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q <br />PARTNERS IN CARE <br />Oahu Continuums <br />Partners in Care is a coalition of Oahu's homeless service providers, government representatives and community <br />stakeholders working together in partnership to end homelessness. <br />Long -Term Assistance Pilot• • <br />• At Risk or •Kupuna <br />Skyrocketing housing costs are an especially serious threat to Hawaii's kupuna living on fixed <br />incomes. A Long -Term Rental Assistance Pilot Program for Kupuna can address the needs of <br />this especially vulnerable population. The program would provide rental assistance, on an <br />ongoing basis, to homeless elders and elders at imminent risk of homelessness. Partners in <br />Care proposes that the kupuna in the program would first pay 50% of their income for rent, <br />since these low income seniors would usually have Medicare and Food Stamps. The pilot <br />program would provide rental assistance of possibly $500 to $1,000/month. Partners in Care <br />supports $1.5 million appropriation for this pilot program. <br />The Long -Term Rental Assistance Pilot Program would be an important step forward to <br />assisting kupuna out of homelessness. It also would prevent kupuna from falling into <br />homelessness, usually due to the inability to pay the high market rents in Hawaii. <br />Thank you for your consideration of this pilot program for very vulnerable kupuna. <br />Partners in Care is the Oahu Continuum of Care working to end homelessness. Our 2019 <br />legislative priorities includ ae ae wide range of actions to end homelessness: from homeless <br />services to the prevention of homelessness to the creation of affordable rental housing units. <br />Contact Person: <br />Betty Lou Larson <br />Legislative Liaison <br />Catholic Charities Hawaii <br />bettylou.larson(a)_catholiccharitieshawaii.org <br />808-373-0356 <br />w, ice- fit- <br />SNS �`4� AFP <br />Contact for (PIC) Advocacy Committee: Chair. Gavin Thornton, 808-369-2510, picadvocacychair@gmoil.com <br />PARTNERS IN CARE, c/o Aloha United Way <br />200 North Vineyard • Suite 700 ' Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 ' www.PartnersinCare0ahu.org <br />