Tents For Houseless On Ponahawai Street To Be Moved To Kuawa Street

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...

Tents For Houseless On Ponahawai Street To Be Moved To Kuawa Street

by Michaela Ikeuchi | 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 (BIVN) – The tents on Ponahawai Street in Downtown Hilo that are serving as a temporary “respite area” for houseless individuals are being dismantled and moved to Kuawa Street.  The...

Hope Services opens new respite house for unsheltered in Hilo

by Michaela Ikeuchi | Jul 23, 2024 | Blog, In the News, Outreach

View Content Direct from Source By Jeremy Lee | July 23, 2024 HILO, Hawaii (Island News) — Hope Services Hawaii has a number of new projects underway on the Big Island, addressing the needs of the unhoused.  The Wilder House opened July 1st. For Hope Services,...

Mental Health America recognizes HNN investigative series ‘Hope for Hawaii Island’

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...

Some Hawaiʻi islands see decrease in houseless, unsheltered numbers

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...

Annual report shows drop in homelessness on Hawai‘i Island

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...