KAPOLEI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

GENERAL PROGRAM: KCDC PROVIDES SPACE FOR FREE CULTURAL PROGRAMS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS SUCH AS ALU LIKE KUPUNA (SENIORS) PROGRAMS, KEIKI O KA AINA PARENT PARTICIPATION PRESCHOOLS, AND HAS STARTED DEVELOPING PROGRAMS ROOTED IN COMMUNITY SUCH AS UKULELE, HULA, OLELO HAWAII, AS WELL AS KCDC FACILITATES COMMUNITY BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH (CBPR) PROGRAMS CENTERED AROUND NATIVE HAWAIIAN HEALTH ISSUES IN RESPONSE TO HEALTH NEEDS AND DISPARITIES IDENTIFIED FROM THE 2020 HOMESTEAD HEALTH SURVEY. KCDC DEVELOPS AND OPERATES RESPONSIVE CULTURALLY TAILORED PROGRAMS DELIVERED BY COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHW'S). KCDC IS STAFFED BY CHW'S WHICH IS AN EMERGING CAREER FIELD INTENDED TO PROVIDE RESOURCES, SERVICES, AND PROGRAMS TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF WELLBEING AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; CHW'S ARE PEOPLE FROM OR CLOSELY TIED TO COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BUILT GENUINE TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN COMMUNITY AND WHO ARE ATTUNED TO ASPECTS THAT AFFECT INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE. HISTORICALLY CHW'S WERE VOLUNTEERS WORKING FOR THE LOVE OF COMMUNITY, TODAY THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE TRAINING, COMPENSATION, AND SUFFICIENT RESOURCES FOR THIS IMPORTANT WORK. KCDC STRIVES TO CREATE CONNECTED RESILIENT HOMESTEAD COMMUNITIES THROUGH CULTURAL PROGRAMS, PERPETUATING HAWAIIAN MUSIC, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO SUPPORT WELLBEING AND IMPROVE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE HOMESTEAD COMMUNITIES.

HOMESTEAD SUPPORT: KCDC EXISTS TO SERVE THE HAWAIIAN HOMESTEAD COMMUNITIES IN THE HONOULIULI AHUPUA'A (KAPOLEI/EWA REGION) OF MALUOHAI, KAUPE'A, KANEHILI, AND KA'ULUOKAHA'I; KCDC IS THE RECOGNIZED CDC IN THE REGION AND SERVES AS FISCAL SPONSOR FOR THESE FOUR HOMESTEAD ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE HOMESTEAD COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT (HCBA). KCDC HOSTS HALAWAI, A QUARTERLY MEETING FOR THE BOARDS OF KCDC AND THE FOUR HOMESTEAD ASSOCIATIONS TO COLLABORATE ON TOPICS AND EVENTS, PARTICIPATE IN CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES/TRAININGS, AND BUILD PILINA (CONNECTIONS). A PORTION OF THE HCBA FUNDS SUSTAIN KCDC / KHC PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, HAPAI POHAKU ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS (ONE $2K SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED TO ONE APPLICANT FROM EACH OF THE FOUR HOMESTEADS), AND THE BALANCE IS DIVIDED AMONG THE FIVE ENTITIES TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PROJECTS. KCDC PROVIDES SHARED RESOURCES TO THE HOMESTEAD ASSOCIATION SUCH AS BULK MAILING AND PRINTING SERVICES AND MEETING SPACES. KCDC PROVIDES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOMESTEAD RESIDENTS, AT THIS TIME ALL STAFF ARE HOMESTEAD RESIDENTS. KCDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSISTS OF TWO PEOPLE FROM EACH OF THE FOUR HOMESTEADS; ONE OF WHICH IS A BOARD DESIGNATE FROM THE HOMESTEAD ASSOCIATION AND ONE THAT IS A RESIDENT OF THE HOMESTEAD (NOT ON THE BOARD). KCDC IS FOR COMMUNITY BY COMMUNITY. CURRENTLY SERVES AROUND 1,050 HOMES BETWEEN THE FOUR HOMESTEADS, AT FULL BUILD-OUT THERE WILL BE OVER 2,000 HOMES; THIS IS PROJECTED TO BE THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF NATIVE HAWAIIANS ON THE PLANET.