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Groundbreaking planned Tuesday for Kona homeless shelter

MEDIA RELEASE

A groundbreaking ceremony for what will be the first emergency homeless shelter in West Hawai’i will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 30, next to the Friendly Place service center at 74-5593 Pawai Place in the Kailua-Kona old industrial area.

The new West Hawai’i Emergency Housing Program Facility will have a total of 31 beds with separate wings for men and women, and will cost $1.77 million.

Funding is being provided by the federal, state and county governments. The largest single source of funding is the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which is providing special project grants of $670,613 and $148,500.

West Hawai’i does not currently have an emergency homeless shelter that serves adult single clients.

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