GOING HOME PLUS

Homeless Resources

Homeless Definition

(1) Individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate. nighttime residence, meaning: (i) Has a primary nighttime residence that is a public or. private place not meant for human habitation; (ii) Is living in a publicly or privately operated shelter.

HEARTH

(Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of. 2009) expanded the definition of who should be considered homeless to include people at imminent risk of homelessness, previously homeless people temporarily in institutional settings, unaccompanied youth and families with persistent housing instability, and people fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence. Learn more: Five Ways the HEARTH Act Changed Homelessness Assistance.

Housing First

Medicaid Waiver amendment:  The State of Hawai‘i, Department of Human Services has received a five-year extension of the QUEST Integration Section 1115 demonstration from CMS. The extension will run from August 1, 2019 through July 31, 2024. Learn more: Hawai’i Medicaid State Plan and Demonstration. 

Oahu Homeless Resource Card

Homelessness Initiative

Partners in Care (PIC)

Bridging the Gap (BTG)

Articles & Reports

• CSH: Developing the “Support” in Supportive Housing: A Guide to Providing Services in Housing
• CSH: Housing First Frequent Users of Health Systems Initiative
• CSH: Tenancy support Services in Medicaid
• CSH: Housing is the Best Medicine: Supportive Housing and the Social Determinants of Health
• KFF: Beyond Health Care: The Role of Social Determinants in Promoting Health and Health Equity
• NASHP: Federal and State Collaboration to Improve Health through Housing
• CMS: Coverage of Housing-Related Activities and Services for Individuals with Disabilities
• CSH: Blueprint for FUSE
• Gov. Ige: On the Road Home

Person Centered Planning for Supportive Housing

• Person-centered thinking for people at risk of homelessness (Video)
• How person centered practices can help in housing?
• Person-centered thinking tools

Videos

• Is Being Homeless in Hawaii Considered an Illness (Video)
• Prescribing Hope: A Homeless in Hawaii Special Report (Video)

News

• Prescribing Hope Special Report
• Hawaii Medicaid waiver seeks reimbursement for helping house the homeless
• Hawaii’s homeless crisis to be highlighted in HBO news show
• Opinion: Trump’s deep cut to HUD’s budget would hurt the poor and elderly, and destroy jobs
• Hawaii Homelessness Topic on Civil Beat

Homeless Housing Services Information

• DHS/BESSD – Homeless Programs
• DHS/BESSD – Homeless Services Agencies Directory 

Useful forms

• Partners in Care: VI-SPDAT V2 Form 
• Partners in Care:  VI-SPDAT V2 Family Form
• Partners in Care: HMIS Consent Form