Hina Mauka/Teen Care

About Hina Mauka/Teen Care

Hina Mauka, serving Pearl City, Hawaii, is a long-standing addiction treatment provider that has helped people with alcohol and substance use disorders for more than 50 years. Their approach pairs evidence-based practices with steady encouragement, treating recovery as a shared effort between the client and the treatment team. Their adult services are built around residential treatment organized into distinct tracks, so care can be matched to each person’s circumstances. People who are pregnant or who inject drugs receive first priority for admission.

Their Track One program is for adults whose main challenge is alcohol or drug use, without significant mental health or legal complications. Beyond stopping substance use, this track works on related problems such as employment, family and social relationships, and illegal activity, using short-term behavioral goals to build practical coping skills for staying abstinent. Counselors encourage attending self-help meetings once or twice a week and refer clients for medical, psychiatric, vocational, and other support as needed. For adults who are ordered or directed into treatment by the courts, Track Three follows a curriculum approved by the Hawaii Judiciary that focuses on lasting sobriety and reducing reoffending, with a dual diagnosis option that uses cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational enhancement, skill-building groups, and involvement from a psychiatrist and nursing staff to address co-occurring mental health conditions.