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J�VV Os M,1'. COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 450 16 A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITING SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO GOING HOME HAWAII TO SUPPORT THE STEPPING UP INITIATIVE. WHEREAS, Going Home Hawaii is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports the efforts of the Hawai`i Island Going Home Consortium, a collaboration of more than 50 public and private entities that are helping to reintegrate former criminal offenders into the community and into the workplace; and WHEREAS, the Council on November 3, 2015, approved Resolution No. 268-15, Draft 3, which enlists the County of Hawai`i in the Stepping Up Initiative to reduce the recidivism of persons with mental illnesses who are charged with nonviolent offenses in Hawaii Community Correctional Center; and WHEREAS, "In-Reach and Reintegration" is a cost-effective and innovative program designed to support the goals of the Stepping Up Initiative and to decrease overcrowding issues by providing a variety of services, including discharge/transitional planning, intensive case management, mentoring, peer support, and employment training; and WHEREAS, Going Home Hawai`i requests funds to support the goals of the Stepping Up Initiative through the In-Reach and Reintegration program; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(A) of the Hawai`i 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, event, activity, service, equipment, materials, or supplies for which the grant shall be used; and WHEREAS, Contingency Relief funds from Council District 2 will be appropriated to the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney to provide a grant to Going Home Hawaii to defray costs incurred related to the In-Reach and Reintegration program; 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: