HomeMy WebLinkAboutNR10418ATHCBERNARD P. CARVALHO JR.
Mayor
COUNTY OF KAUA'I
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
News Release
For Immediate Release: January 4, 2018
WALLACE REZENTES JR.
Managing Director
ALDEN ALAYVILLA, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
Tel (808) 241-4909
Fax (808) 241-6877
Over 100 attend groundbreaking, blessing of Adolescent Treatment and
Healing Center on Kauai
LIHU`E — Over 100 people attended the groundbreaking and blessing of the site of
Kauai's Adolescent Treatment and Healing Center on Ma`alo Road on Jan. 4.
"Our children are our highest priority and this center will provide our keiki with
appropriate levels of substance abuse services, including residential treatment," said Mayor
Bernard P. Carvalho Jr.
Located on a 5.8-acre parcel donated by Grove Farm, the center will consist of an
integrated treatment and healing center with the capacity to provide a comprehensive,
collaborative, community -based, clinically -sound, and family -centered infrastructure for delivery
of mental health and substance -abuse related supportive services to adolescents.
"An on -island Adolescent Treatment and Healing Center would reduce the number of
youth entering the juvenile system, serve as an alternative to locked facilities, and encourage
community and family -based engagement," said Theresa Koki, coordinator for Life's Choices
Kauai.
The center will include an eight -bedroom residential structure that may be expanded;
with additional open space for recreational and agricultural healing activities; and a building
dedicated for community and/or professional treatment support services with an attached
classroom/training module.
The County of Kauai plans to contract the center to an experienced service provider to
operate the facility. Additionally, the Hawaii State Department of Education will provide a part-
time teacher.
The County of Kauai was awarded $5 million of Capital Improvement Project funds for
construction and site improvements of the center.
Alaea Corp. is contracted with off -site infrastructure and the center's architect is Marc
Ventura, AIA. Construction is set to begin shortly.
For more information, you may contact Theresa Koki at 241-4925 or tkoki kauai.gov.
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Above photo, ATHC 6: Located on a 5.8-acre parcel donated by Grove Farm, the center
will consist of an integrated treatment and healing center.
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Above photo, ATHC 5: Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho Jr. speaks to a crowd gathered on
the north end of Maalo Road on Jan. 4, 2018, about the importance of a healing and treatment
center located on island.
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Above photo, ATHC 1: State, county, and other stakeholders take part in the ground
breaking of the Adolescent Treatment and Healing Center on Ma`alo Road on Jan. 4.
Above photo, ATHC 3: Over a hundred people joined hands in prayer during the
blessing and groundbreaking of the Adolescent Treatment and Healing Center on Ma`alo Road
on Jan. 4.
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Above photo, ATHC 2: Rep. James Kunane Tokioka (D-15, Wailua Homesteads,
HanamNulu, LThu`e, Puhi, Old Koloa Town, Oma`o) was one of several dignitaries who
addressed a crowd gathered at a blessing and groundbreaking of the Adolescent Treatment and
Healing Center on Ma`alo Road on Jan. 4.