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Hawaii Behavioral Health (HBH) is a leading regional resource for high quality community-based educational, social and behavioral health services for children, adolescents, and families throughout the state of Hawaii.

HBH was created in 1993 to develop a system of integrated services to meet the needs of Hawaii’s youth and families through innovative, culturally relevant best practice approaches focused on successful outcomes.

Our team of dedicated staff lives our mission of improving the health status of the children and families of Hawaii by demonstrating EXCELLENCE in the delivery of all of our services.

Our service continuum has included psychological assessments, outpatient (individual and family therapy) services, intensive home-based services, adolescent day treatment, therapeutic foster care, case management/care coordination, therapeutic aide and biopsychosocial rehabilitative services, services to youth and families with autistic spectrum disorder, and foster/adoptive parent training, certification and approval.

HBH’s program philosophy of care seeks to empower clients through a provision of services that are individualized, child and family-centered, strengths-based, and flexible to changing needs with an emphasis on self-sufficiency.

HBH has provided over 1.5 million service hours to youth and families statewide from offices in Hilo, Honolulu and Lihue and is the only statewide health and human service agency with administrative offices on a neighbor island (Hawaii). HBH has a team of over 400 professional and paraprofessional staff.

HBH is licensed in Hawaii as a Child Placing Organization. Our therapeutic foster home programs are accredited by CARF.