Oahu nonprofits get $3.9 million for homeless programs

The City and County of Honolulu has awarded nearly $3.9 million in federal stimulus money to eight local organizations that serve the homeless or those at risk of homelessness, the mayor announced on May 29.

The agencies receiving funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program are:

• Institute for Human Services, $1.1 million
• Catholic Charities Hawaii, $973,432
• Kalihi-Palama Health Center, $500,000
• Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, $219,840
• Helping Hands Hawaii, $500,000
• Waikiki Health Center, $180,000
• Legal Aid Society of Hawaii $300,000
• Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii, $100,000

"At a time when state and private financial support for charitable organizations is declining, I'm gratified that the city was able to use this federal stimulus money to address one of the most significant socioeconomic problems facing us," Mayor Mufi Hannemann said.