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Other partners included the Hawaii Island Rural Health Association, the Mayor's Committee on Aging, the Hawaii Island Chapter of the Red Cross and the Community Voices Councils. New partners joined in during year two and included Hawaii Island Civil Defense and Hawaii County Resource Center. All have offered time and expertise for grant writing, community education efforts and meeting spaces as needed. We also partnered with the Juvenile Justice Project, the Community Oriented Prosecution project, and the grass roots Neighborhood Watch team, Solutions 2002. Gathering collaborators was an on-going commitment. 6. SUSTAINABILITY. The CEO concept and framework have been an excellent means of obtaining direct input from community members to government on issues of health and safety. Several District Teams developed task forces with Environment Management, Parks and Recreation, Department of Public Works and Corporation Counsel. Each included a component for on-going community responsibility for certain functions. With the arising issues surrounding homeland security and the need for citizen involvement , this will be an especially innovative approach for the future. The Mayor, Department of Water, and Police Department have utilized our facilitators for assistance with public meetings and other departments have expressed interest. The Hawaii County Council was receptive to the Coordinator's testimony on various issues, knowing the information represented an island wide sampling of community opinion. It'currently appears that a number of the task forces and collaborative relationships will continue after the project is completed and will continue to work on mutual issues. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE NEEDS. We continued to tap the expertise and resources within the steering committee for training and evaluation, as well as utilizing the talents of our district facilitators. Outside training emphasized facilitation skills, mediation skills and the elements of preparation of a Power Point presentation. Each facilitator was issued an easel, pens, tape, and easel paper for their own use. Each facilitator was also given a copy of "The Tipping Point" by Malcom Gladwell and had on-going access to the Resource Library and any pertinent publications and data available in print or on the Internet. The lack of Microsoft Publisher software was a hardship as outside sources had to be used to compile the newsletter. Hawaii County computer system has dial up Internet service with very slow downloading ability, and Prosecutor's Kona Office had no color printer. Section B: Goals and Intended Outcomes: 1. PROJECT GOAL: Reduce crime and improve the quality of life in the community by: a) Empowering the community resident to feel more comfortable and less fearful in their communities, whereby the community will become more willing to participate in community life, including reporting crimes b) Providing community residents with knowledge and resources that can assist their community. Based on our wrap up survey using the Key Informant System, (see enclosed survey results) we appear to have been moderately successful in the area of community education about understanding police work and the workings of the justice system. Many community members did feel strongly that individuals can make a difference in their neighborhoods which was one of our major emphasis. OBJECTIVES: a) Establish an island -wide CEO council Members of the CEO council, ultimately referred to as the Resource Team, met in September 2002, December 2002 and February 2003 to continue to collaborate on and identify issues of island -wide concern. Formalized agreements were signed to indicate commitment to the project by both government and community members.