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appropriate supportive services to assist persons with HIV /AIDS to obtain or retain housing <br />were also identified as needs. <br />Youth <br />In Federal Fiscal Year 2007, there were 157 foster youth i ho aged out of Child Welfare <br />Services foster care. 10 Most of these need assistance to attain or maintain permanent housing. <br />Me connections to housing resources have improved, more could be dome to support foster <br />youth in planning for housing and, in particular, in finding affordable housing. A number of <br />service providers emphasized the need to create affordable housing for former foster youth <br />and/or improve access to Section 8 housing. The Department of Human Service is attempting to <br />address the latter through its collaborative application with county governments to HUD for <br />subsidy assistance targeting former foster youth. The need for more "youth-friendly " <br />independent living programs and group homes that serve the particular needs offoster youth <br />was also emphasized. Some residential programs were deemed restrictive and in need of <br />flexibility to allow youth to work late hours or attend evening courses, for example." <br />Probationers, Parolees, and Ex- Offenders <br />According to the State Judiciary System, each year there are about 495 probationers in the state <br />who have special housing needs. Of these, 25% are drug court probationers, 10% are <br />considered "high -risk; " and the remainder is general probationers. Each year, around 375 <br />people who are released froth prison on parole have special housing needs (Hawaii Paroling <br />Authority). <br />This population needs additional "Clean and Sober "residences, community -based substance <br />abuse programs, and the ability to immediately access social services related programs such as <br />medical insurance and food stamps. <br />See Appendix C for the counties ' Priority Needs Tables. <br />"State of Hawaii, Department of Human Services, Social Services Division, FY2009 Annual Progress and <br />Services Report, June 2008, Updated October 2008, page 9 <br />11 Center on the Family, University ofHawai'i at Manoa prepared for Hawaii Community Foundation and Victoria <br />S_ Bradley L. Geist Foundation, "Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative," May 2009 <br />2010.14 CP Final 30 <br />