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Going Home Hawaii

"No new crimes, No new victims"

HILO, HI   |  WWW.GOINGHOMEHAWAII.ORG

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO ASSIST JUSTICE-INVOLVED HAWAI'I ISLAND MEN, WOMEN, AND YOUTH WITH REINTEGRATION INTO COMMUNITY LIFE THROUGH EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, HOUSING, AND APPROPRIATE SERVICES. OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO LOWER THE RECIDIVISM RATE FOR OUR STATE THROUGH THESE EFFORTS.

Ruling year info

2015

Board President/CEO

Lester Estrella

Main address

80 PAUAHI STREET, STE 203

HILO, HI 96720 USA

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EIN

46-3483417

NTEE code info

Rehabilitation Services for Offenders (I40)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Since 2004, the Hawai'i Island Going Home Consortium has been leading efforts to provide innovative and culturally responsive reentry and reintegration services to justice-involved individuals, their families, and communities. The Going Home Consortium consists of more than 50 public and private entities and their representatives with a network of over 300 state and national partners. Going Home Hawai'i is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and the governing fiscal body for the Hawai'i Island Going Home Consortium. Going Home Hawaii believes we decrease the risk of new crimes and new victims by providing supportive services to meet the individualized needs of justice-involved persons experiencing barriers to successful reintegration. We accomplish this using a holistic approach of cultural inclusion and collaboration among community partners. Going Home Hawai`i provides reentry and recovery housing programs for individuals leaving incarceration and other supportive services.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Reentry & Recovery Housing

Provides reentry recovery housing and supportive services for justice-involved men and women through four facilities in East and West Hawai`i. Going Home Hawai`i provides the only facilities on Hawai`i Island serving 100% justice-involved individuals. Housing programs are intended for longer-term stays to provide the time needed for career development, achievement of employment and/or educational goals, securing of permanent housing, and other goals contributing to stabilization and a lasting return to community.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Incarcerated people
Substance abusers
Multiracial people
Native Hawaiians

Where we work

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Charting impact

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Our mission is to assist justice-involved Hawai'i Island men, women, and youth with reintegration into community life through employment, education, housing, and appropriate services.

HOUSING: Going Home Hawai`i (GHH) provides reentry and recovery housing programs for individuals leaving incarceration and who may be recovering from substance abuse, as well as those involved in the criminal justice system who are in need of safe housing. Such housing contributes to public safety and community healing by significantly reducing the the rates of relapse, recidivism and homelessness among those who struggle to achieve and maintain productive lives. The community impact of relapse, recidivism and homelessness is felt disproportionately within the relatively small number of disadvantaged communities in our state to which they return, among which Hawai`i Island has the highest poverty rates. Housing programs offering a safe, secure, clean and sober approach help individuals have a higher chance of success by providing conditions that keep individuals accountable in a structured setting essential to long term recovery.

MENTORING: Implements pre- and post-release mentoring support services in partnership with the Hawaii Community Correctional Center (HCCC) program, to increase public safety and reduce recidivism for justice-involved individuals transitioning back into our Hawai`i Island communities. A mentor can make the difference between a successful return to community or re-offending. This is particularly true in the first few days and weeks after release when a person can feel most overwhelmed.

MATERNAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR JUSTICE-INVOLVED WOMEN: 9 Months: Windows of Hope provides supportive services for pregnant women 18+ years who are struggling with or at risk for alcohol and illicit substance use in the Hilo, Hamakua and Puna districts of Hawai`i Island. Services provided by the Program Case Coordinator includes:
- Outreach and community awareness
- Adequate prenatal and postpartum care, including childbirth education, newborn care and safe breastfeeding practices during COVID
Case Coordination includes referrals/links to:
- Housing
- Basic needs, such as food, clothing and housing items
- Child care
- Education and/or job training
- Employment, such as resume building and job-seeking skills
- Transportation
- Legal services
- Mental health treatment services
- Physical health/primary care services
- Family/social concerns
- Life skills, such as budgeting, goal setting, and personal hygiene
- Substance abuse and behavioral health counseling
- Assistance with accessing entitlement programs
- Volunteer mentors (matched through the established GHH Mentoring Program)
- Compliance with terms and conditions of release, if involved in the justice system
- Assistance with abstinence-based recovery

Our mission is to assist justice-involved Hawai'i Island men, women, and youth with reintegration into community life through employment, education, housing, and appropriate services.

HOUSING: Going Home Hawai`i (GHH) provides reentry and recovery housing programs for individuals leaving incarceration and who may be recovering from substance abuse, as well as those involved in the criminal justice system who are in need of safe housing. Such housing contributes to public safety and community healing by significantly reducing the the rates of relapse, recidivism and homelessness among those who struggle to achieve and maintain productive lives. The community impact of relapse, recidivism and homelessness is felt disproportionately within the relatively small number of disadvantaged communities in our state to which they return, among which Hawai`i Island has the highest poverty rates. Housing programs offering a safe, secure, clean and sober approach help individuals have a higher chance of success by providing conditions that keep individuals accountable in a structured setting essential to long term recovery.

MENTORING: Implements pre- and post-release mentoring support services in partnership with the Hawaii Community Correctional Center (HCCC) program, to increase public safety and reduce recidivism for justice-involved individuals transitioning back into our Hawai`i Island communities. A mentor can make the difference between a successful return to community or re-offending. This is particularly true in the first few days and weeks after release when a person can feel most overwhelmed.

MATERNAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR JUSTICE-INVOLVED WOMEN: 9 Months: Windows of Hope provides supportive services for pregnant women 18+ years who are struggling with or at risk for alcohol and illicit substance use in the Hilo, Hamakua and Puna districts of Hawai`i Island. Services provided by the Program Case Coordinator includes:
- Outreach and community awareness
- Adequate prenatal and postpartum care, including childbirth education, newborn care and safe breastfeeding practices during COVID
Case Coordination includes referrals/links to:
- Housing
- Basic needs, such as food, clothing and housing items
- Child care
- Education and/or job training
- Employment, such as resume building and job-seeking skills
- Transportation
- Legal services
- Mental health treatment services
- Physical health/primary care services
- Family/social concerns
- Life skills, such as budgeting, goal setting, and personal hygiene
- Substance abuse and behavioral health counseling
- Assistance with accessing entitlement programs
- Volunteer mentors (matched through the established GHH Mentoring Program)
- Compliance with terms and conditions of release, if involved in the justice system
- Assistance with abstinence-based recovery

Financials

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Operations

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Going Home Hawaii

Board of directors
as of 02/10/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Lester Estrella

Going Home Hawaii

Debbie Ching-Maiava

Ken's House of Pancakes/Ponds

Denise Pacheco

State of Hawaii, Workforce Development Division

Dr. Jamee M. Miller

Ekolu Mea Nui, Co-Founder & President; Kamehameha Schools, Regional Director

Lilinoe Kauahikaua

Papa Ola Lokahi, Population Health Specialist

Dr. C. Kimo Alameda

Hawaii Island Community Health Center, Vice President

Dr. Marilyn Brown

University of Hawaii at Hilo, Professor Emeritus, Sociology Department

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 2/9/2023

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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Multi-Racial/Multi-Ethnic (2+ races/ethnicities)
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender (cisgender)
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability