by Michaela Ikeuchi | Sep 6, 2024 | Blog, In the News, News Videos, Outreach, Street Medicine
On Hawaii Island, officials estimate about half of the homeless population need psychiatric services. And data shows the island’s homeless population is growing — jumping 45% in just five years.
by Mari Ebersole | Jul 30, 2024 | Blog, In the News, Outreach
View Content Direct from Source by Big Island Video Newson Jul 30, 2024 at 5:59 pm photo of the temporary resting area for unsheltered individuals on Ponahawai Street STORY SUMMARY HILO, Hawaiʻi – The new site will only serve the former canal occupants who are... by Mari Ebersole | Jul 10, 2024 | Blog, In the News, Outreach, Street Medicine
View Content Direct from Source By Summer Steinsrud Published: Jul. 10, 2024 at 7:10 PM HST | Updated: Jul. 10, 2024 at 8:04 PM HST Hundreds of homeless people lost a lifeline last year when Hilo’s only street medicine program ended due to a caregiver shortage and... by Mari Ebersole | Jun 10, 2024 | Blog, In the News, Outreach
View Content Direct from Source by: Sandy Harjo-Livingston Posted: Jun 10, 2024 / 07:30 AM HST | Updated: Jun 7, 2024 / 10:53 AM HST Bridging the Gap Board members after the Homeless Point in Time Count press conference. Back Row, left to right: Carlos Peraro of Ka... by Mari Ebersole | Jun 9, 2024 | Blog, In the News, Outreach
View Content Direct from Source by Big Island Video News on June 9, 2024 · 6:00 AM CDT The number of houseless on Big Island streets dropped since last year by 28%. According to the Homeless Point in Time Count – a federally mandated census that seeks to count anyone... by Mari Ebersole | Jun 7, 2024 | Blog, In the News, Outreach
View Content Direct from Source Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Mark Ladao Published June 7, 2024 at 2:10 PM HST Jae C. Hong / AP File – In this Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015 photo, a man walks toward his makeshift tent at a homeless encampment near the ocean...