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State Tax Collections Soared Back To Pre-Pandemic Levels In The Past Year civilbeat.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from civilbeat.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Report Calls For Better Data About And For Native Hawaiians - Honolulu Civil Beat Report Calls For Better Data About And For Native Hawaiians Native Hawaiians face disproportionate social and economic problems, but data about them is often incomplete, complicating efforts to improve the situation. Reading time: 4 minutes. Hawaii state agencies fail to collect and track accurate data about Native Hawaiians and programs that are supposed to help them, according to a report released Friday by two nonprofit organizations. Native Hawaiians face disproportionate impacts in numerous areas, including health and economics, according to the joint report by Papa Ola Lokahi, a Native Hawaiian health advocacy organization, and the Hawaii Budget & Policy Center. ....
Aloha United Way, Catholic Charities help disperse $60M in aid to Hawaii households in 2020 bizjournals.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bizjournals.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The state faces steep budget cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic and that may include education. Children advocacy groups hope to fill the gaps in services and find new ways to generate funds for those programs. A top concern for advocates is how COVID-19 has highlighted inequalities for Hawaii’s children. “With COVID, we really saw the impact of our lack of investment in some of our social service safety nets, in our education safety net, and in our programs for working families,” Hawaii Children’s Action Network’s Executive Director Deborah Zysman said. HCAN’s top two priorities in 2021 are avoiding cuts to education and health and human services funding and creating support for working families. ....
Hawai i s Rental Assistance Program Distributed The Most Housing Support Per Capita In 2020 News provided by Share this article HONOLULU, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ 13,709 Hawai i households were assisted by the state s Rent Relief and Housing Assistance Program (RRHAP), Aloha United Way (AUW), and Catholic Charities Hawai i (CCH) and additional partners. The program, managed by Hawai i Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC), has been cited as a success story by local policy experts. Recent analysis by the Hawai i Budget & Policy Center finds that this statewide program got out more housing assistance to help renters per capita than any other state effort across the country, said James Koshiba, founder of Hui Aloha, and a former Chair of the Hawai i State House Subcommittee on COVID-19 & Housing. To get $60 million out the door in just under three months plus expend funds for partners, systems, and administrative staffing is remarkable ....