(a) In addition to any other duties prescribed by law, the department shall develop, in consultation with the four counties, a procedure for identifying locations that shall be used for temporary emergency shelters for homeless individuals and families. The department shall actively partner with and monitor the efforts of the counties.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-375

  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Department: means the department of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
  • Homeless: means :

    (1) An individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence; or

    (2) An individual or family who has a primary night-time residence that is:

    (A) A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations;

    (B) An institution that provides temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or

    (C) A public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as sleeping accommodations for human beings. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-361

(b) Each county shall be responsible for partnering with nonprofit organizations to locate, designate, and maintain the areas that shall be used for temporary emergency shelters. The designated locations may include private, county, state, and federal lands.

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