Agency exits city strategy on homeless over funding

By Allison Schaefers

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 19, 2013

~~<p>Waikiki Health Center, one of Honolulu's largest homeless service providers and operators of emergency shelters, has opted out of a plan to get some of Oahu's most mentally ill homeless off the street.</p>
<p>The center, which was the sole bidder for a city housing program called Pathways, pulled its proposal because the city's 18-month subsidy would have paid for the building but would not have provided operational funding, said Sheila Beckham, the Waikiki Health Center's chief executive officer.</p>
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Waikiki Health Center, one of Honolulu's largest homeless service providers and operators of emergency shelters, has opted out of a plan to get some of Oahu's most mentally ill homeless off the street.

The center, which was the sole bidder for a city housing program called Pathways, pulled its proposal because the city's 18-month subsidy would have paid for the building but would not have provided operational funding, said Sheila Beckham, the Waikiki Health Center's chief executive officer. Login for more...