Homelessness Initiative

The Governor’s Coordinator on Homelessness convenes monthly webinar sessions on topics related to homelessness and behavioral health, including topics specific to providing these services in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The monthly webinars are an extension of the Behavioral Health and Homelessness Statewide Unified Response Group (BHHSURG). For more information about the monthly webinars, including suggestions for topics, please contact Homelessness Assistant Justin Limasa at (808) 586-0193 or by e-mail at [email protected].

To view Talk Story interviews with community partners addressing homelessness statewide, click HERE.

To view the Road to Home conversations with KHVH and the Rick Hamada show, click HERE.

To view past recordings and presentation materials for prior years, please view below:

• 2021 Monthly Webinars

To view recordings from webinars in 2022, please view below:

• January Webinar (January 24, 2022) – Topic:  2022 Advocacy Policy Priorities
  Guests:  Hawaii Budget and Policy Center (Will White); Partners in Care Advocacy Committee (Chair Bob Wardlaw and Betty Lou Larson); Community Alliance Partners and HOPE Services Hawaii (Kristen Alice)
  Webinar Recording, Presentation Materials, Question and Answer
• February Webinar (February 28, 2022) – Topic: Medical Respite and Mobile Medical Programs
  Guests:  HOPE Services Hawaii – Medical Respite (Kalani Spain); City & County of Honolulu – CORE Program (Deputy Director Ian Santee and Raychelle Rin); and Maui Police Department – Mobile Medical Educational Unit (Sgt. Jan Pontanilla)
  Webinar Recording, Presentation Materials, Question and Answer
• March Webinar (March 28, 2022) – Topic:  Examples of Faith-Based Partnerships
  Guests: Church of the Holy Cross UCC (Rev. Eric Anderson); Church of the Holy Apostles (Rev. Katlin McCallister); Ohana Christian Fellowship (Pastor Greg Poole); Family Promise of Hawaii (Samantha Church, MSW)
  Webinar Recording, Presentation Materials, Question and Answer
• April Webinar (April 25, 2022) – Topic:  Local Strategies to Address Affordable Housing and Homelessness
  Guests:  City & County of Honolulu, Office of Housing (Executive Director Trish La Chica); Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities (Executive Administrator Daintry Bartoldus and Community/Legislative Liaison Che Silvert)  Webinar Recording, Presentation Materials, Question and Answer

The webinars are held on the 4th Monday of each month from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. HST. 

The MS Teams link for the webinars is posted below:

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