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Veterans Advisory Committee Minutes May 25, 2021 Page 7 Chair Doolittle: Deb, that facility, what is that the old hospital that was renovated. What's going on with that. Lewis: I was just told Hope Service because I contacted them, because in the past I had been trying to coordinate Home Depot and other donations to the home that they had for veterans and they said in this COVID period, they gave up that house, they had too many challenges with running that house, so they have housing and I guess that's at the same facility, I'm not certain. But I'm told they had worked on that facility and that's where they're keeping a lot of the previously homeless people and putting them there, including veterans. Deputy Hiraishi: It started out as a men's shelter, just for men. I only know because Arc of Hilo, when I worked for Arc of Hilo, we used to do the yard there. But it started out as a men's shelter, but I think you're right, they had some problems, so they opened it up to families but also upstairs they were doing something else up there. I'm not quite sure if the upstairs portion is even with Hope Services. Chair Doolittle: Yeah, I think one of the things that we're always lacking is a lack of information of what is available and what is going on in the community. It seems to be so individually organized where we're not sharing the resource information that our community actually has. We always feel like were flying blind. Lewis: I think it's the functions there plus the point of contact to find out more that really would be helpful. Marcia Brinkley: Can everyone see the notes in the chat? Pomai left some information for us, typed it in about a contact in West Hawaii who is Jane Clement and included her contact phone number and then also the contact information for Sharon Hirota. Then above that, Nicole said she had to leave but she'll try to dial in. She asked if anyone was in contact with Andrew Dahlberg of the VA — Homeless Veterans Taskforce. Chair Doolittle: Oh yeah, he's out of Honolulu, isn't he? Brinkley: Must be, he doesn't sound local. She said she'll get the contact information to you or Deb. But I'd be happy to contact Jane Clement and see what's going on in West Hawaii, that's the Executive Assistant. Chair Doolittle: Yeah, that's all part of the information directory that we've been talking about for quite a while now, just identifying what resources are available. Lewis: And who's working it, so we don't double work it. Brinkley: I'll do that one, see what's going on.