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by Anya Schumacher2 views·Updated May 4, 2022
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  1. Aloha and welcome to the website homepage of
  2. the Office of the Governor's Coordinator on homelessness.
  3. This presentation is created to highlight some important information located
  4. on our website that may be of assistance to you.
  5. To start off, please visit www dot homelessness dot hawaii dot gov.
  6. One of the first things you will notice on the homepage
  7. is a slider with shortcuts to some news and newly released resources
  8. at the time of this recording.
  9. For example, here you can find information on Ohana zones, policy briefings,
  10. county council websites, navigation guides, our offices, podcast,
  11. the permanent address from our School of Social work.
  12. Practicum students,
  13. f A q s for minors experiencing homelessness, eviction, moratorium, resources I.
  14. D. And vital documents, informations and outreach programs.
  15. You can click on the read more buttons to take you to those pages.
  16. When you continue to scroll down the page, you will see shortcuts to the pages for
  17. the hic housing first, covid 19 and data which will be discussed in a moment.
  18. Mhm.
  19. As you scroll through the homepage,
  20. you will come across data from Hawaii's point and time counts over time.
  21. The point in time or pit count
  22. is one of the measurements used to estimate how many of
  23. our community members are experiencing homelessness from year to year.
  24. Yeah,
  25. As you scroll down the homepage,
  26. you will come across our statewide homeless helpline.
  27. Please contact us at (808) 586 0193
  28. or email gov dot homelessness at Hawaii dot gov.
  29. Please feel free to contact our office for any inquiries
  30. related to homelessness and services that you may have,
  31. including connections to resources or to report concerns that
  32. you may have at the bottom of the page,
  33. you will find related federal and local resources with links to their websites.
  34. Mm hmm.
  35. The Hawaii Interagency Council on homelessness or Hick is an advisory
  36. body modeled after the United States Interagency Council on homelessness.
  37. The hick serves as a statewide
  38. homelessness planning and policy development entity
  39. with broad representation from state and county government and the community.
  40. As you scroll down the page,
  41. you will find a list of all the current hic members and alternate members.
  42. Toward the bottom of this page,
  43. you will find plans that the Hick that has developed as well as meeting agendas,
  44. meeting minutes reports and presentations
  45. Housing First is an approach to ending homelessness that
  46. emphasizes permanent housing placement for people experiencing homelessness.
  47. On this page.
  48. You can find out more about this approach providers in each county
  49. that administered these services and data on these types of programs,
  50. including about the cost savings that these programs provide to our systems.
  51. The data table shows you all the stats on
  52. homelessness from the early 2000s to present day,
  53. including figures on exits to permanent housing.
  54. How many shelter and permanent supportive housing beds? There are
  55. homeless student enrollment data and even fiscal
  56. mapping of funds for homeless services.
  57. Mm hmm.
  58. The key focus areas to have found along the top of the homepage provides a
  59. drop down menu with links to take you to pages for housing first outreach programs,
  60. eviction moratorium use sources.
  61. Um covid 19 resources, shelter facilities, identification and vital documents.
  62. Ohana zones, landlord engagement encampment, response, Medicaid, Community
  63. Integration services policy and advocacy
  64. proclamations data and the Hawaii Interagency Council on homelessness.
  65. We will highlight some of these links here.
  66. The
  67. daily emergency shelter vacancy list shows shelter
  68. providers throughout the state and their daily vacancies
  69. shelter Vacancies are subject to change throughout the day.
  70. There is a comment section on the right hand
  71. side of the chart that shows their contact information
  72. as well as any special attributes.
  73. Yeah.
  74. Mm hmm.
  75. Yeah.
  76. The daily Emergency shelter vacancy list shows shelter
  77. providers throughout the state and their daily Vacancies
  78. shelter vacancies are subject to change throughout the day.
  79. There is a comment section on the right hand
  80. side of the chart that shows their contact information
  81. as well as any special attributes that shelter may require or provide
  82. homeless outreach programs, connect unsheltered individuals and families
  83. um to critical services including housing navigation,
  84. shelter assistance to obtaining identification
  85. documents and other vital records,
  86. assistance with unemployment and public benefits
  87. and connection to health care services,
  88. outreach programs statewide are listed on this page, including within maps
  89. of the areas served by the providers
  90. contracted by the Department of Human services,
  91. homeless programs.
  92. Office
  93. Yeah.
  94. Following the end of the eviction moratorium.
  95. Our office has provided information on this eviction moratorium resource page
  96. Relating to Act 57 and resources available to those who may
  97. be at risk of being evicted or have been evicted.
  98. As you scroll through the page,
  99. you can find links to resources that may be
  100. helpful and information on agencies that may be able
  101. to assist you with any questions including the Legal
  102. Aid Society of Hawaii and your local mediation centers.
  103. Yeah.
  104. The lack of valid government identification or
  105. vital documents needed to obtain an I.
  106. D.
  107. Card can be a huge barrier to housing
  108. and employment for many people experiencing homelessness.
  109. This page provides you with information on how to obtain an I. D. Or other documents.
  110. With help from the Legal aid Society of Hawaii
  111. and the Institute of Human Services.
  112. There is also information here for those who cannot afford the fee for a state I. D.
  113. Or Hawaii birth certificate
  114. as well as how individuals experiencing homelessness may be able to connect
  115. with a mailing address for the
  116. purpose of acquiring these identification documents
  117. on this page.
  118. You can view interviews with landlords and
  119. service providers and prospective tenants in hawaii
  120. as well as community presentations which describe the important role that
  121. landlords can play in working to end homelessness in Hawaii.
  122. As you scroll through this page,
  123. you will find information on the importance of landlord engagement
  124. and the practices that keep many of our community members
  125. on the streets even once they received housing Assistant Resources,
  126. there are also a number of resources,
  127. articles and infographics available on this page related to housing subsidies,
  128. the benefits for landlords
  129. of accepting these subsidies and more.
  130. Mhm.
  131. The state framework to address homelessness
  132. includes the connection between land management responses
  133. to address public safety,
  134. public health and social services responses to connect
  135. homeless individuals to shelter housing and other supports
  136. on the encampment response page.
  137. You can find out about the approaches of governmental
  138. agencies such as the State Department of Land and
  139. Natural Resources and the Department of Transportation and working
  140. with community organizations to address encampments on public lands
  141. policy and advocacy are a key part of the
  142. state's approach to addressing homelessness and housing instability statewide.
  143. Here.
  144. You can find guys to help you navigate advocacy at the state and county levels,
  145. as well as a number of resources produced to
  146. educate advocates and the public on specific topics.
  147. Legislative priorities for 2022 are to promote affordable
  148. housing for people transitioning from homelessness to produce upfront
  149. barriers to accessing exiting rental housing inventory and
  150. to support policies and programs that assist key homeless
  151. sub populations with transitioning to stable long term settings.
  152. Mm hmm.
  153. Along the main navigation bar at the top of the website,
  154. you can find a tab for our monthly webinars that occur on the
  155. fourth monday of each month at noon to discuss topics related to homelessness,
  156. housing and behavioral health.
  157. Yeah,
  158. they are an extension of the behavioral health and homelessness,
  159. statewide Unified response group.
  160. On our monthly Webinar page,
  161. you will find the most recent webinar in the video loop at the top of the page.
  162. As you scroll through the page,
  163. you will find past months recorded webinars and the link for the meeting.
  164. At the end.
  165. For more information, please visit www dot homelessness dot hawaii dot gov.