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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 467 Draft 01 2018-2020COUNTY OF HAWAII i. STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 467 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 EXPENSES RELATED TO ITS EAST HAWAII PU`UHONUA WELLNESS CENTER PROGRAM. WHEREAS, Going Home Hawai`i is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to re- integrate former offenders into the community and workplace and to stop recurrences of crime recidivism on Hawai`i Island; and WHEREAS, Going Home Hawai`i works in collaboration with more than 50 public and private entities to provide a variety of support services to former offenders, including housing, case management, and referrals to mental health and/or substance abuse treatment programs; and WHEREAS, Going Home Hawai`i's East Hawai`i Pu'uhonua Wellness Center program provides social services for offenders that are interwoven with the Native Hawaiian concepts of a place of peace, safety, and healing, and addresses the issue of Native Hawaiians being overrepresented at every stage of the criminal justice system; and WHEREAS, Going Home Hawai`i is requesting funding assistance to defray housing costs, utilities, and supplies that are necessary expenses for this program; and WHEREAS, participants receive case management services provided by Going Home Hawai`i to link them to financial benefits for which they may be eligible, and assist them in obtaining gainful employment to afford program fees on a monthly basis, which will ensure that the 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 3 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 program. 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 Director of Finance, and that the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to make the necessary transfers in accordance with the terms ofthis resolution. Dated at Kona Hawai`i, this 22nd day of January 2020 INt •DUCED BY: ZT OPPAP MEMBER, COUN ` HA COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX Hilo, Hawaii 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 XCountyofHawaiionJanuary22, 2020 KIERKIEWICZ X LEE LOY X ATTEST: POINDEXTER X RICHARDS X VILLEGAS X 7 0 2 0 Reference: C-707/Council Y CLERK AIRPERSON&PRESIDI OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 467 20 2