Summary
Maui accounts for nearly 24% of Hawaii's identified sex trafficking victims despite about 11% of the state's population, and one in five Maui adults reports four or more adverse childhood experiences. Providers say prevention funding continuity and local trafficked-youth shelters are lacking.
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Last discussed Jan 26, 2026.
Impact analysis
Hoʻoikaika Partnership requested $175,000 annually for FY 2027–28; only Oahu currently has shelters for trafficked youth.
Families, children, and at-risk youth who gain access to navigation services, prevention education, and trafficking victim support.
Children exposed to abuse, trafficking, and unaddressed trauma — disproportionately Native Hawaiian and houseless youth — bear the harm.
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