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NATIONAL HUNGER & HOMELESS AWARENESS WEEK
Theme: Everybody Needs a Home November 13th – 21th, 2021 Friday, November 12th -- 10:30 Mayor Michael Victorino will be Reading the HHAW Proclamation Councilmember Tasha Kama will be making a Council Certificate presentation o Due to COVID this event is not open to the public
Tuesday, November 16th
o West Maui- Cannery Mall parking lot. Let us focus the signs on homelessness (No Promotional Signs or Banners) feel free to wear your organizational Shirts. This will show the community that we are not promoting our programs but working in unity to alleviate homelessness. Some sign examples: “Homeless Not Helpless” “Homelessness Hurts Everyone!” “Homelessness is Everyone’s Problem! “Imagine a Maui where everyone lives in a home!” “Paradise is when everyone lives in a home!” It can happen to anyone!” Homelessness can happen to anyone!” “Think about the Keiki! “Doing nothing costs something!” “Doing nothing costs too much!” “Got Shelter? “Got Home?” “Homelessness affects YOU! You can affect Homelessness!” Homeless not Helpless! Me Casa es No Casa! Friday November 19th
Questions call: Joyce Kawakami Feed My Sheep (808) 872-9100 Learn how certificate-of-need laws have hurt our medical preparedness Three special guests will explain how Hawaii's '"certificate of need" laws led to Hawaii coming up short when it needed healthcare capacity most HONOLULU, Nov. 1, 2021 >> Find out during a free webinar how Hawaii’s “certificate of need” laws are contributing to Hawaii's healthcare shortage, on Monday, Nov. 15, starting at 10 a.m. Sponsored by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, the one-hour event will feature three special guests: >> Joe Pluta, president of the West Maui Taxpayers Association, who was a vocal supporter of a proposed second hospital on Maui that was denied under the state’s CON laws. >> Naomi Lopez-Bauman, healthcare policy directory for the Arizona-based Goldwater Institute. >> Sal Nuzzo, director of the Florida-based James Madison Institute’s Center for Economic Prosperity. Hawaii’s certificate-of-need laws require healthcare investors to prove to the state that their proposed new medical facilities or services are “needed” before the state will let them be built or offered. Hawaii has the strictest medical CON laws in the nation, covering 28 different medical services. It also has the fewest hospital beds per capita in the nation. Yet since 2006, state officials have rejected over $200 million of private healthcare investments, which would have added more than 200 hospital beds to meet Hawaii’s immediate medical needs. Such regulation led to Hawaii’s healthcare market coming up short when the coronavirus emerged in March 2020. Alleging inadequate healthcare capacity, the governor shut down the entire state to “flatten the curve” and reduce stress on Hawaii’s hospitals. That “emergency” has now lasted 19 months. Perhaps it’s time to reform Hawaii’s CON laws. If you would like to learn more about how CON laws have diminished Hawaii’s healthcare capacity, please join us for this fascinating discussion. Moderator for the event will be Institute President Keli‘i Akina. Questions from the audience will be fielded by Joe Kent, institute executive vice president. Click the button below to register. For more information call 808-864-1776 or email info@grassrootinstitute.org. REGISTER FOR WEBINAR HERE |
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