In the News

LEAD

Diversion Program For The Homeless Finds Measured Success, Civil Beat, Oct. 2019

Homeless program shows positive results after first year, Star Advertiser, Oct. 2019

Honolulu Police and Local Residents Team up to ‘Take Back’ Chinatown from Homeless, Star Advertiser, May. 2019

Innovative and collective efforts have led to steady declines in Hawaii homelessness, Kohn 2, Nov. 2019

Honolulu Police Keep Putting Homeless People In Jail, The Appeal, May. 2020

Program launch in Kona focuses on community-based, harm-reduction intervention for law violations, West Hawaii Today, Nov. 2019

When Harm Reduction Harms Heroin Addicts, Forbes, Mar. 2016

Weed and Seed

Hawaii Crime-Fighting Community Program To Shut Down Due To Lack Of Funding, Kohn 2, May. 2021

Weed And Seed Program Is Making Chinatown Safer, Officials Say, Civil Beat, Sep. 202

Crime in Chinatown: Will 'Weed and Seed' Get to the Root?, Hawai’i Public Radio, Aug. 2021

Blangiardi and city officials to update the public on cleanup efforts in Chinatown, Hawai’i Public Radio, Feb. 2022

Crisis Outreach Response and Engagement

Two critical changes announced in Chinatown cleanup efforts, Hawai’i Public Radio, Jan. 2022

City launches new program to address nonviolent emergency calls involving the homeless, Star Advertiser, Oct. 2021

A New Program To Help Homeless People On Oahu Is Off To A Slow Start, Civil Beat, Dec. 2021

Homeless CORE team plans to increase services, Khon 2, Mar. 2022

City expands homeless outreach response team to Kailua, Hawai’i Public Radio, Mar. 2022

Homeless outreach team aimed at taking strain off hospitals expands to Windward Oahu, Hawaii News Now, Mar. 2022

HELP Honolulu

Cops and Social Workers Join Forces To Get Homeless Help — And Off The Street, Civil Beat, Sep. 2018

Community Outreach Court

This Court Offers The Homeless A Fresh Start Instead Of Punishment, Civil Beat, Dec. 2017