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-4 X0. L.- ----. COUNTY OF HAWAI`I `_� .'''=`�/ *- STATE OF HAWAI`I . •.mow�.• . RESOLUTION NO. 497 20 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 ASSIST WITH ITS EAST HAWAII PU'UHONUA WELLNESS CENTER'S HOUSING PROGRAM FOR WOMEN. WHEREAS, Going Home Hawai`i is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that assists Hawai`i Island justice-involved individuals with innovative and culturally responsive reentry and reintegration into community life in order to stop recurrences of crime recidivism; and WHEREAS, Going Home Hawai`i works in collaboration with more than 50 public and private entities to provide a suite of support services to former offenders, including housing, case management, and referrals for employment, education, training, and treatment programs for mental health and substance abuse; and WHEREAS, Going Home Hawai`i's East Hawai`i Pu'uhonua Wellness Center is a housing program that weaves in Native Hawaiian concepts of a place of peace, safety, and healing, and is currently working on securing a house for a women's reentry and recovery housing program; and WHEREAS, Going Home Hawai`i is requesting funds to defray housing costs, utilities, and supplies for its East Hawai`i Pu'uhonua Wellness Center's housing program for women; and WHEREAS, Going Home Hawai`i links participants to potential financial benefits and assists them in obtaining gainful employment to afford program fees on a monthly basis, which will ensure that the housing program remains self-sustainable beyond initial funding assistance; and WHEREAS, the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney supports improving the criminal justice system by identifying areas of need and working collaboratively with other criminal justice agencies and the community; 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; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that Contingency Relief funds from Council District 4 will be appropriated to the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney to provide a grant to Going Home Hawai`i for its East Hawai`i Pu'uhonua Wellness Center's reentry and recovery housing program for women.