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PUNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
MANAGING GROWTH: 3.3 Social Services and Housing
Action 3.3.3.b (page 3-13)
Establish “one-stop centers” at Pāhoa, Kea'au, Volcano, Mt. View, Hawaiian
Paradise Park and Kurtistown to provide referrals, support and advocacy related to the following issues:
Substance abuse treatment and prevention;
Assistance for housing, special needs
housing, homeless persons, and community development;
Teen pregnancy prevention/birth control
Child care and elder care options;
Transportation and service coordination;
Employment;
Serving
clients with disabilities;
Domestic violence screening/abatement/prevention;
Access to medical services and complementary health services, including nursing programs for homebound clients;
and
Access to clean water and education on catchment water.
(3.3.1) Goals:
a) Puna residents have improved access to emergency and primary medical care and preventive public health
programs.
b) Substance abuse, domestic violence and other social problems are reduced.
c) Puna residents have increased access to assistance programs to develop, repair or rent affordable
housing.
d) Programs are available to assist those seeking housing in Puna.
e) Public education is better integrated into Puna’s communities.
(3.3.2) Objectives:
Seek additional
locations for medical/substance abuse/senior home care treatment facilities in both lower and upper Puna.
Provide effective and readily accessible substance abuse treatment and prevention
services within Puna.
Provide transitional shelter and programs to assist homeless Puna residents in moving toward self-sufficient status.
Support initiatives by DHHL to develop appropriate
projects for housing and job opportunities for Native Hawaiians in Puna.
Increase the availability of accessible and affordable housing through self-help programs, government assistance
and innovative housing tenure arrangements, such as co-housing, limited equity cooperatives, and community land trusts.
Increase opportunity for community involvement in public education.
Urge
the State to locate its community facilities, such as public schools, in designated village/town centers, and to design them in conformance to the criteria applicable to the type of
village/town center at that location.
College level classes and vocational training opportunities should be provided in the Puna district in order to make post high school education
more accessible to Puna residents and to help create a more highly-trained and skilled local workforce for emerging industries and commerce.
Action 3.3.3.b
Establish “one-stop centers” at Pāhoa, Kea'au, Volcano, Mt. View, Hawaiian Paradise Park and Kurtistown to provide referrals, support and advocacy related to the following
issues:
Substance abuse treatment and prevention;
Assistance for housing, special needs housing, homeless persons, and community development;
Teen pregnancy prevention/birth control
Child
care and elder care options;
Transportation and service coordination;
Employment;
Serving clients with disabilities;
Domestic violence screening/abatement/prevention;
Access to medical
services and complementary health services, including nursing programs for homebound clients; and
Access to clean water and education on catchment water.
Action Status:
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Date:
Other Notes:
Related Actions
(Other PCDP Actions that need to be completed before or concurrent with this specific Action)
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Action 3.3.3.b
Establish “one-stop centers” at Pāhoa,
Kea'au, Volcano, Mt. View, Hawaiian Paradise Park and Kurtistown to provide referrals, support and advocacy related to the following issues:
Substance abuse treatment and
prevention;
Assistance for housing, special needs housing, homeless persons, and community development;
Teen pregnancy prevention/birth control;
Child
care and elder care options;
Transportation and service coordination;
Employment;
Serving clients with disabilities;
Domestic violence screening/abatement/
prevention;
Access to medical services and complementary health services, including nursing programs for homebound clients; and
Access to clean water and education
on catchment water.