OUR MISSION AND VISION
The Institute for Human Services (IHS) is a private nonprofit on a mission to prevent and end homelessness in Hawaiʻi. From street outreach to emergency shelter, medical care, employment services, and permanent housing, every program connects to the next so no one falls through the cracks. We walk with people every step of the way from crisis to stability to self-sufficiency.
SHELTERS
Our emergency and specialty shelters served 1,348 people this year. Each one offers case management, meals, and a path toward stable housing.
SERVICES
Outreach, health care, case management, employment coaching, and detox — each service meets people where they are and moves them forward.
HOUSING
From Kahauiki Village to six kauhale communities, IHS provides permanent and transitional housing for families, veterans, and individuals.
OUR IMPACT
FY25 RESULTS
291594
MEALS SERVED ACROSS OUR SHELTERS AND SITES
1904
PEOPLE SERVED ACROSS ALL IHS SHELTER PROGRAMS
1790
INDIVIDUALS REACHED THROUGH OUTREACH AND RELOCATION
VOLUNTEER
THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR ORGANIZATION
Last year, 1,018 volunteers and 327 groups contributed 10,562 hours across IHS programs and sites. Serve a meal, sort donations, or bring your team for a group shift. You can volunteer individually, as a group, or host a drive.
JOIN OUR JOURNEY
FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM
Jordan helps individuals and families at IHS find permanent housing and supportive services. She’s also a lifelong hula practitioner who earlier this year started a weekly class for women and mothers at Kahauiki Village. The class isn’t run like a traditional hālau. Jordan meets each woman where she’s at so that for one hour a week, they can reconnect with their body, each other, and Hawaiian culture. Five women are the core of the group, and one still comes back every week even after moving into permanent housing on the other side of the island. Jordan hopes more women from the village will join and that someday their keiki will want to learn alongside them. If you’d like to support Papa Pua Kalaunu with a donation of portable studio mirrors, a stereo, or anything that helps these ladies continue, send us a DM or email.
When a last-minute event cancellation left 150 bentos without a home, 7-Eleven Hawaiʻi reached out and asked if we could use them. The timing could not have been better. Our team is still cleaning up after Hurricane Lala, and two of our sites are still without power. So a donation like this allows our staff to focus on recovery, repairs and taking care of shelter guests instead of meal prep. On behalf of the entire IHS ‘ohana, mahalo nui Danielle for being such a thoughtful and generous Customer Experience and Community Manager. And to 7ElevenHI your musubis and pork hash have gotten us through more shifts than we can count so we will always have a special place in our hearts for you.
“Homelessness can happen to anybody.”Timothy Johnson, Project Manager at Kumu Ola Hou, sees the work as helping residents reconnect with the support systems they need to regain stability and become more independent.At Kumu Ola Hou, that support comes through the staff, the environment, and the programming. It is also reflected in the relationships that form, where complete strangers can begin to feel like they have known each other for years.That impact is what makes the work personal.“There is nothing better than showing my daughter that I was part, in some way, shape, or form, of helping somebody get their life back together.”
THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES
The Institute for Human Services (IHS) is a private nonprofit on a mission to prevent and end homelessness in Hawaiʻi. From street outreach to emergency shelter, medical care, employment services, and permanent housing, every program connects to the next so no one falls through the cracks. We walk with people every step of the way from crisis to stability to self-sufficiency.
SHELTERS
Our emergency and specialty shelters served 1,348 people this year. Each one offers case management, meals, and a path toward stable housing.
SERVICES
Outreach, health care, case management, employment coaching, and detox — each service meets people where they are and moves them forward.
HOUSING
From Kahauiki Village to six kauhale communities, IHS provides permanent and transitional housing for families, veterans, and individuals.
OUR IMPACT
FY25 RESULTS
291594
MEALS SERVED ACROSS OUR SHELTERS AND SITES
1904
PEOPLE SERVED ACROSS ALL IHS SHELTER PROGRAMS
1790
INDIVIDUALS REACHED THROUGH OUTREACH AND RELOCATION
VOLUNTEER
THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR ORGANIZATION
Last year, 1,018 volunteers and 327 groups contributed 10,562 hours across IHS programs and sites. Serve a meal, sort donations, or bring your team for a group shift. You can volunteer individually, as a group, or host a drive.
JOIN OUR JOURNEY
FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM
Jordan helps individuals and families at IHS find permanent housing and supportive services. She’s also a lifelong hula practitioner who earlier this year started a weekly class for women and mothers at Kahauiki Village. The class isn’t run like a traditional hālau. Jordan meets each woman where she’s at so that for one hour a week, they can reconnect with their body, each other, and Hawaiian culture. Five women are the core of the group, and one still comes back every week even after moving into permanent housing on the other side of the island. Jordan hopes more women from the village will join and that someday their keiki will want to learn alongside them. If you’d like to support Papa Pua Kalaunu with a donation of portable studio mirrors, a stereo, or anything that helps these ladies continue, send us a DM or email.
When a last-minute event cancellation left 150 bentos without a home, 7-Eleven Hawaiʻi reached out and asked if we could use them. The timing could not have been better. Our team is still cleaning up after Hurricane Lala, and two of our sites are still without power. So a donation like this allows our staff to focus on recovery, repairs and taking care of shelter guests instead of meal prep. On behalf of the entire IHS ‘ohana, mahalo nui Danielle for being such a thoughtful and generous Customer Experience and Community Manager. And to 7ElevenHI your musubis and pork hash have gotten us through more shifts than we can count so we will always have a special place in our hearts for you.
“Homelessness can happen to anybody.”Timothy Johnson, Project Manager at Kumu Ola Hou, sees the work as helping residents reconnect with the support systems they need to regain stability and become more independent.At Kumu Ola Hou, that support comes through the staff, the environment, and the programming. It is also reflected in the relationships that form, where complete strangers can begin to feel like they have known each other for years.That impact is what makes the work personal.“There is nothing better than showing my daughter that I was part, in some way, shape, or form, of helping somebody get their life back together.”