By Lisa Dahm Hawaii Catholic Herald HILO — Two days before Thanksgiving, Hope Services Hawaii hosted its annual Homeless Luncheon — an event celebrating community connection where unsheltered people in East Hawaii could receive a hot meal and access to other essential services. A total of 168 guests received lunch Nov. 25 from an all-volunteer […]
Federal policy shift targets funding for housing programs
By Kurt Jensen OSV News WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has issued plans for a complete turnaround in homelessness policy, which involves a two-thirds reduction in current funding used to place people experiencing homelessness in permanent dwellings. Nationally, it could make as many as 170,000 people — all either disabled, suffering from drug addiction, mental […]