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<br /> <br />Harry Kim <br />Mayor <br />Duane Hosaka <br /> Housing Administrator <br /> <br />Roy Takemoto <br />Managing Director <br />Alisa A. Hanselman <br /> Assistant Housing Administrator <br />Barbara J. Kossow <br /> <br />Deputy Managing Director <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i <br />Office of Housing and Community Development <br />1990 Kino‘ole Street, Suite 102 • Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 • (808) 961-8379 • Fax (808) 961-8685 <br />Existing Housing: (808) 959-4642 • Fax (808) 959-9308 <br />Kona: (808) 323-4300 • Fax (808) 323-4301 <br /> <br />May 6, 2020 <br /> <br />NEWS RELEASE <br /> <br />Hawai‘i County Helps the Community with $1.54 million in Federal COVID-19 Relief Funds <br /> <br />The County of Hawaiʻi’s Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD) is set to <br />receive $1,543,033 in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV) funding as part <br />of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) to prevent, prepare and <br />respond to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. <br /> <br />This special allocation through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) <br />will fund various local non-profit organizations that provide crucial resources to the community <br />impacted by COVID-19 such as food preparation, distribution and delivery, as well as <br />emergency rent and mortgage assistance payments. The allocation is as follows: <br /> <br /> The Food Basket will receive $643,000 to support their food distribution programs <br />including the ‘Ohana Food Drop program, in which they partner with local farmers, <br />organizations and businesses to provide and distribute food and prepared meals to <br />those in need. <br /> The Boys and Girls Club of the Big Island will receive $200,000 to support their food <br />preparation and delivery program serving vulnerable populations (homeless and poverty <br />level elderly and families), as well as households residing in rural communities. <br /> Hawaiʻi County Economic Opportunity Council (HCEOC) will receive $150,000 to <br />support their food preparation and delivery program serving the elderly and disabled <br />population. <br /> Hope Services, in partnership with the County of Hawaiʻi, will utilize their $300,000 <br />allocation to provide emergency rent and mortgage assistance payments to those <br />impacted by COVID-19 who meet the income requirements. <br /> <br />The process to receive these federal funds is being accelerated to the greatest extent possible <br />for the immediate use of COVID-19 relief. <br /> <br />“These funds made available by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development are <br />greatly appreciated, and will be such an asset to these programs that provide much-needed <br />services during these hard times,” Mayor Harry Kim said. “It is noted that all of these funds will <br />be allocated to those nonprofits to give direct services to those in need.” <br /> <br /> <br />2175aaah <br /> <br />