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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.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawai`i hereby
transfers/appropriates the following amount as set forth below:
FUND: General
AMOUNT OF
APPROPRIATION: $7,500
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC-Contingency Relief $7,500
CREDITED TO:
010.271.5271.02 Office of the Prosecuting Attorney $7,500
Prosecuting Atty OCE
115 Misc. Contract Services
(Going Home Hawai`i-East Hawai`i
Pu'uhonua Wellness Center Program)
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Prosecuting Attorney and the Director of Finance, and that the Director of
Finance is hereby authorized to make the necessary transfers in accordance with the terms of this
resolution.
Dated at Kona , Hawai`i, this 19th day of February , 20 20 .
INTR• ; . CE* BY:
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MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawaii AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i CHUNG X
DAVID X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by EOFF X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
County of Hawai`i on February 19, 2020
KIERKIEWICZ X
LEE LOY X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
RICHARDS X
VILLEGAS X
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