The Foundation's mission is to support Hawaii’s transitioning foster youth through alignment with the goals of both the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative and the Hawaii Youth Opportunities Initiative. Its focus is on empowering these youth towards achieving improved outcomes in areas such as permanence, education, employment, housing, health, social capital, and financial capability.
The Supporting Transitioning Foster Youth Grant aims to provide targeted support to Hawaii's transitioning foster youth. The grant program encourages proposals that are in harmony with the objectives of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative and the Hawaii Youth Opportunities Initiative. Priority is given to projects that effectively involve youth in their development process and promise enhanced outcomes in vital life domains including: establishing lifelong connections with reliable adults and family networks, achieving educational and employment success, securing stable and affordable housing, accessing comprehensive healthcare, building supportive community relationships, and developing financial literacy and independence. Programs achieving these goals receive funding consideration.