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Actions taken to enhance coordination between public and private housing and social service agencies. 91.220(k); 91.320(j) The County continually expands its email (list to notify interested citizens and organizations of upcoming events, and includes video conferencing its citizen participation activities to enchance coordination between public and private housing and social service agencies. Identify actions taken to overcome the effects of any impediments identified in the jurisdictions analysis of impediments to fair housing choice. 91.520(a) The Analysis of Impediments (Al) completed in 2016, identified the general lack of awareness of fair housing rights on the part of people with disabilities, members of the general public, landlords and property managers. Many are unaware of the legal requirements for fair housing choice. They are unaware of the available resources and programs that support people with disabilities and assist in obtaining and retaining suitable housing. This lack of awareness is a major impediment for the County of Hawaii. To address these impediments identified in the Al, the County's Fair Housing staff worked to educate property managers, realtors and the general public by conducting a total of 7 Fair Housing training sessions/seminars. There were approximately 135 participants, 45 of which were new landlords and 23 of which were non-English speaking or of limited English proficiency. In addition, the County of Hawaii's OHCD partnered with the County of Hawaii's Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) to provide Fair Housing brochures and information to their One Stop Resource Centers in Kona and Hilo. The OHCD also added links to the County's new dedicated Fair Housing website for easy access and provided additional Fair Housing information to further enhance the existing housing resource information on the ADRC website. To increase community outreach, the OHCD provided Fair Housing information for printing in the County of Hawaii's Silver Bulletin monthly newsletter which is distributed to about 3,500 senior citizens islandwide. The Al also identified the need to increase the availability of affordable housing that is accessible or visitable. In PY2018, the OHCD renovated the bathrooms in 43 units at Ulu Wini Housing Complex to be accessible and also increased accessibiility at Ulu Wini Housing Complex by adding connecting sidewalks to the storage units. CAPER 26 OMB Control) No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018)