o makatu’unga ‘i he fakamatala fakafamili ‘oku ‘oatu fakataha mo ‘enau tohi kole. Ko e ngaahi famili ‘oku nau fakakakato ‘a e ngaahi tu’unga taau ‘e fakamu’omu’a kinautolu ki he tokoni. Ke kamata ʻa e founga ʻo e tohi kole, ʻīmeili ki he countysubsidy@mfss.org ke kole ha fehokotakiʻanga ki he screen ʻo e taau ʻo e polokalamá, ʻa ia te ne toe fakahokohoko atu ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga taau, fakamatala ʻoku fie maʻú mo e ngaahi sitepu ke kole aí.

ʻOku ʻi ai foki mo e ngaahi faingamālie ngāue ʻa e polokalama takitaha. Ke fehuʻi, fetuʻutaki ki he kau tokoni fakafoʻituituí.

Naʻe hoko ʻa e fakatahaʻangá ʻo fakafou ʻi he fengāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi potungāue ʻa e puleʻangá mo e ngaahi kautaha ʻoku ʻikai ke nau fakatupu paʻangá, kau ai ʻa e Vahefonua Maui (Potungāue ʻo e Ngaahi Hohaʻa ʻa e Tangatá-Vahenga ʻo e Fānau Kei Siʻí, ʻŌfisi ʻo e Fakaakeaké, ʻŌfisi ʻo e Pule Koló, Potungāue Ngāue Fakapuleʻangá), Potungāue Ako ʻa e Siteiti ʻo Hawai ʻi ʻAmeliká, Potungāue Moʻui ʻa e Suman Faui ʻa e Puleʻangá, Potungāue Moʻui ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo ʻAmeliká Suman Faui . Kamaʻaina Kids, ʻAha Pūnana Leo, PATCH (Kakai Tokanga ki he Fānaú), Kautaha Fakakomiuniti ʻo Hauaiʻi mo e Kautaha Kasele.