The purpose of this conference is to provide information that increases understanding of LGBTQ+ youth and their needs, and enhances the ability to provide appropriate services and competent care for these youth in a safe and respectful environment, as we seek to do for all of the youth we serve.

Featuring: Film-makers Wilson and Hamer, with Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, on their Tongan documentary "Leitis in Waiting" and the LGBTQ Human Rights Campaign in the Pacific

Program Agenda:

Sponsored by: 
The Family Court’s Committee on LGBT Youth in 
Hawaii’s Juvenile Justice System

Including the Family Court of the First Circuit, Office of Youth Services, Office of the Public Defender, Family Law Division of the Attorney General, Department of Human Services, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Division and Suicide Prevention Program of the Emergency Medical Services & Injury Prevention Systems Branch, Department of Health, Department of Education,
and the Honolulu Police Department

Funding for this conference is provided by: 
Hawaii State Judiciary, Family Court, Court Improvement Program Grant
Office of Youth Services, Hawaii State Department of Human Services, and
Hawaii State Department of Health