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Home My WebLink About2018-06-06 Letter to Lily G., Student at L.E. White re homeless V OIN �� +,'.. Wil Okabe Y *16S: \ .d' <i Alanaging Director Harr Kim ' .• Mayor Barbara J.Kossow ••�''r.-, „`+i•`�l Deputy Managing Director • IOI At County of Hawaii Office of the Mayor 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • (808)961-8211 • Fax(808)961-6553 KONA 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy, Bldg C • Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 (808)323-4444 • Fax(808)323-4440 June 6, 2018 Lily G., Student at L.E. White Go Ms. Kerni Hoffman 3300 115th Street Allegan, MI 49010 Dear Lily G., Thank you for your letter regarding homeless. Leaders of the County's Community Alliance Partners have a plan to pioneer a new concept for homeless assessment centers that might allow Hawai'i Island to obtain funds to create an assessment center. Attached is a recent newspaper article that you may find useful. This concept would appropriate units at an existing complex and repurpose them. This would be converted to emergency shelters for families. Assessment Centers are expected to be available for 24/7 assessments of all homeless individuals, whether part of a family or not. We've discovered that the problem just gets moved around if we don't have a place to send the homeless, this is why we are working on Assessment Centers. Good luck with your education at L.E. White in Allegan, Michigan. Come visit us in Hawai'i! Sincerely, All HHarryKip � Mayor Attach. 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Hawaii News(http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/category/hawaii-news/) County fine-tunes homeless assessment center plan By MAX DIBLE West Hawaii Today I Friday,May 25,2018,12 05 am Share this story In 0(https://twitter.comhntent/tweetstext=http-//www.hawantribune-herald com/2018/05/25/hawaii-news/county-fine-tunes-homeless- assessme nt-center-plan/) GB(https!lplus google.comishare?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hawantnbune-hera1d com%2F2018%2F05%2F25%2Fhawa»-news%2Fcounty- fi ne-tunes-homeless-assessment-center-plan%2 F) V(mailto>subject=County fine-tunes homeless assessment center plan&body=http//www hawaiitribune-herald.com/2018/05/25/hawaii- news/county-fine-tun es-home less-assessment-center-plan/) Full Crystal KAILUA-KONA—Hawaii Island stakeholders have met several einW<b windows times in recent weeks to determine how best to access and use nim i—iE outdoor... as much of the states historic$50 million homelessness Most Popular allocation as possible. Hundreds of homes in peril as Kilauea lava flow nears Kapoho Roy Takemoto,an executive assistant to Mayor Harry Kim,said Beach Lots,Vacationland leaders of the county's Community Alliance Partners have a plan (http://www.hawaiitribune- herald.com/2018/06/04/hawaii- to pioneer a new concept for homeless assessment centers that news/hundreds-of-homes-in-peril- might allow Hawaii Island to score an$800,000 state fund to as-kilauea-lava-flow-nears- create such a center. kapoho-beach-lots-vacationland/) 2 For former Kapoho resident,it's 1960 all over again ADVERTISING (http://www.hawaiitribune- herald.com/2018/06/04/hawaii- 'Woe news/for-former-kapoho-resident- Got You its-1960-all-over-again/) Cnrered'' _` f-z C-3-o F . c.. 3 PGV stuck between lava river, );A Al A fissures (http://www.hawaiitribune- -metal-Tile'Shingles herald.com/2018/06/04/hawaii- -Torch-On'Many Other Options news/pgv-stuck-between-lava- •Seamless Gutters river-fissures/) (808)961-9248•Fax:961-3258 45 Potaku St.,Suite 101•HILO,HAWAII ••- r-^....ao,^s,.�T a�ie-^o ^i 4 Wright On:Bello primed to be Big Island's next big hit (http://www.hawaiitribune- The allocation,approved in the 2018 legislative session,does not herald.com/2018/06/03/sports/wright- specify an island or location to which the funding must be sent, on-bello-primed-to-be-big-islands- next-big-hit/) so it'll come down to which county offers the best pitch. 'We will propose to convert existing facilities into these family 5 18 arrested for loitering in lava zone;rescued residents also cited assessment centers,"Takemoto explained."So,the$800,000 (http://www.hawaiitribune- wouldn't be used for any kind of capital improvements because herald.com/2018/06/04/hawaii- they're existing facilities.We can use all those funds for news/18-arrested-for-loitering-in- lava-zon e-rescued-residents-also- (operations)." cited/) The concept would appropriate 23 units at the Ulu Wini housing complex in Kona and repurpose them.Ten of the units would be Wednesday Career C converted to emergency shelters for families. June 6,2018 e«-511111 - CO Larger families would occupyREGISTER NOWT a unit to themselves,as each fits six people.However, in some units,two smaller families would split the space,sharing a few components such as the bathroom,to III Get the latest news by e-mail 51 V L,ttp"// M1uaupllutlo (http://oahupubliwtions.com/hawSiitF1 u eP1•er news'I'eitti maximize the numbers housed. The other 13 would be turned into transitional units to tap into funding sources separate from Section 8,a program used to fund those living at Ulu Wini.Takemoto said it would then free up those Section 8 vouchers for other needs. The community center at Ulu Wini would be set aside as an assessment area. It would be available for 24/7 assessments of all homeless individuals,whether part of a family or not. However, the living spaces at Ulu Wini would remain family-focused. Hawaii County's procurement of the assessment center grant also would open the door for a discussion about potentially introducing a"sit-lie"bill across the island,which would help police address community and business concerns of homeless loitering in public spaces and on sidewalks in front of commercial areas. Takemoto said the topic of implementing a law similar to one that exists on Oahu has been broached at the highest levels of county I it :e, government,but added officials wouldn't entertain the notion without an assurance the assessment center funds were on their cr\ �` - '"-com.rme Floors gAmerica way. - Y 1 i ea . t "Implementing a law like that..,just moves the problem around," --,.c_, ' ar bust Takemoto said."It does not work until we have a place to send � N Mom d i ,,., kr 4 d. :. y_ ..,,. the homeless to,which is the assessment center we are working on. IDHES If awarded the grant,the county would use 8400,000 to develop BEST CREDIT EAST w*u sy.,et s. UNION the concept at Ulu Wini and dedicate the other half of the money "E' 966-9002 to a similar proposal in East Hawaii. for 15 years! ,,,, Insured by NCUA ..COIn Village 9, however,a parcel of land off Kealakehe Parkway for _ {FI eRealrs Tires which the county is planning a homeless site, isn't likely to be Sidr o"•^' --^ ready for at least a year. It appears now Hawaii County will Experience the construct Village 9 with monies from a pool of$30 million in state •lifek01ie Difference funding appropriated this session for the ohana zones conceptring See Specials nislandwide. T4Allstate roNF^I'j� Gov. David Ige has not committed to specific allocations for each Mahalo to island,and Takemoto said the piece of the pie Hawaii County our community! r receives will depend on need and details of its proposal(s)for INSURANCE,!1I. I, ohana zones. AGENCY --' �¢��it We nyynnme yew ugponr Whatever the county is awarded, more is likely to be spent in West Hawaii. ii. C :. cry "On the east side,we'd be looking to any kind of shelter area that E =l `- - — - we set up for the lava evacuees,"Takemoto explained.'We'll R.'.'^`ot 5 BEST AIR TOUR carefully consider if(those)can be converted to an ohana zone ® 808.961.5600 for the homeless after the evacuation needs expire." - Homelessness is down across Hawaii Island,according to the most recent Point-In-Time Count study.In 2016,the count From the Web registered 1,394 homeless individuals countywide,an all-time high.The following year,that number dropped to 953. 'sons Commiof ts Suicide Son Sadly Commits Suicide ADVERTISING (ltllpYhsa uengee an This May Be the Real Reason Hope Hicks Left Her White CD SPECIALS House Job 13-MONTH CD 1e25:4. 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