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COUNTY OF HAWAItI STATE OF HAWAFI RESOLUTION NO. 545 24 A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITING SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO GOING HOME HAWAVI FOR ITS HAWAI`I ISLAND GOING HOME CONSORTIUM. WHEREAS, Going Home Hawaii is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to assist justice -involved men, women, and youth on Hawaii Island with reintegration into community life through employment, education, training, housing, and supportive services; and WHEREAS, Since 2004, Hawaii Island Going Home Consortium has been leading efforts to provide and culturally responsive reentry and reintegration services to former offender, their families, and communities; and WHEREAS, Going Home Hawaii is requesting fiends to assist in costs to facilitate meetings in both Hilo and Kona that will lead the Hawaii Island Going Home Consortium through a multi -step process for evaluating progress, tracking outcomes and further the development of the strategy map; and WHEREAS, Going Home Hawaii is also requesting fiends to assist in processing and compiling data for its Sequential Intercept Model report to be submitted to the County of Hawaii for analysis; and WHEREAS, one of the goals of the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney is to support programs that improve the criminal justice system by identifying areas of need and working collaboratively with other criminal justice agencies and the community by employing early intervention initiatives to improve the quality of life on Hawaii Island; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(A) of the Hawaii County Code, Contingency Relief fiends shall be transferred to an accepting County depailment/agency via resolution identifying the nonprofit organization and the specific program, project, event, activity, service, equipment, materials, or supplies for which the grant shall be used; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I that Contingency Relief funds from Council District 5 will be appropriated to the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney to provide a grant to Going Hoene Hawaii for its Hawaii Island Going Home Consortium.