COVID Dashboard, Measures helping women signed, Lost wage benefits
September 16, 2020
Aloha Neighbor,
WE’RE STARTING TO GET HELPFUL DATA: DOH & COVIDPAU
Some of you have been asking for more data from DOH. New leadership at DOH is bringing useful data online in a DOH COVID-19 DASHBOARD. Data address the four actions needed to overcome the virus: prevention, detection, control and treatment. Just launched the dashboard is a DOH-UH partnership plus many others contributing data to the dashboard at: https://hawaiicovid19.com/dashboard. While check out the updated website that contains so much more — how best to adjust your personal lifestyles, business policies and protocols; and survivor stories that will bring meaning to the numbers.
If you want even more data, the Hawaii COVID Collaborative, created by the House Select Committee on COVID-19, launched the COVIDPAU project to get the virus under control. It contains data, resources– from health to childcare and financial assistance– to the latest county emergency orders. It’s very helpful visit: https://covidpau.org/.
GOVERNOR SIGNS 4 BILLS & EXECUTIVE ORDER TO PROTECT WOMEN
The Governor signed four bills to protect women at home and in the workplace. He also signed an executive order directing the Department of Public Safety to implement the community-based work furlough for women “in perpetuity,” which keeps open the Fernhurst Facility. Governor was joined by Senator Moriwaki and the Legislative Women’s Caucus and many other organizations in the virtual signing of the following bills that became law today (9/15):
HB2054, Act 17, prohibits nondisclosure of sexual harassment or sexual assault in employment agreements and an employer retaliating against an employee for disclosing or discussing sexual harassment or sexual assault.
HB2060, Act 18, helps women by allowing family courts to withhold from public inspection any record of a denied temporary restraining order or denied protective order
SB2638,Act 19, provides an early intervention to reduce domestic violence by establishing a petty misdemeanor offense for abuse of family or household members. The 5-year pilot project will be evaluated by annual reports submitted by the court.
HB2425 , Act 20, adds “coercive control” to the definition of “domestic abuse” between family or household members.
LOST WAGES ASSISTANCE (LWA) BENEFITS DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 20
If you are now receiving UI or PUA benefits with at least $100/week in benefits, you may qualify for LWA benefits– a federal FEMA sponsored program that adds $300/week of unemployment benefits for up to five weeks. But you must submit your certification by September30. Click here to learn how to enroll in the LWA program. Log on using your account number. For more info, more FAQ visit: here
HAWAII FOODBANK FOOD ASSISTANCE: In the District
If you or someone you know needs food assistance, two distribution sites are in our district, but call first as operation hours may change at a moment’s notice:
First United Methodist Church
1020 S. Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96814
Mondays & Thursdays 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Phone: (808)522-9555
HCDA WILL DECIDE ON NEW DIRECTOR: SEPTEMBER 16
The Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) will meet virtually on tomorrow (Wednesday, September 16, 2020), 10:00 a.m. for decision making on whether to confirm the hiring of Deepak Neupane as the new HCDA Executive Director. HCDA monitors and coordinates public and private sector community development projects in Kakaako and other Oahu areas.
KAKAAKO: PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER ALA MOANA BLVD
The State transportation department (HDOT) is proposing a federally-funded pedestrian walkway over Ala Moana Blvd. to provide a safe and efficient way for pedestrians to cross over the busy highway and reduce vehicle-pedestrian collisions. The proposal is to:
Build a new, elevated mauka-makai oriented walkway over Ala Moana Boulevard to remove pedestrian traffic out of the existing at-grade Ward Avenue and Kamakee Street intersections.
Be accessible via both stairway and an American with Disabilities Act (ADA) path that connects to the Ala Moana Blvd sidewalks and other pathways on either side of the structure.
Build an observation deck on the makai side of the bridge to allow users to capture both upland views of Kakaako and the makai view of the harbor channel.
Include a central pier to support the walkway structure and be placed in the highway median.
Start construction in January 2022 and be completed by June 2023.
MOILIILI: SEWER RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT
The City’s contractor (The Limtiaco Consulting Group) is scheduled start test drilling work on Hausten Street on tomorrow (9/16), which will take up to three consecutive days to complete. All work will be performed during the day, and a drill rig and other construction equipment will be used, which will result in some construction noise. The contractor is required to provide for pedestrians and access to private driveways during the work. No lane closures or detours are anticipated. After the testing, the contractor will have to wait 4 weeks before they can complete testing and continue with the project. If you have any questions, you may contact jason.n@tlcghawaii.com. Click here to see a map of the construction area.
