This project consists of performing a Health Service, Behavioral Health Service and Social Service Gap Analysis and addressing gaps exacerbated by the fires in order to be able to expand them down the line and combine cultural understanding with mental health resources. The University of Hawaiʻi Childcare and Behavioral Health Services Gap Analysis is focused on the childcare and behavioral health services gaps in the County. Additional analysis needs to be completed to identify gaps in primary health services and social services, including but not limited to: Outpatient Ambulatory Care Centers, Outpatient Health Clinics, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Long-Term Care Units, Dialysis, Older Adult Assisted Living Facilities, Older Adult Memory Care Units, Older Adult Home Health Care Agencies, and Specialty Care on island. This project will identify programs, partners and solutions to increase access to specialized health services.

The gap analysis will build off the ongoing Childcare and Behavioral Health Services Gap Analysis being performed by the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College, whose purpose is to conduct a succinct gap analysis of childcare and behavioral health services for fire-impacted individuals as part of Hulihia’s Lahaina Revitalization Project. Their analysis aims to identify existing services, assess their adequacy and determine areas of need to inform strategic planning and resource allocation. It will assess the current landscape of childcare and behavioral health services available to fire-impacted individuals in the Lahaina area, identify gaps and deficiencies in existing services based on community needs assessments and provide quantifiable data to Hulihia to be mapped using data visualization tools. Once gaps are identified, this project will work to address them.

• Gaps and duplications in system-wide service availability, contributing factors, needed program expansions, and next steps for addressing gaps need to be identified
• Coordination with, and determination of, the scope of analysis proposed by the University of Hawaiʻi
• If the scope is focused on health, an alternate mechanism to identify gaps and duplication in social services may need to be implemented
• Once the gap analysis has been completed, options and stakeholders involved to pursue service expansion should be identified
• University program development should be explored and relations between university and industry bolstered