Past Programs

SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION

Inspire a child to learn! The Department of Education is recruiting people for the Community Volunteers in the Classroom program. Launched in January 2007 by Kauai Planning & Action Alliance in collaboration with the DOE, the program provides support for teachers and one-on-one and small group tutoring for children and youth.   Read more…

SUBSTANCE ABUSE REDUCTION

From 2003 through August 2008, Kauai Planning & Action Alliance worked closely with the County of Kauai’s anti-drug efforts, launched by the late Mayor Bryan Baptiste.   KPAA facilitated the work of the four committees – drug prevention, enforcement, treatment and community integration – and the Drug Action Team, composed of representatives of all four committees, and worked closely with the County’s Anti-Drug Coordinator.  KPAA wrote the County’s first Kauai Community Drug Response Plan 2004-2009 and over the next 5 years worked with the committees as the plan was implemented and in August 2008 the Kauai Community Drug Response Plan 2008-2013 was completed by KPAA with the help of the committees and more than 70 volunteers.   Read more…

GROWTH MANAGEMENT TOOLS

In 2007, KPAA’s membership adopted a new goal to identify growth management tools and strategies – particularly those that have withstood a legal challenge – that can be used to pace and locate growth in areas that meet the policy direction of the Kauai General Plan 2000.  In January 2008, Kauai was selected as one of ten communities around the country to receive the volunteer services of a Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) from the American Institute of Architects.  The purpose of the Kauai project, Planning for Lihue’s Future, was to help redefine our district development planning process to ensure that it incorporates smart growth and sustainability principles and that it draws upon technologies and methods that facilitate public participation.   Read more…