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Hawaii’s School Furlough Days Mean Missed Meals
With the state instituting 17 school furlough days this year to meet a budget shortfall, many needy Hawaiian families are losing crucial breakfasts and lunches typically provided by the Department of Education. Although officials have promised to explore different options to help families, the director of School Food Services says that on furlough days there is “no obligation for the department to feed children.”
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Labels: budget shortfall, furlough days, Hawaii, school meals
Recession causes Hawaiian unemployment claims to rise
While Hawaii’s unemployment rate of 5.1 percent is below the national average, the number of residents losing their jobs is continuing to increase, and new unemployment claims are rising—up 75 percent in January from the same month a year before. Benefits to Hawaiians totaled $40 million last month.
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Labels: benefits, Hawaii, new unemployment claims, unemployment
Travel sites’ bad reviews rouse Honolulu concerns about homeless
With homelessness on the rise in Honolulu, the city is receiving negative feedback from travel sites such as Expedia and TripAdvisor. One state lawmaker says the bad reviews are undermining Hawaii’s reputation as a sunny paradise, and insists the city has the resources to restore the homeless-filled public parks. With 150 to 300 homeless people living in Kapiolani park alone, officials are working on a law that would make sleeping in the park at any time illegal.
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Labels: Expedia, Hawaii, homelessness, Honolulu, public parks, travel sites, TripAdvisor
For homeless Hawaiians, life is no day at the beach
There are nearly 15,000 homeless people in Hawaii, and up to 42 percent are employed full-time, yet still unable to keep up the high cost of living. As many as 130 people sleep in the Haleiwa Boat Harbor parking lot each night and travel to the beach during the day. Leading factors causing homelessness include injuries and medical problems, which lead to unemployment. The homeless Hawaiians feel trapped and ignored with nowhere to go.
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Buses provide homeless students with transportation
Hawaii homeless students are guaranteed a way to get to school, under a settlement intended to give homeless families full access to the public school system. The state will provide school buses and city bus passes to those who need help with transportation. The federal judge said that last year the state education department could only account for 300 of 2,000 students estimated to be homeless.
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Labels: busing, Hawaii, homeless students, Honolulu, Star Bulletin
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