There is a significant homeless population in Hawaii, with over 12,000 experiencing homelessness at some point during the year. On any given day, there are over 6,300 homeless people, and over 30% are children. Homelessness is difficult to address because it has many contributing factors, such as high living costs, low wages, mental health issues, and substance abuse. The government has passed laws against public sleeping and sitting to limit tourist exposure to homelessness. Over 200 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and churches work to provide both short-term assistance like food and shelters as well as long-term solutions like job training and transitional housing. One current successful program houses homeless individuals and families in a transitional shelter near

1. Problems
in
Paradise
Bryce Coleman 1/29/2017

2. What do you do,
when you have
nowhere to go?
-Statewide 12-15000
people are homeless
in Hawaii at some
point during the year.
-Any given day in
Hawaii there are over
6300 homeless.
-Over 30% of the
homeless in Hawaii
are children.

3. ● Everyone wants to help,
but no one knows how.
● Because Homelessness is
a combination of so many
issues it is difficult to
“solve.”
● High rent, high cost of
living, drug abuse, low
wages, mental disorders,
and other issues
contribute to the problem.

4. What’s being done?
-Government has passed laws
against sleeping or sitting in most
public areas. This is to limit
tourists contact with the homeless
population.
-They issue tickets and kick them
out of parks and other areas
where they sleep.
-The homeless population is
essentially always on the move,
looking for places they can stay
without being harassed.

5. NGO/Churches
● There are over 200
NGOs working with the
homeless in Hawaii.
● There are NGOs that
deal with Short term
“Immediate solutions,”
and others that deal
with more “Long term
solutions.”

6. Short term solutions
● Food banks
● Homeless shelters
● Medical assistance
● Free materials/goods
● Food stamps
● Anything that helps them
sustain their lifestyle
currently, but doesn’t help
end their “Homelessness.”

7. LongTerm
Solutions
● Vocational training in
marketable skills.
● Relocation to
“Transitional
shelters” and then to
discounted housing.
● Drug recovery
programs
● Counseling for
mental health.
● Flights to go back
home. “Return to
home program”

8. ● Currently most
successful effort in
helping the homeless
community.
● One bedroom units are
$725 a month, and 2
bedroom units are $900.
● Businesses around the
island have offered jobs
within walking distance.
Sand Island
Transitional
shelter

9. Works cited Information
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600-homeless-breaks-ground-near-sand-island/
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expand-homeless-shelter-on-sand-island
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camps-puuhonua-safe-zones

10. Works cited: Pictures
https://www.gofundme.com/WarriorsOfChange
https://www.gofundme.com/2bdcv2k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rplEkGcZgcA
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homeless-families/
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