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<br /> <br />Diane L. Ley <br />Harry Kim <br />Director <br />Mayor <br /> <br /> <br />Riley Saito <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br /> County of Hawai‘i <br /> DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT <br /> 25 Aupuni Street, Room 1301  Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720-4252 <br /> (808) 961-8366  Fax (808) 935-1205 <br /> E-mail: chresdev@hawaiicounty.gov <br /> <br />August 18, 2020 <br />News Release <br />Contact: Diane Ley, Director Department of Research and Development 961-8368 <br /> <br />Local Nonprofits Partner to Bring Rent and Mortgage Assistance Grants to Hawaii Island <br />Households Impacted by COVID-19 <br />Hilo, HI – Six local nonprofit organizations <br />Go Online or Call Any Nonprofit Partner to <br />joined today to announce the launch of the <br />th <br />Apply Starting August 24 <br />Hawaii County Rent and Mortgage <br /> <br />Assistance Program (RMAP). Program <br />HCA/HCL <br />applications will be available starting <br />www.HawaiianCommunity.net <br />th <br />Monday, August 24 at 8 a.m. <br />808.934.0801 <br />RMAP nonprofit partners are encouraging <br /> <br />Hawaii Island residents who are at least 18 <br />HOPE <br />years old and lost income or work hours <br />www.hopeserviceshawaii.org <br />due to COVID-19 to prepare ahead to <br />808.935.3050 rmap@hopeserviceshawaii.org <br />apply. <br /> <br />RMAP is funded by the County of Hawaii <br />HFFCU <br />with Federal CARES Act dollars and will <br />www.hawaiifirstfcu.com/pathways <br />provide a rent or mortgage payment of up <br />808.933.6600 <br />to $1,000 per month for an estimated 1445 <br /> <br />households that income qualify and can <br />NPP <br />prove hardship due to COVID-19 for each <br />www.neighborhoodplaceofpuna.org <br />month they receive assistance from March <br />808.965.5550 caresact@neighborhoodplace.org <br />2020 to December 2020. Funding will be <br /> <br />limited to households’ primary residence <br />HIHR <br />on Hawaii Island. Households will be <br />www.hihrecovery.org/RMAP <br />limited to one grant of up to $1,000 per <br />808.640.4443 <br />month. <br />808.934.7852 <br />Applications will be processed by six <br /> <br />Hawaii Island-based nonprofit partners and <br />HFHHI <br />payments will be made directly to <br />www.habitathawaiiisland.org <br />landlords, property managers or mortgage <br />808.450.2118 <br />lenders. Approved applicants will also <br />rmap@habitathawaiiisland.org <br />have access to financial counseling <br />services. The Hawaii County RMAP nonprofit partners include: <br /> Hawaiian Community Assets (HCA)/Hawaii Community Lending (HCL) <br />Hawai`i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br /> <br />