Loaʻa ka AUW's 211 Helpline ma ke kelepona, kikokikona, leka uila a i ʻole ka huli pūnaewele. I ka wā i leka uila ai ʻo “Lani” e pono ʻo ia i ke kōkua no kāna kāne, ua hauʻoli loa ʻo ia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kākoʻo maʻalahi. “ʻAʻole au i ʻike i kahi e ʻimi ai i ke kōkua no laila hauʻoli loa wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o ke alakaʻi. Ua kuhikuhi ʻia ka ʻike iaʻu i ke ala kūpono. " He lolo ko Lani kane a makemake ʻo ia e ʻimi i nā kumuwaiwai i loaʻa no ka lāʻau lapaʻau kino. ʻO ia kāna manawa mua i hiki aku ai i ka AUW's 211 Helpline a ua pā ʻia ʻo ia e ka ʻoihana a me ka lokomaikaʻi o ka Specialist nāna i kōkua iā ia. “Ua hana maoli ʻo ia i koʻu lā. ʻAʻole au i ʻike i kahi e hoʻomaka ai a i kēia manawa hiki iaʻu ke loaʻa ke kōkua no kaʻu kāne. He mea maʻalahi a paipai wau i kekahi me ka nīnau e kelepona mai,” wahi a ka mea kelepona.

Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Lani iā PK Care LLC a me Rehab ma Aiea. E hāʻawi ʻia nā mea kelepona a pau, ʻaʻohe o ka mokupuni a lākou e kelepona mai ai, i nā kumuwaiwai ma ko lākou wahi a ua aʻo ʻia nā loea e nīnau i nā nīnau e hana i nā mea kuhikuhi maikaʻi loa.

Mai ka holo kaʻa kaʻa a i ʻole ke kōkua ʻauhau a hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kino a me ke kōkua meaʻai, hiki ke loaʻa ka AUW's 211 Statewide Helpline i ka wā e pono ai ʻoe. Hiki ke kiʻi ʻia ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 4,000 mau kumuwaiwai i loaʻa ma ka pūnaewele a kōkua ka ʻikepili mai ke kikowaena kelepona i nā mea waiwai ʻole a me nā keʻena aupuni e pane wikiwiki aku. Loaʻa kēia lawelawe mahalo i nā mea hāʻawi a me nā kākoʻo Aloha United Way. ʻAʻole ʻo ka laina kōkua he keʻena aupuni a lawelawe paha, akā hoʻohana ʻia ia e nā poʻe e like me ʻoe. ʻAʻohe mea āu e pono ai ʻo AUW's 211 Statewide Helpline ma aneʻi e kōkua.