2018 Annual Report

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Tobacco Cessation Through a public/private partnership, HCF administers grants from the Hawai‘i Tobacco Prevention and Control Trust Fund to support smoking cessation and prevention efforts.

73,300 fewer adults

and 8,200 fewer youth

are smoking in Hawai‘i saving an estimated $1 billion in health care costs since 2000

12,000 people have

quit using tobacco products with the help of the cessation program since 2009

3rd lowest

Hawai‘i ranks in the nation for adult smoking and has reduced smoking by high school students by 71%

HousingASAP HCF convened a partnership of 13 funders to create HousingASAP, an initiative to move more families into stable housing faster and keep them there. A network of eight nonprofit organizations came together to receive coaching, technical assistance, and resources so that they could better collaborate, create shared goals, and address policy and funding changes.

The network expanded to

14

organizations in 2018

In 2017, family homelessness in Hawai‘i decreased by

19%

Since 2014, 714 families were moved into permanent housing and were placed

50-100

DAYS FASTER


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