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Amala and Kaʻa streets, along with Kanahā Beach Park in Kahului, reopened to the public Saturday morning, July 19, 2025 following a two-day cleanup and maintenance effort by County crews.

The Hawaiʻi Community Foundation, through its Maui Strong Fund, has committed up to $8 million to help restore a vital emergency shelter and affordable housing facility in Lahaina, closing a critical funding gap for Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers Inc., one of the island’s longest-standing service providers for Maui’s unhoused.

In coordination with the County of Maui Department of Human Concerns and the Maui Emergency Management Agency, the American Red Cross has opened several shelters on Maui this afternoon to prepare for potential severe weather impacts.

Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers will hold a car wash fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 27 at ‘Ohana Fuels, 85 S. Wakea Avenue in Kahului. The event is part of the nonprofit agency’s partnership with ‘Ohana Fuels and its “Fuel Up. Do Good.” Program.

Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers’ nonprofit Board of Directors announced the appointment of Sue R. Sadecki as the nonprofit’s new executive director. Today, the agency welcomed Sadecki on her first day at work and held a blessing ceremony at its Wailuku shelter.

The delivery of the laptops marks the beginning of the Baker Foundation’s “Computers With A Cause” program in Maui County. Another eight laptop computers will be given to deserving high school students who don’t have access to personal computers. The deadline for applications is Aug. 18, 2023.

The Board of Directors of Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers has initiated a search for a new Executive Director. The vacancy was created by current Executive Director Monique R. Ibarra who submitted her resignation to accept a position as the Chief Executive Officer of the Domestic Violence Action Center on Oʻahu.

Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers announced the election of Helen “Kit” Hart as new Board Chair during the nonprofit’s annual board of directors meeting held Tuesday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.

Hilton Grand Vacations, a global timeshare company, has gifted $100,000 to 10 local nonprofit organizations in Hawai‘i, including Ka Hale A Ke Ola homeless resource center and the Pacific Whale Foundation on Maui.

Owners, guests, and associates of Marriott’s Maui Ocean Club raised more than 7,000 pounds of food for local families, while the Hyatt Residence Club Maui, Kā’anapali Beach collected and donated more than 500 pounds of food.

About 50 sign wavers from the Maui Homeless Alliance lined the Ka‘ahumanu Avenue fronting the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center on Tuesday afternoon to bring attention to issues surrounding homelessness and hunger.

Krank Cycles will donate 50 bikes and repair any bike for free for keiki at Hale Makana O Waiale and Ka Hale A Ke Ola Resource Center Wailuku on Nov. 12, 2022.

Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi awarded grants totaling $225,000 to support three front-line community organizations serving people experiencing homelessness, including a $75,000 grant to Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers on Maui.

Maui Economic Opportunity’s Youth Services presented $5,000 in holiday gifts and necessities, collected from staff and the public, to keiki at Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers in Wailuku on Tuesday, Dec. 21.

A lawsuit has been filed against the mayor and County of Maui arguing that the seizure of houseless peoples’ shelters and belongings at ‘Āmala  Place near Kanahā Beach Park without first providing a hearing “violated their constitutional rights.”

Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers, Inc., a shelter for homeless individuals on Maui, received two substantial donations totaling $25,000 from Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Charitable Trust to assist with their mission of breaking the cycle of homelessness on Maui.

Hua Momona Farms, located atop the Kapalua Resort in West Maui, initiated a matching donation program to help those in need for the holiday season.

“There was nowhere where they were going. One of them actually said that they were headed to the homeless resource center,” said Mayor Victorino during a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. “So two of them that would have been on the island of Maui, returned home and not clutter up and take assets away from our people here in Maui County,” he said.

The Hawaiʻi Chapter of the American Resort Development Association recently donated $4,000 to the Wailuku branch of the Ka Hale A Ke Ola homeless resource center in Central Maui.

The program helped former inmate Susan Capobianco get off the street, back on her feet, away from substance abuse, and regain custody of her teenage children. She’s now planning a big move to the mainland.