Each of the nine council districts will receive an equal share of the money to fund projects in their own communities.

The project is part of a larger statewide initiative to expand the state health care system to better support people struggling with mental illness, drug addiction or homelessness.

Advocates say the measures would be a huge victory for the state’s mental health and homelessness systems.

Marti Claussen’s search for stable care and housing in Hawaii for her mentally ill daughter Christie has been a long journey of impossible choices and resilience.

A recent federal court ruling has some cities pulling back their bans on homeless people camping in public places.

A well-established homeless camp on the Leeward Coast easily qualifies for a share of the money set aside by the Legislature for safe zones.

Residents, who fought off state plans to sweep the camp at the Waianae Boat Harbor, want to create a new self-made village for up to 300 homeless people.

But low-level offenders, who were supposed to get services instead of jail time, still aren’t eligible for the new program.

ALEA Bridge hopes to break ground in November for a 12- to 16-unit transitional housing development in Wahiawa.

A Honolulu doctor has spent years caring for mentally ill people who are homeless, trying to earn their trust and overcome their resistance to getting care.

Sweeps and bans and even safe zones do nothing to bring “deviant” homeless people back into the norms of our existence.

The latest “point in time” count also shows an almost 9.4 percent drop on Oahu.