We want the world to know that our recent award of the Honolulu City and County Housing First funds includes a model of collaboration whereby IHS funded positions in agencies external to our own to accomplish the goals of housing navigation using the housing first...
Operating a 24-hour emergency shelter that houses an average of 250 men, women, and children can feel a bit like running a day care, a nursing home, a halfway house, and a psych ward all at once....
Stepping over the threshold from 2014 to 2015 has brought some exciting changes and a flurry of activity at IHS....
Have you ever wondered how we get our local homeless statistics? How do outreach workers determine where individuals and families are living unsheltered? How do we keep track of someone who has no address? How are decisions made about which services to offer?...
IHS was recently awarded a Housing First grant from the City & County of Honolulu, and this has given us the opportunity to serve a new and very challenging group....
Frequently Asked Questions About How Best to Help Those Who Are Homeless in Our Community...
Living in a homeless shelter is no holiday. While it’s a vast improvement over life on the street exposed to the elements and the dangers of traffic, drugs, and crime, sharing one large room with 30 families poses a lot of challenges....
