The 2024 Homeless Help Card is now available for download in our Training Library under the Resource Guides section.

Partners In Care – O’ahu Continuum of Care response to the Supreme Court of the United States decision on Grants Pass vs. Johnson

This course is free and introduces learners to the unique challenges faced by older adults experiencing homelessness, with a focus on individuals with substance use disorders or serious mental illness. The course also shares people’s personal experiences with homelessness and the experiences of those who work with older adults experiencing homelessness.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) is working with our Technical Assistance (TA) provider to offer in-person capacity building training for Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and Continuum of Care (CoC) program grantees and subrecipients. This email is so that you can begin planning for your management/staff responsible for the day-to-day administration of the ESG and CoC programs to attend the training in Hawaii.

At least one representative from your agency is required to attend this training, which will also serve as our FY23 CoC Start Up Training and All Grantees Meeting.

Location: Kapolei Hale

1000 Uluohia Street, Kapolei, Hawaii 96707

More information coming soon!

Youth and young adults met at the State Capitol on October 10th and agreed on 10 recommendations for legislation in 2025. If you are 24 or younger, please vote to determine the most important action the legislature should take to make our Hawaii a better place to live, learn and work. 

Inviting all youth and young adults (through age 24) to share your ideas about what our legislature needs to do to make Hawaii a better place to live, learn and work.  We welcome and encourage participation from young people with lived experience of homelessness, foster care, and mental health system, and juvenile justice system involvement.  We want young people who are immigrants, COFA migrants,  LGBTQ+  and persons with disabilities to be involved. The Children and Youth Summit Planning Committee is looking for young people to speak about the issues they are passionate about in a Town Hall meeting with legislators.  The Town Hall meeting will be part of the opening session of the Summit.

December 11th @12p - 1pm

Training Description - Specialized advocates will speak on the importance of language, understanding the nuance of culture in the context of violence, and how to ask for or receive support.

Watch all of the CoC trainings here!

Kaiser Permanente has designated the Pacific Gateway Center to spread awareness and enroll Oahu residents in the Hawaii Health Access Program (HHAP). This program addresses clients we may all have who do not qualify for MedQuest and have no access to medical care.

HHAP offers high-quality health care with no monthly premiums, copays, or out-of-pocket costs for most care at Kaiser Permanente. 

This program is designed for residents who may not have access to other health coverage, including QUEST (Medicaid), Medicare, or employer-sponsored plans.

Eligibility Criteria:

- Residents must live on Oahu.

- Household income must be at or below 300% of the federal poverty level (e.g., up to $51,930 for a single person or $107,640 for a family of four in 2024).

- No access to other health coverage, such as MedQuest (Medicaid), Medicare, job-based health plan, or coverage through the health benefit exchange.

- US citizenship or legal status is not required.

The application period runs from November 1 through January 15. 

All applications will be confidential.

If you know anyone who might qualify or know any upcoming community/cultural/ethnic events where PGC could inform the community about the program and enroll those who may be eligible, please contact terrina@pacificgatewaycenter.org or maria@pacificgatewaycenter.org. 

Tuesday, January 21 | 9AM

Have you registered for the SOAR Online Application Tracking (OAT) program? If so, are you using OAT consistently? If you answered "No" to either of these questions, please attend this SOAR OAT and Outcomes Orientation to learn the ins and outs of successfully reporting the outcomes of your SOAR-assisted SSI/SSDI applications.

City and County of Honolulu Fiscal Year 2026 Grants In Aid Solicitation

The City and County of Honolulu, through its Department of Community Services, is soliciting applications from qualified nonprofit agencies for the GRANTS IN AID PROGRAM (GIA). Funding is anticipated to be available to support qualified public services to economically and/or socially disadvantaged populations, or provide services for public benefit in the areas of arts, culture, economic development, or the environment.

Interested agencies must download information for grant proposal requests online at the State of Hawaii's Hawaii Awards & Notices Data System (HANDS) website at https://hands.ehawaii.gov/hands/opportunities/opportunity-details/248399. For further technical assistance, agencies may contact the Division of Purchasing Help Desk at 808-768-5535 or email bfspurchasing@honoulu.gov

                                           Offer Due by 2:00PM (HST) on November 22, 2024 

RFP-HMS-224-25-02-HPO: Homeless Shelter Program

The Department of Human Services Homeless Programs Office seeks to enter into contract with qualified emergency and transitional Provider agencies to provide shelter services that will enable Homeless individuals and Families access to Permanent Housing as rapidly as possible by assisting with quickly locating and accessing housing options and connecting them to services and supports that will support housing stabilization.

Offer Due Date & Time (HST): 12/18/2024 12:00 PM