HICH Reports

The Chair’s staff regularly prepare reports to share information regarding actions and positions of the HICH, and to respond to directives from the Hawai’i Legislature and other key stakeholders.

Annual Reports to the Legislature (In accordance with section 346-381, Hawaii Revised Statutes)

Homeless System Overview Report to the Legislature (Pursuant to Act 24, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016)

Fiscal Map of Federal, State, and County Funding for Homelessness

Policy Briefs of the Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness

Communications and Public Education Plan

Reports on Safe Zones, Squatting, and Encampments

Legislative Informational Briefings (Hawaii Homeless Summits and Budget Briefings)

Overview of Act 86, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, Appropriation to the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) to address homelessness in tourism and resort areas.

Data Landscape Assessment

Listening Session Feedback and Summary in regard to State Framework to Address Homelessness

National Governors Association – Technical Assistance related to Population Health / Homelessness

System Mapping of Homelessness

Financial Modeling – Building the case for Permanent Supportive Housing

Hawai’i Pathways Project

  • Hawai’i Pathways Project, Final Report (2018) – Prepared by the University of Hawai’i Center on the Family, the report covers the the full period of the project, which ran from August 2014 to September 2017.  The project was administered by the Department of Health, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division through contracts with Helping Hands Hawai’i and Catholic Charities Hawai’i.  The project provided intensive case management for chronically homeless individuals, and connected these individuals with housing vouchers from partner organizations to deliver ‘Housing First’ services.  In addition, the project included systems level change efforts in coordination with the HICH.
  • Hawai’i Pathways project, Program Highlights (2018) – An overview of key highlights from the project.
  • Hawai’i Pathways Project, Progress Report (2016) – Prepared by the University of Hawai’i Center on the Family, the report covers the first year of implementation for the project during the period of August 2014 to September 2015

1115 Medicaid Waiver Amendment

  • Hawai’i Medicaid 1115 Waiver Amendment (2017) – The original request for 1115 waiver amendment that was submitted for the Centers for Medcare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in August 2017.  The request was approved in October 2018, and the Department of Human Services is currently in the process of implementation.  The HICH worked together with the Hawai’i Pathways Project to utilize grant funding from the project to support technical assistance provided by the Corporation for Supportive Housing to assist with the application and submission of the waiver amendment.