PATCH PEOPLE ATTENTIVE TO CHILDREN
Supporting Hawaii's Child Care Needs
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Child Care Resource & Referral Program
Child Care Resource & Referral: PATCH receives over 7,000 calls each year from families requesting assistance in finding quality care. PATCH keeps a database of all licensed child care providers in Hawaii. We provide referral information online, in person and via telephone. Through PATCH, parents learn about the types of child care that are available in their community, learn how to choose quality child care and get help with their special and personal child care needs.
Child Care Training, Scholarships and Recruitment Programs
Child Care Training: PATCH provides staff development or community-based training opportunities to persons offering child care services in all types of settings, parents and to the general public. PATCH delivered over 2,700 hours of training to more than 8,000 participants last year. Recently, PATCH began offering online training for child care professionals including CDA (Child Development Associate) and CDA Renewal Training. PATCH Scholarships are for college-level early childhood courses, for PACE classes taken if converted to college credits, or for direct assessment fees in obtaining a Child Development Associate (CDA) certificate. PATCH Child Care Recruiters recruit and assist potential child care providers to become qualified and meet requirements to become licensed by the State of Hawaii Department of Human Services and help them to start their own home child care business. They are then serviced by other PATCH programs such as Child Care Resource and Referrals, Quality Care Program, USDA Food Program and more.
PATCH USDA Child Care Food Program
Administering the USDA Child Care Food Program: This program is designed to ensure children in daycare receive nutritious meals. Licensed family child care providers are eligible for the Child Care Food Program, a USDA program that provides partial reimbursement for nutritious meals served to children while in a family child care setting. PATCH also provides nutrition training to child care providers and to the families they serve.
Preschool Open Doors
Preschool Open Doors (POD) is a childcare program funded by the State of Hawaii that provides childcare subsidies to eligible low- and moderate-income families to pay for preschool tuition. The goal of POD is to promote school readiness while focusing on meeting the needs of the child. POD also aims provide children whose families might otherwise not be able to afford preschool the opportunity to gain essential skills to be successful in school and in life. There is no Parent/Guardian activity required but families must meet the income and other eligibility requirements. Underserve or at-risk children receive priority consideration for the POD program and funds are limited. POD currently serves more than 1,500 children annually by providing assistance to attend any one of the State-licensed preschools.
Infant Toddler Training Program
We provide specialized training that focuses on the child's development starting from infant and toddler ages, giving providers the background knowledge and skills to facilitate the infants to grow in mind, body and spirit. PATCH offers more than 100 different free training classes to child care professionals from all types of child care settings and other caregivers, including informal child care providers and parents. All classes are aligned with standards of the state’s ASK Core Areas and the Subject Areas of the National Child Development Associate Credential. In the future, classes will be offered for continuing education units. Classes are held in a variety of locations on each island. Resource libraries with videos on a variety of child care topics are available at PATCH offices. Each quarter, PATCH publishes and distributes a Training Calendar full of current child care information and scheduled classes. Our goal in this program is to increase the quality of care for infants and toddlers in all types of settings.
Early Childhood Registry
The Registry is a vital component of the statewide workforce and professional development system. The Registry program documents the qualifications of practitioners based upon training, experience, education, and professional achievements in the field of early care and education. Registry program provides career counseling to educators in the field as well as tracking Health and Safety Training Requirements
Where we work
Awards
Spirit of Community Non-Profit Organization of the Year Award 2009
Aloha United Way
Hawaii's Best Places to Work 2009
Hawaii Business Magazine
Hawaii's Best Places to Work 2010
Hawaii Business Magazine
Hawaii's Best Places to Work 2017
Hawaii Business Magazine
Affiliations & memberships
Alliance for Children and Families - Member 2015
External reviews
Photos
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of job skills training courses/workshops conducted
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Economically disadvantaged people, Academics, Self-employed people
Related Program
Child Care Training, Scholarships and Recruitment Programs
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Free child care workshops and trainings are offered throughout the state for parents, early education professionals & the general public. Due to Pandemic in 2019 all of our trainings moved to online
Number of participants attending course/session/workshop
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Economically disadvantaged people, Unemployed people
Related Program
Child Care Training, Scholarships and Recruitment Programs
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
More Trainings provided online through our self paced platform which does not reflect in 2018 & 2019 counts
Number of people within the organization's service area accessing food aid
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers, Children and youth, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
PATCH USDA Child Care Food Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
PATCH USDA Child Care Food Program provides access to healthy nutritious food for children from low-income families.
Number of referrals to resources offered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Families, Parents
Related Program
Child Care Resource & Referral Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Parents and caregivers received referrals to licensed child care in preschools, daycare homes, infant toddler centers , and before/after school programs, along with resources to choose quality care.
Number of students enrolled
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers, At-risk youth, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Preschool Open Doors
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Provided preschool tuition assistance for a year with state funds to children who are at-risk, have special needs, and are from low-income families.
Number of meals served to children in daycare from low-income families.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers, Children and youth, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
PATCH USDA Child Care Food Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Food Program provides nutritional support services and tiered reimbursements to family child care homes for meals served to children from low-income families to promote child health.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
PATCH's goal is to be the primary resource for child care services, a one-stop shop for families, child care practitioners, and community for the State of Hawaii. We aim to:
Improve the Quality of Care and Education: Through our consumer education services we provide information and education materials that help families identify, select, and secure child care that best meets their unique needs.
Promote Professional Knowledge and Skills: for child care professionals and programs through professional development, resources, and technical assistance.
Build the Supply: Respond to gaps in the child care market by supporting recruitment and retention activities and by developing community partnerships.
Increase Family Awareness: Ensure that families have the information they need to make informed choices about all aspects of care for their children
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
PATCH currently has in place qualified staff with years of experience in their respective fields as well as in running the programs currently being offered. The organization has also built strong partnerships with private companies and public agencies as well as other non-profit organizations. PATCH plans to continue administering these very valuable and successful programs as well as adding to its portfolio of services in the future. We are also increasing our outreach efforts and media exposure to increase community awareness of our services and the importance of quality child care and gain more sustainable funding.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
As shown on the financial documents attached, PATCH is financially sound and has in place an excellent Board of Directors and management team as well as substantial community support to guide the organization in meeting this goal.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
PATCH routinely meets and exceeds the majority of quantitative and qualitative contractual milestones for service provision across all our programs. For e.g., we serviced 30% more people in child care workshops in the past three years, ensuring a steady growth of trained child care practitioners, and in our food program, saw over 30,000 additional meals being served in daycares each year.
What we still seek to accomplish? A higher level of community awareness, more reliable partners, and an increase in sustainable funding, particularly foundational and private giving, so we can continue to adapt and improve our services to meet the needs and respond to challenges of our community, particularly those who are less well-off.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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PATCH PEOPLE ATTENTIVE TO CHILDREN
Board of directorsas of 11/23/2022
Mr. Abe Toma
Oceanit
Deborah Ng-Furuhashi
First Hawaiian Bank
Antonia Fujimoto
Kauai Community College
Shayna Tamashiro
Kaiser Permanente
Scott Fujieda
DataHouse
Abe Toma
Oceanit
Cara Tanimura
State of Hawaii Department of Education
John Miller
Central Pacific Bank
Sophia Wong
American Savings Bank
Dean Ueda
Keller Williams Honolulu
Lillian Kawano
Servco
Jacqueline Ng-Osorio
Consultant
Kimi Correa
LUVA Real Estate
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Not applicable -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
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Gender identity
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Transgender Identity
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Sexual orientation
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Disability
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