WAIʻANAE COAST COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER

We began a transition program with the State, first, by separating our community service from the Leeward District by designating Wai`anae as a separate "catchment" area. We were called a "demonstration model" and formed our own advisory board. This board set the path for spinning off completely from the State, forming a community owned and governed not-for-profit mental health center. We incorporated in the State of Hawai`i in 1987. By January 1995, we became the first mental health center in Hawai`i to receive national accreditation by CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) for mental health case management and out patient therapy. We received the maximum three-year accreditation. We were re-accredited in 1998 again for the maximum - three years. We also became associated with the Hawai`i `Ohana Project - a Federal demonstration program to design a comprehensive system of care for families and youths with emphasis on a cultural basis for care... The areas we..

Also known as: Waiʻanae Coast Community Mental Health Center, Inc.

Primary location: United States