Second Supplementary Proclamation on Homelessness

Posted on Dec 24, 2015 in Emergency Proclamations

Effective: December 25, 2015 through April 21, 2016

Second Supplementary Proclamation on Homelessness PDF

Extended by: 3rd Supplementary Proclamation – Homeless Emergency, April 22, 2016

 

 

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
STATE OF HAWAII

SECOND SUPPLEMENTARY PROCLAMATION

By the authority vested in me as Governor by the Constitution and laws of the State of Hawaii, in order to provide relief for disaster damages, losses, and suffering, and to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the people, I, DAVID Y. IGE, Governor of the State of Hawaii, hereby determine, designate and proclaim as follows:

WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 127A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, emergency powers are conferred on the Governor of the State of Hawaii to deal with disasters or emergencies, to maintain the strength, resources, and economic life of the community, and to protect the public health, safety, and welfare; and

WHEREAS, It has become necessary to supplement my Proclamation of October 16, 2015, and my Supplementary Proclamation of October 26, 2015 relating to the homeless emergency; and

WHEREAS, the County of Kauai has an estimated homeless population in excess of three hundred persons with only one homeless shelter to serve nineteen persons and is engaged in plans to establish a Temporary Houseless and Assessment Shelter to accommodate up to twenty individuals per day and serve as a safe and central environment for homeless individuals to receive social services, meals, laundry assistance, and hygiene services; and

WHEREAS, the County of Maui has experienced an estimated twenty percent increase in its homeless population, including a twenty-three percent increase in the number of unsheltered homeless persons and is also engaged in plans to address its unsheltered homeless population by establishing Pu’uhonua, or Sanctuaries, in Kahului, Wailuku, and Lahaina to offer modular units to be placed on property located in close proximity to existing emergency or transitional homeless shelters to serve approximately one hundred ninety individuals with an estimated number of sixty four per site; and

WHEREAS, the County of Hawaii has experienced an estimated fifty-five percent increase in unsheltered homeless persons and is engaged in plans to establish a micro-unit housing project in West Hawaii to target chronically homeless households to serve up to thirty two individuals and also provide individual and group counseling as well as wraparound social services; and

WHEREAS, the City and County of Honolulu has an estimated homeless population in excess of 4900 that represents two-thirds of the State’s total estimated homeless population and is engaged in plans to establish long-term housing projects specifically designed to serve homeless individuals or families, which will be geographically distributed throughout the island of Oahu; and

WHEREAS, it has become clear that additional and continued efforts and assistance are needed to properly ease the homeless emergency that exists in the State of Hawaii; and

WHEREAS, it has become necessary to expand the homeless emergency response efforts to include efforts at the county level to respond to the current homeless emergency in the State of Hawaii.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DAVID Y. IGE, Governor of the State of Hawaii, hereby further determine that an emergency or disaster contemplated by section 127A-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, has occurred in the State of Hawaii and do hereby supplement my October 16, 2015 Proclamation and my Supplementary Proclamation of October 26, 2015 relating to the homeless emergency in order to provide further emergency relief by:

1. Expanding the purpose of my proclamations to include the efforts of the County of Kauai in its plans to establish a Temporary Houseless and Assessment Shelter to accommodate up to twenty individuals per day and serve as a safe and central environment for homeless individuals to receive social services, meals, laundry assistance, and hygiene services.

2. Expanding the purpose of my proclamations to include the efforts of the County of Maui in its plans to establish Pu’uhonua, or Sanctuaries, in Kahului, Wailuku, and Lahaina to offer modular units to be placed on property located in close proximity to existing emergency or transitional homeless shelters to serve approximately one hundred ninety individuals with an estimated number of sixty four per site.

3. Expanding the purpose of my proclamations to include the efforts of the County of Hawaii in plans to establish a micro-unit housing project in West Hawaii to target chronically homeless households to serve up to thirty two individuals and also provide individual and group counseling as well as wraparound social services.

4. Expanding the purpose of my proclamations to include the efforts of the City and County of Honolulu in plans to establish up to six housing projects ranging from long-term temporary housing to permanent housing to specifically serve homeless individuals or families. Such housing projects will be geographically distributed throughout the island of Oahu.

I FURTHER DECLARE that all the provisions of my Proclamation of October 16, 2015 and my Supplementary Proclamation of October 26, 2015 relating to the homeless emergency, shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby included in the provisions of this Second Supplementary Proclamation and the disaster emergency relief period shall continue until terminated automatically sixty days after December 25, 2015 or by a separate proclamation whichever occurs first. Notwithstanding the termination of a disaster emergency relief period, any contracts, agreements, procurements, or programs entered into, started, or continued by reason of the provisions of my proclamations relating to this emergency shall continue. However, any contract entered into under this Proclamation for providing homeless services shall be limited to a period not to exceed 12 months, but may be extended for a period of 6 months provided such extension is at no additional cost.

Done at the State Capitol, this 24th day of December, 2015.

DAVID Y. lGE
Governor of Hawaii

APPROVED:
DOUGLAS S. CHIN
Attorney General
State of Hawaii