City rolls out bus to curb homelessness
A retired city-owned bus will now roll to the assistance of Oahu’s homeless. Once part of TheBus fleet, the vehicle will now work as part the city’s Crisis Outreach Response and Engagement, or CORE, program. Workers will drive the bus to encampments, parks, beaches and surrounding areas to identify, evaluate and transport the unsheltered to the city’s Leahi or Aala respite centers and shelters, when homeless people agree to accept such help, city officials said Tuesday.
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Gerico Demesillo, C.O.R.E. community health worker, demonstrates one of the 12 fold-out gurneys aboard the city’s new C.O.R.E. bus on Tuesday. With the new bus — a repurposed city bus— the Crisis Outreach Response and Engagement teams will be able to respond to, treat and transport larger groups of homeless individuals. The bus will supplement C.O.R.E.’s two ambulances currently in service.
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Gerico Demesillo, right, C.O.R.E. community health worker, demonstrates one of the 12 fold-out gurneys aboard the city’s new C.O.R.E. bus on Tuesday.
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Ian Santee, Honolulu Emergency Services Department Deputy Director, stands inside the city’s new C.O.R.E. bus on Tuesday.
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John Kanaulu, field operations supervisor for C.O.R.E., stands outside the new C.O.R.E. bus on Tuesday.
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John Kanaulu, field operations supervisor for C.O.R.E., stands outside the new C.O.R.E. bus on Tuesday.
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Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi speaks as C.O.R.E. personnel stand outside the new support bus during the unveiling of the city’s new C.O.R.E. bus on Tuesday.
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C.O.R.E. personnel stand outside the new support bus during the unveiling of the city’s new C.O.R.E. bus on Tuesday.
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C.O.R.E. personnel prepare to board their new support bus during the unveiling of the city’s new C.O.R.E. bus on Tuesday.
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The city’s new C.O.R.E. bus is photographed outside Honolulu Hale on Tuesday.
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Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi speaks during the unveiling of the city’s new C.O.R.E. bus on Tuesday.
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Sam Moku, homeless coordinator for the city’s Dept. of Community Services, speaks during the unveiling of the city’s new C.O.R.E. bus on Tuesday.
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Anton Krucky, director of the Dept. of Community Services, speaks during the unveiling of the city’s new C.O.R.E. bus on Tuesday.
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Ian Santee, HESD deputy director, speaks during the unveiling of the city’s new C.O.R.E. bus on Tuesday.
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