2011 Housing Planning Study - County of Hawaii

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Table 23. Transitional and upportive Housing Options for Exiting Offenders, 2011 Program Count Capacity Gender Served Duration Ponahawai Ola Hawaii 20 studio & two 2BR units Both max. 2 years Home of Reawakening Oahu 100 womer✓year Women min. 6 months BEST House Maui 25 residents Men min. 2 years *Being Empowered and Safe Together Table 24. Dependence on Alcohol and/or Illicit Drugs, State and Counties of Hawal'i, 2008 Dependence on/Abuse of Alcohol Dependence/ Illicit Drug Dependence/ Illicit Drugs, Alcohol or Abuse in Past Year Abuse in Past Year' Both in Past Year' Honolulu Count 84,263 23,163 98,848 Percent 8.8% 2.4% 10.49/ Havva Count 14,880 5,016 17,749 i i Percent 8.00/0 2.7% 9.6% Maui Count 12,108 3,484 13,734 Percent 7.8% 2.3% 8.9% Maui and Kauai** Count 16,933 5,149 19,618 Percent 7.6% 2.3% 8.8% State Count 116,170 33,327 136,302 Percent 1 8.5% 1 2.5% 1 10.00/0 *Count represents unduplicated individuals **Aseparate Kauai estimate is not being reported because of low precision. NOTE: Dependence or abuse is based on definitions found in the 4th edition ofthe Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-I\�. Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically,these estimates are based on data from original questions, excluding those on the use of over-the-counter drugs or new methamphetam ine items thatwere added in 2005 and 2006. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2006, 2007, and 2008. Persons with Disabilities are more likely than residents without disabilities to have incomes below the poverty line. In 2009, there were approximately 130,500 people in the state of Hawaii with a form of Among Hawaii residents with disabilities, 45 disabiIity34. This represents approximately 10.6 percent are between the ages of 18 and 64 and percent of the State of Hawaii's non- considered as being of working age. More than institutionalized population. half of all persons with disabilities, however, are not in the labor force (53%; 62,300 individuals). Persons with disabilities require special housing Among persons with disabilities in the work force, considerations not only to accommodate physical 14 percent are presently unemployed compared limitations, but also as a result of their financial to eight percent of persons without disabilitieS35 challenges. Hawaii's residents with disabilities 35 Source: Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics hftp://www.bis.gov/cps/cpsdisability.htm 34 American Community Survey,2009. Hawari Housing Planning Study,2011 Page 42 ©SMS, Inc. November,2011