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HI HCR97
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/8/2019
Primary Sponsor
Henry Aquino
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AI Summary
HCR 97 Summary
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Requests the Department of Human Services to enter into additional contracts with provider agencies to open more homeless shelters in Waipahu.
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Notes that in 2018, over 6,500 homeless individuals were in Hawaii, with over 4,000 on Oahu and nearly half unsheltered.
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Highlights that the Ewa region (including Waipahu) saw an 8.2 percent increase in unsheltered homeless individuals in 2018, while overall Oahu unsheltered population decreased 7.7 percent.
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Identifies that the Waipahu Lighthouse Outreach Center, which operated for ten years, permanently closed in December 2016 due to inability to meet Department of Human Services regulations.
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Directs certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Director of Human Services and the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness.
Legislative Description
Requesting The Department Of Human Services To Enter Into Additional Contracts With Provider Agencies To Open Additional Homeless Shelters In Waipahu.
Homeless
Last Action
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, C. Lee excused (2).
3/28/2019