History
The story of The Maui Farm begins with a group of community members gathered around a kitchen table talking about the needs of youth in the foster care system. They envisioned a program that would offer a consistent, stable environment and provide long-term care for youth who were not successful in traditional foster care, helping them make the transition to self-sufficiency and independent living.

Based on their own experiences as foster parents and youth workers within the system, they saw that youth respond to working with plants and animals. From these beginnings, this informal group of concerned citizens established The Maui Farm in 1985.

The County of Maui provided 8.3 acres of land near Makawao for The Maui Farm and through the years its campus has been developed to include family-style homes, farm structures, a therapeutic farm, gardens, and other spacious outdoors areas.

Today, The Maui Farm is a nationally accredited organization that provides a unique, community-based alternative to instructional care.