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AP -65 Homeless and Other Special Needs Activities — 91.220(i) Introduction The County's Consolidated Plan includes the HUD's "Performance Measures Model." The Model sets Objectives, Outcomes, Activities, Indicators, and Output for the next five years. Please see the attached Homeless Performance Measures Model Chart for the County's Homeless objectives. Chronic Homelessness is a priority of this administration and through the administration's efforts the West Hawai'i Chronic Homelessness Intervention and Rehabilitation Project (CHIRP) and the East Hawaii Homeless Coalition was established. These new forums now bring the various County Departments to the table to develop collaborations between local government, nonprofit, and service providers. The County completed construction of 23 micro -housing units in West Hawaii, in November, 2016. These units will provide long-term permanent supportive housing for the chronic homeless. In addition to providing shelter, the OHCD will be working with the various service providers to provide the management of the site in addition to coordinating the needed health care services for these clients. The County also plans to work with the Child and Family Service to renovate the Kona Domestic Abuse Shelter. The project proposes to enlarge and remodel the kitchen, create an interior private office space, replace flooring, replace the playground equipment to include a safety fall surface and repair wood railings. Incidents of domestic violence have increased substantially in the past three years. There has been a corresponding increase in the number of community members seeking services at the Kona Domestic Violence Shelter. With the increased usage at the shelter, the facility requires more frequent maintenance, a larger kitchen to accommodate the victim's needs, and private space for the staff to meet with victims. The long-term goal, for the shelter, is to prepare the victim for self-sufficiency and independence. Once the victims of domestic violence and their children are safe, transitioning them to permanent safe housing and providing and linking them to various services to accomplish this becomes the main focus. In Fiscal Year 2014 the Shelter served 97 unduplicated families comprised of 95 women, 2 men and 68 children. The County plans to allocate $200,000 of their 2017 CDBG allocation to The Food Basket, Inc. for the purpose of acquiring refrigerator vehicles to transport perishable food items throughout the island of Hawaii. Annual Action Plan 30 2017 OMB Control No 2506.0117 few 07/31/2015)