Where you can find help

• Coping with financial crisis

By Zenaida Serrano Espanol
Advertiser Staff Writer

Here are some places to find support and assistance following a layoff, furlough or other major financial crisis (in some cases, applicants may have to comply with eligibility guidelines):

Financial counseling services

• Volunteer Legal Services Hawai'i, Consumer Credit Clinic: 528-7046, (800) 839-5200
• Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Hawai'i: 532-3225, (800) 801-5999, cccshawaii.org
• UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Cooperative Extension Service, Family Financial Counseling Program: 956-6519 for an application
• All Hawai'i credit unions and banking institutions can assist customers who are affected by the recent economic downturn and can't make their payments on time. Call your local branch for more information.

Unemployment benefits

State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Unemployment Benefit Offices:

• Honolulu: 586-8970, 586-8971
• Kane'ohe: 233-3677
• Waipahu: 675-0030
• Hilo: 974-4086
• Kona: 322-4822
• Maui: 984-8400
• Moloka'i: 553-1750
• Kaua'i: 274-3043

Free and reduced-price breakfast and lunch for public-school students

• State Department of Education: applications available at all public schools

Food, clothing, and financial assistance

• Catholic Charities Help Line: 521-4357, catholiccharitieshawaii.org

Free or low-cost employment training

• State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawai'i Workforce Development, One-Stop Workforce Assistance Centers, Honolulu: 586-8700, dlir.state.hi.us/
• University of Hawai'i Employment Training Center, Office of Student Services: 832-3719, www.hawaii.edu/etcinfo
• Child and Family Service, job education training: 681-1552, www.cfs-hawaii.org

Free family support:

• The Parent Line: 526-1222, (800) 816-1222, www.theparentline.org
• Alu Like Inc., Pulama I Na Keiki: 535-6766, www.alulike.org

Childcare subsidies

• Maximus Child Care Connection Hawai'i: 483-7340
• Downtown Child Care Connection Hawai'i Unit 1: 587-5266
• Child Care Connection (Neighbor Islands), Hawai'i Behavioral Health: (808) 935-6109
• Alu Like Inc., Services for Native Hawaiians, Child Care Assistance Project: 535-1300, www.alulike.org

For general assistance

• Aloha United Way: ASK-2000, (877) 275-6569, www.auw.org/