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Veterans Advisory Committee Minutes December 4, 2018 Page 5 the problem with Vet Centers, she doesn't know that information is shared appropriately to other groups. Other than Hope Services she is not familiar with what is going on for homeless Veterans. Mr. Nahakuelua replied there is another group called Mental Health Kokua (MHK) and they're a group home, they have in Kona. Supervisor's name is Milo (961-2054), can ask her how many veterans are in their facility. Ms. Lewis added to find out what they need. Mr. Wery added there was a woman from VA in Honolulu who was planning to create homes for homeless veterans. But he never hear anything else about it. Mr. Sueoka stated Jamal is supposed to be working on homeless population. Chair Doolittle replied we should identify what the scope of the problem is and what we might be able to do about it. What services are already functioning for us to have knowledge of what we're doing? George Sheridan suggested we should invite them to the meeting. Mr. Nahakuelua added Jamal Mayhew (sp?) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and works with the VA for VASH. (896-3926). Ms. Lewis added Mark is an important resource also, he is a contractor who works primarily for National Guard but is available to work with any Veteran. But because of his experience he's a good resource. Are we allowed to have a separate meeting to consolidate this information? Are we allowed to have a sub -committee. We need an inventory of what we've got. Not necessarily a shortage of resources, but more matching the right group with the resources they need. Are we still struggling with getting people IDs? Chair Doolittle added Carolle spoke to Tulsi Gabbard and that was one of the subjects and she said she would do what she could to move that forward. Mr. Sueoka added it's taken care of. You can go on Rapids today and he just made an appointment for a Veteran. There's appointments open for the rest of the month. There are people on extra duty and tasked some people to man it. Ms. Lewis pointed out that from two meetings ago we got this solved. Chair Doolittle added going back to resources, the problem is a lack of consolidated directory of resources and agencies.