by Mari Ebersole | Feb 25, 2024 | Blog, In the News, Outreach
View Content Direct from Source Discover the complexities of the recent enforcement action on a homeless encampment in Kona, Hawai’i, and the ensuing debate on the balance between necessary enforcement and humanitarian needs. Delve into the challenges faced by...
by Mari Ebersole | Feb 25, 2024 | Affordable Housing, Blog, In the News, Sacred Heart Shelter
View Content Direct from Source By KRISTEN ALICE | Sunday, February 25, 2024, 12:05 a.m. Last July, Gerald Sarvas, a veteran and kupuna, faced the grim reality of homelessness. Although he and his emotional support dog had moved into a rental unit in Hawaiian Beaches,...
by Kristen Alice | Feb 25, 2024 | Blog
By KRISTEN ALICE | Sunday, February 25, 2024, 12:05 a.m. Last July, Gerald Sarvas, a veteran and kupuna, faced the grim reality of homelessness. Although he and his emotional support dog had moved into a rental unit in Hawaiian Beaches, he was forced to give up...
by Mari Ebersole | Feb 24, 2024 | Blog, In the News, Outreach
View Content Direct from Source by Big Island Video Newson Feb 24, 2024 at 9:36 pm STORY SUMMARY KONA, Hawaiʻi – Hawaiʻi island’s largest homeless service provider provides details on the latest homeless encampment removal at the Kona Community...
by Mari Ebersole | Feb 23, 2024 | Blog, In the News, Outreach
View Content Direct from Source By Laura Ruminski West Hawaii Today lruminski@westhawaiitoday.com | Friday, February 23, 2024, 12:05 a.m. A homeless camp at the Kona Aquatics Center and Kekuaokalani Gym was the subject of park rules enforcement Thursday morning....
by Kristen Alice | Feb 23, 2024 | Blog
For immediate release Friday, February 23, 2024 Media contact: Kristen Alice, Director of Community Relations Cell: 808-938-7239 kalice@hopeserviceshawaii.org HOPE Services Hawai’i Statement on Kona Community Aquatic Center Encampment Enforcement ...
by Mari Ebersole | Feb 22, 2024 | Blog
View Content Direct from Source by Big Island Video Newson Feb 22, 2024 at 11:27 pm STORY SUMMARY KONA, Hawaiʻi – County officials conducted another park rules enforcement operation in Kona on Thursday morning. Six individuals accepted offers for housing and...
by Mari Ebersole | Feb 8, 2024 | Affordable Housing, Blog, In the News, Outreach
View Content Direct from Source by: Sandy Harjo-LivingstonPosted: Feb 8, 2024 / 07:30 AM HST | Updated: Feb 9, 2024 / 08:50 AM HST HONOLULU (KHON2) — When you think of Hilo, you probably think of gorgeous cloudy days and the Merrie Monarch Festival. What you probably...
by Mari Ebersole | Feb 4, 2024 | Blog, In the News, Outreach
View Content Direct from Source By MICHAEL BRESTOVANSKY Hawaii Tribune-Herald | Sunday, February 4, 2024, 12:05 a.m. Kelsey Walling/Tribune-Herald — A makeshift homeless camp is set up Tuesday along the wall of the drainage canal near the intersection of Kilauea...
by Mari Ebersole | Jan 30, 2024 | Blog, In the News, Outreach, Street Medicine
View Content Direct from Source The infant’s homeless, mentally ill mother is back on the streets as law enforcement wrestles with whether to charge her. By Paula Dobbyn / January 30, 2024 Reading time: 8 minutes. The recent birth of a baby on a Hilo...