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Sand Island Treatment Center looking for financial relief to continue helping homeless

The Sand Island Treatment Center is hoping to get financial relief to continue to help chronically homeless clients who often suffer from mental health and substance abuse issues.

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The city in November 2021 forced Hawaii’s original and oldest substance abuse treatment center to move, and the Sand Island Treatment Center now hopes to get financial relief from $36,000 in monthly lease and utility costs to continue to help chronically homeless clients who often suffer from mental health and substance abuse issues.
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The city in November 2021 forced Hawaii’s original and oldest substance abuse treatment center to move, and the Sand Island Treatment Center now hopes to get financial relief from $36,000 in monthly lease and utility costs to continue to help chronically homeless clients who often suffer from mental health and substance abuse issues.
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Sand Island Treatment Center focuses on 123 of the most hard core, chronically homeless adult women and men.
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Kevin Konishi, administrator, stands in the kitchen area.
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Tyrone Spears, left, intake supervisor, Cathy Ahana-Rose, lead tech, and Kevin Konishi, administrator, stand in one of the client rooms.
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Cathy Ahana-Rose, lead tech, walks down the second floor of the Sand Island Treatment Center.
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Rooms with double bunks are seen at Sand Island Treatment Center.

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