Kulia I Ka Nu'u:
Strive for the Highest.

About Kapi’olani

Concerned about the welfare of Hawai’i's mothers and their babies, Queen Kapi'olani opened the Kapi'olani Maternity Home in 1890. From its inception, the hospital has played a vital role in the health of Hawai’i's women and children.

The queen endowed her legacy with the motto, "Kulia I Ka Nu'u" or "Strive for the Highest," a phrase that captures our organization's mission as well today as it did more than a century ago. Today, Kapi'olani continues the queen's mission to strive to improve the health and well-being of women, children and adolescents.

As the state's only specialty hospital, Kapi'olani is recognized as Hawai’i's leader in the care of women and children.

In 1969, the Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women and Children in conjunction with the State of Hawai’i and many Community Agencies established one of the first Multidisciplinary Child Protection Centers in the Nation. Today, the Kapi’olani Child Protection Center continues its mission to protect children and strengthen families through multidisciplinary assessments, intervention/treatment, prevention, Child Safety Teams, training/education, and advocacy services.

Kapi’olani Child Protection Center
A Division of the Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women and Children
An Affiliate of Hawai’i Pacific Health

www.kapiolani.org/child-protection-center

55 Merchant Street, 22nd floor
Honolulu, Hawai’i 96813 USA

Office Phone: 1-808-535-7700
Toll-Free Phone: 1-888-535-7790
Toll Free Fax: 1-888-535-8820

Hawai'iConsortium Member Organizations

Children’s Justice Center • Children's Alliance of Hawai’i • Child and Family Services • Consuelo Foundation • Family Programs Hawai’i • Hawai’i Children’s Trust Fund • Hawai’i State Family Court • Hawai’i Foster Youth Coalition • Hawai’i Pacific Health • Hawai’i Psychological Association • Hawai’i State Coalition Against Domestic Violence • Hawai’i State Department of Health • Hawai’i State Department of Human Services • John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai’i • Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women and Children, Kapi’olani Child Protection Center • Kapi’olani Peer Mentoring Program, Kapi’olani Child Protection Center • National Association of Social Workers - Hawai’i • Parent and Children Together • Prevent Child Abuse Hawai’i • School of Social Work, University of Hawai’i • Social Science Public Policy Center, University of Hawai’i • The Sex Abuse Treatment Center