LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS RECOGNIZE LANAKILA PACIFIC
MITIGATION PROJECT TO PROTECT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230809/local-state-and-federal-governments-recognize-lanakila-pacific-mitigation]


Release Date: 
8월 1, 2023 

OAKLAND, CALIF. – Join representatives from all levels of
government to recognize Lanakila Pacific, home of O’ahu’s largest
and only island-wide meal provider for seniors, for its $1.6 million
grant to structurally retrofit and harden its buildings against
natural hazards. The work will protect the lives and assets of
building occupants against seismic, wind and flooding hazards when
disaster strikes, and support the continuity of their work to provide
vital services to vulnerable residents.

> WHO:          Lanakila Pacific President and CEO Rona
> Fukumoto, Lanakila Pacific ‍Board Chair Matt Miller, Hawaii
> Emergency Management Agency Administrator James Barros, Federal
> Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 9 Administrator Bob
> Fenton, Senator Brian Schatz
> 
> WHAT:       Press conference commemorating Lanakila
> Pacific’s grant and a building tour to highlight its programs,
> services and future upgrades
> 
> WHEN:        Monday, August 7 at 10:30 a.m.
> 
> WHERE:     1809 Bachelot Street, Honolulu. Validated parking
> available at Kuakini Medical Center parking garage at 347 N. Kuakini
> Street.
> 
> RSVP:          Please email fema-r9newsdesk@fema.dhs.gov to
> confirm attendance.

Lanakila Pacific is a Hawaii-based non-profit
offering assistance programs and operating social
enterprises to build independence and improve the quality of
life for individuals with cognitive, physical, social or age-related
challenges. The organization collectively serves and
benefits more than 2,000 people each year, including individuals
with disabilities and seniors across Oʻahu.

Grant funds will help Lanakila Pacific replace three gate entrances
with concrete walls with impact-resistant glass doors and windows;
structurally retrofit building envelopes, windows, roofs and the
connections between these elements to meet international building
codes; and non-structural improvements such as installing flood
barriers. 

The $2.2 million project includes a $1.6 million grant from FEMA’s
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), with the remaining from
non-federal sources. 

FEMA’s HMGP helps states, territories, federally-recognized tribes,
local communities and certain private, non-profit organizations become
more resilient to potential infrastructure damage and reduce future
disaster costs.

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