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Veterans Advisory Committee Minutes August 24, 2021 Page 12 some kind of supplemental income, they can call that number and see if they qualify. What happens is they'll talk to someone in Honolulu and if they meet certain criteria on the telephone interview then they'll get scheduled an appointment here in Hilo with the Adult Mental Health Division and then they'll go through that screening process and asked a series of questions by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and they either get a diagnosis or they don't. If they do, they get case management services and what case management services are, qualified professionals to help someone manage their life, take them grocery shopping, if they need help filling out housing forms and give them that social support and a have a crutch so to say, when they need it when they're in crisis. If anybody needs more information, they can get in touch with me via email Isaacnahakueluagyahoo.com or you can call me at 808-989-0739. Chair Doolittle: thank you, Isaac. It's called venting. And I'm good at it. Nahakuelua: Yeah, that's what it is. I fought in Afghanistan as an Infantryman March 2004 to 2005. People from the Vet Center called me to see how I was doing, other people called me to see how I was doing, that was really kind of them. I was mostly upset about how the Taliban got all this good stuff like the air conditioning units, refortified buildings, up armored hum v's and as a former soldier, my biggest ordeal was the opposite team, so to say, gained the ground and they won. We could go on, but I don't want to take up all this time. Chair Doolittle: Well, thank you anyway. As always, thank you for your service as well. Do we have anymore comments from anybody on the periphery, that hasn't had any input here? Lewis: I had an alibi, one person, Niki, that I would look up, I think his name is Gary Thomas, maybe George knows. He used to be Youth Challenge Academy. He lives now in Maui. He was in Afghanistan, and he just got out. I remember that he told me Gray: He already contacted us. Lewis: Yeah, because he was there and luckily, he got out. Chair Doolittle: It's a disturbing circumstance for sure. Anyone else have any comments? James Hussey: I was Commander of American Legion in Kona and now the State Commander. But I spent five years in the Army Infantry and one of the things we have at our breakfast is veterans talking to veterans. You'd be surprised, these guys don't meet anybody, they keep to themselves but at the breakfast, they're at home, they open up. That's one of the best ways we can deal as members. For example, our Legion there is just one on one just taking care of a veteran. It becomes personal. Something I think we need to keep in mind as well.