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**Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono**

**The life (sovereignty) of the land is perpetuated in (by)
righteousness**

**Maintaining Momentum!!**

**Laura Thielen**

Slide 2

**Change in Governor; Change in Party**

**Former Gov. Ben Cayetano, Democrat to Current Gov. Linda Lingle,
Republican**

**How This Has Affected Homelessness in Hawaii**

Slide 3

**Honolulu Mayoral Race Heats Up!!**

This slide includes photos of the Mayoral candidates.

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**The Ideal Homeless Policy Academy Team**

-   Representative of the Governor's office

-   President of the State Senate

-   Speaker of the House of Representatives

-   State Department directors

-   City and county representatives

-   Veterans Administration

-   HUD representative

-   Representatives from local homeless coalition

-   Community members

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**The Reality of a Homeless Policy Academy Team**

**Year 1**:

-   State Department representatives

-   HUD

-   VA

-   Homeless providers

**Year 2: Change in Administration, Change in Representation**

-   State Department representatives

-   City representatives

-   HUD

-   Veterans Administration

-   Homeless services providers

Worker Bees Make It Work!!!

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**Key Advocates**

-   Dedicated service providers

-   Media

-   Former Governor

-   New Governor

-   Cabinet level staff

-   Department level leadership

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**Challenges/Lessons Learned**

-   Keep working on initiatives

-   Continuously educate Government officials

-   Continuously update the media and get them involved

-   Get involved with national trainers

-   Don't give up despite disappointments

-   Maintain pressure on administration

-   Be creative

-   Be willing to work with all members of
    administration/legislature/council no matter what their party
    affiliation or past record

Slide 8

**Remember the Stakeholders**

This slide includes photos of Hawaii's homeless

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**Develop a Realistic Plan**

-   Work with service providers

-   Collect relevant data

-   Continuously update plan

-   Have a strong confident facilitator

-   Participate in legislative process to make changes

-   Focus on small benchmarks to reach larger goals

-   Get the plan heard through the media

-   Always keep the end goal in sight -- ending chronic homelessness

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**Keeping Homelessness On the Front Page**

-   The Honolulu Advertiser

-   Starbulletin.com

-   Downtown Planet

-   Pacific Business News

-   Letters to the Editor - 30

-   Editorials -- 26

-   Articles -- 75

-   Dedicated Writers -- Several

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**In Hawaii, These Were the Top Stories of 2003**

According to local Newspaper, The Honolulu Advertiser

1.  Construction Boom

2.  Community Warfare on Crystal Methamphetamine

3.  Bus Strike

4.  Illegal Mayoral Contributions

5.  President of the University of Hawaii, Evan Dobelle

6.  Assault on Hawaiian Interests

7.  State School System

8.  UH football coach June Jones makes more than \$800,000

9.  Hawaiian Airlines files for bankruptcy

10. Governor criticizes State Supreme Court

11. Homelessness

> -Honolulu Advertiser, December 28, 2003

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**You have the ability to maintain momentum!**

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