The Institute for Human Services, a local nonprofit, has assessed at least 100 homeless people over the last 14 months, and has provided medication for about 30 — a significant increase.

Honolulu recently replaced many old-fashioned park benches along the Ala Wai Canal with green metal seats capable of holding only two people.

We need to look at structures, systems and big pictures in approaching our solutions to Hawaii.

The Institute for Human Services’ relocation program has served nearly 600 people experiencing homelessness on Oahu since 2015.

Two nonprofit groups also announced they received $7.5 million to fight family homelessness from a fund set up by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

CORE’s main goal is to get people off the street, but it also helps them with medical care and social services.

Data collected from Hawaii and several other states shows that Covid-19 spread more slowly among homeless people compared with the general population.

Act 130, recently signed into law, establishes the Safe Spaces for Youth Pilot Program under the Department of Human Services.

Residents say new city programs and the dispersal of River of Life’s meal distributions are bringing peace and safety back to a historic neighborhood.

Oahu’s homeless population includes 55 adults who said they are on the Hawaiian Homelands waitlist, the survey found.