COVID-19 potential impact on Funding for our Homeless Community – we need your support!!!

Aloha RYSE Supporters,

The budget bill is being heard on Tuesday, and in light of projected state revenue declines due to COVID-19, there is a significant risk of cuts to homelessness and social services programs and at a time when the need for these programs are at their greatest.

Please submit testimony to stress the importance of stepping up on investment in these programs rather than backing down. It would be helpful to identify specific programs that are especially necessary given the current situation.

Testimony on the budget bill, HB 2200 is due by Monday at 10:30.

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A Place to Belong, A Future to Build

by Jaclyn | May 30, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

A place to land can change everything. For youth experiencing housing insecurity in Waianae or transitioning out of the foster system, that place is taking shape through RYSE (Residential Youth Services & Empowerment).

On The Run And Undercounted, Homeless Youth Try Hard To Stay Out of Sight

by Jaclyn | May 13, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

By official counts, just a handful of homeless teens live on the streets of Hawaiʻi. Those who try to help them suggest that’s all wrong, that there are many more — perhaps 150 doing their best not to be counted.

They hide in tents at beach parks. On a friend or stranger’s couch. Far back in the valleys that stretch out of towns.

RYSE Seeking Licensed Clinician – Request for Proposals Now Open

by Jaclyn | January 29, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

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