Organization: LA'I'OPUA 2020
Mission: TO DEVELOP SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO INCLUDE SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, MEDICAL SERVICE AND PROGRAMS IN THE KEALAKEHE AHUPUA'A SOUTH AND BORDERING KEALAKEHE HIGH SCHOOL.
Activities: COMMUNITY CENTER AND KAU I KA MAILE (KIKM) CENTER. IN FEBRUARY 2018, L2020 RECEIVED FUNDING FROM A NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS INVESTOR FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INITIAL PH-1 13,000 SQ. FT. LA'I'OPUA COMMUNITY CENTER FACILITY. CIVIL AND VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED MAY 22, 2018 AT WHICH TIME L2020 RECEIVED ITS OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. IN APRIL 2017, THE STATE LEGISLATURE APPROVED 500,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PH-2A FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PUBLIC BATHROOMS, BREEZEWAY, PAVILION, AND THE STORAGE ROOM (FUTURE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN). THE WORK HAS CONTINUED DURING 2019. CENTRAL TO ALL THE L2020 AND KHS PROGRAMS IS THE KAU I KA MALIE (KIKM) CENTER. PLAN, DESIGNED AND BUILT BY L2020 ON THE KEALAKEHE HS CAMPUS, THE KIKM CENTER HOSTS ALL PARTNER PROGRAMS ON THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS.
STUDENT EDUCATION. L2020 & KEALAKEHE HIGH SCHOOL AQUAPONIC FOOD SUSTAINABILITY (AFS) PROGRAM WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN 2019. THROUGH THE FALL OF 2017 AND THROUGH THE 2019 KEALAKEHE HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC YEAR, L2020 AND KHS PARTNERED TO MAINTAIN THE AQUAPONIC PROGRAM WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF KHS BIOLOGY INSTRUCTOR SAUL BREACHER. WE HAD OVER 70 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS INVOLVED APPLYING THEIR BIOLOGY INSTRUCTION IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE AQUAPONIC FACILITY. L2020 AND PARTNER HALEO CONDUCTED THE COMMUNITY BASED HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE CLASSES THROUGH THE 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR PRIMARILY SERVING THE COMMUNITY. BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE CLASSES WERE OFFERED IN THE EVENINGS FROM 5 TO 7PM MON AND WED.
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT PROGRAM. INITIATED IN 2016, THE CNA PROGRAM PROVIDES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE HAWAII ISLAND COMMUNITY. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES A CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR, HANDS ON INSTRUCTION WITH ACTUAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES USED ON THE JOB AS WELL AS ON-LINE TESTING FROM A NATIONAL CNA CERTIFICATION COMPANY. IN 2017, THE PROGRAM WAS PUT ON HOLD DUE TO LOWER THAN EXPECTED ENROLLMENT, HOWEVER LA`I'OPUA 2020 INTENDS TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE AND ADVERTISE THE PROGRAM TO JUMP START THE PROGRAM FOR 2020.
NTEE category: Education
Secondary category: Community Improvement & Capacity Building