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�JMgV OF M, y •G COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII �TF GF•NF,:1 RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM THE DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITING SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE IN EAST HAWAII TO ASSIST WITH TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF ITS CONSUMERS. WHEREAS, Child & Family Service (CFS), a nonprofit 501(c)3, operates two domestic abuse shelters in Hawaii County which assist victims of domestic violence by providing advocacy, safety planning, and access to services such as counseling, temporary lodging and food, tutoring for children unable to attend school, obtaining temporary restraining orders, housing, financial aid and more; and WHEREAS, victims of domestic violence oftentimes arrive at the domestic abuse shelter without basic items such as hygienes, clothes, shoes, school supplies and means of transportation; and WHEREAS, victims of domestic violence need to attend legal, housing, counseling, and educational appointments; and WHEREAS, the Mass Transit Agency provides island-wide transportation and offers bulk purchase of taxi coupons and expiration-free bus tickets; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2) of the Hawaii County Code, Contingency Relief funds shall be transferred to an accepting County department/agency via resolution identifying the nonprofit organization and the specific program, project, or event for which the grant shall be used; and WHEREAS, Contingency Relief funds from Council District 4 will be appropriated to the Mass Transit Agency to purchase 133 sheets of bus tickets for a total of 1,330 individual bus tickets to be used to provide transportation for individuals engaged with CFS, East Hawaii Domestic Abuse Shelter; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the following amount is hereby transferred/appropriated as set forth below: FUND: GENERAL AMOUNT OF APPROPRIATION: $1,995