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Describe the jurisdictions one-year goals and actions for reducing and ending homelessness including Reaching out to homeless persons (especially unsheltered persons) and assessing their individual needs Hope Services Hawaii, Inc. provides outreach services to assist the homeless persons. They actually drive to the beaches or areas that the unsheltered homeless stay to deliver hygiene products and advise them of the support services that are available to them. Hope Services Hawaii, Inc. also advises the homeless persons to come in so that the can discuss their case management and provide them with shelter. Hope Services Hawai'i, Inc. also provides meals for the homeless and transportation to appointments. Addressing the emergency shelter and transitional housing needs of homeless persons The County has a plan to address the emergency shelter, transitional housing and permanent housing needs of homeless persons in West Hawaii. Recently, the County completed the West Hawaii Emergency Shelter in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The shelter has 31 rooms available for homeless persons every night and it is filled to capacity every night. In December, 2014 the County completed construction of 24 transitional housing units and 72 permanent housing units in the Na Kahua Hale 0 Ulu Wini project in Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i. The County has completed construction of 23 micro -housing units, in West Hawaii, to provide long- term permanent supportive housing for the chronic homeless. The County's Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD) retrofitted and delivering 40' x 8' shipping containers that were converted into 4 micro -housing units each. In addition to providing shelter, the OHCD will be working with the various service providers and West Hawaii Chronic Homelessness Intervention and Rehabilitation Project (CHIRP) participants to provide the management of the site in addition to coordinating the needed health care services for these clients. Helping homeless persons (especially chronically homeless individuals and families, families with children, veterans and their families, and unaccompanied youth) make the transition to permanent housing and independent living, including shortening the period of time that individuals and families experience homelessness, facilitating access for homeless individuals and families to affordable housing units, and preventing individuals and families who were Annual Action Plan 31 2017 OMB Control No 2506.0117 (exp. 07/31/2015)