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June 2, 2010 -- Hawaii Cuts Result in 10% Fewer Families Taking Preschool Aid. Honolulu Advertiser article.  Click here to read.

May 3, 2010-- Recall on children/infant Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl!
Click here to read a notice about this recall or Click here for McNeil's website.

Should the Government Help Provide Child Care?
The Wall Street Journal ran an article regarding child care being an important economic issue. Click here for article.

Child Care Subsidy News
Hawaii's Department of Human Services (BESSD)  Benefit, Employment and Support Division is proposing amendments which will decrease child care subsidy rates. Click here to read more.

H1N1 Swine Flu Information
Click here for Information and website links.

PATCH News Articles:

APRIL 2009
New PATCH Program Offers Respite Care to EFMP Families
from Hawai`i Navy News April 09 Issue. By Blair Martin, Contributing Writer   Click Here for Story

PATCH Press Releases:

APRIL 15, 2010
Announcing the Preschool Open Doors Open Enrollment period,  continuing through to April 30, 2010.  Click Here for Press Release

JANUARY 27, 2010
PATCH is pleased to announce that we have been voted one of Hawaii's "Best Places to Work in Hawaii" for 2010, which is to be published in Hawaii Business Magazine. Click here for Press Release

JANUARY 8, 2010
PATCH issues scholarships to assist island families to pay for preschool costs with support from the Samuel N. & Mary Castle Foundation and the Atherton Family Foundation Click here for Press Release

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
PATCH will Assist Families in Need of Child Care due to Teacher Furlough Days  Click here for Press Release

JULY 22, 2009
PATCH Awarded Statewide Preschool Open Doors DHS Contract for Fiscal Year 2010   Click Here for Press Release

APRIL 28, 2009
State Announces New Swine Flu Information Line
Click Here for Press Release

OCTOBER 30, 2008
PATCH will assist families who need child care due to Waipahu Head Start Closure   Click Here for Press Release

JULY 23, 2008
Child Care for Military Families: Enhanced Referrals  Click Here for Press Release

JUNE 12, 2008
PATCH will assist parents who need child care due to closures of Oahu Preschools   Click Here for Press Release

DECEMBER 19, 2007
PATCH Kona Office receives grant from Young Brothers for Big Island Family Child Care Provider Appreciation Day Celebration-Conference in May 2008.  Click Here for Press Release





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PATCH Annual Meeting & Benefit Dinner 2010

PATCH celebrated it's 2010 Annual Meeting & Benefit Dinner on Saturday, March 13th, at Honolulu's 3660 On The Rise, in celebration of Hawaii's early childhood educators and to look back at our accomplishments.

Mahalo to our Corporate Sponsors!

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With thanks to our Guest Speaker

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Dana Davidson
UH Manoa Professor,
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Author of: Preschool in Three Cultures: Japan, China, and the United States, and a recipient of the 2009 Hawaii Gifted Association Living Treasure Award.
 

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