Posted on: Monday, January 31, 2005

Homeless programs get $6 million

Advertiser Staff

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded almost $6 million in grants to help Hawai'i's homeless, Gov. Linda Lingle and Rep. Neil Abercrombie announced.

The awards are part of HUD's Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance program. The following programs received grants:

• Parents and Child Together/Ohia Domestic Violence Shelter for Women and Children — $277,410.

• University of Hawai'i Center on the Family Analysis and Dissemination project — $123,480.

• Child and Family Services/Domestic Abuse Service — $123,470.

• City and County of Honolulu/People Empowerment Program — $133,608.

• HCDCH, State of Hawai'i/Kawaihae Education and Employment Program — $126,863.

• Homeless Solutions, INC./Vancouver House — $165,395.

• Legal Aid Society of Hawai'i/Homeless Holistic Legal Services Program — $129,339.

• Mental Health Kokua/Safe Haven — $870,274.

• Steadfast Housing Development Corporation/Puamelia Group Home — $66,769.

• The Salvation Army/ATS Homeless Offenders Treatment & Supportive Living Services — $575,812.

• United States Veterans Initiative, Hawai'i/Barbers Point Veterans in Progress Project (VIP) — $682,526.

• City and County of Honolulu/Shelter Plus Care "Ekola" — $515,400.

• City and County of Honolulu/Shelter Plus Care "Eha" — $796,020.

• City and County of Honolulu/Kalihi Palama Health Center — $503,796.

• City and County of Honolulu/Shelter Plus Care — $306,936.

• State of Hawai'i/Shelter Plus Care I — $181,020.

• State of Hawai'i/Shelter Plus Care II — $94,632.