By Nanci Kreidman, Lisa Maruyama, En Young, Karen Tan
The reality is that all levels of government — federal, state, and county — employ funding methods that strain a nonprofit’s finances and very survival. Government contracts, including those using the cost-reimbursement method, require community-based organizations to provide the service in advance of getting paid. …
A new, collaborative model of contracting and grant-making is needed, where resources are directed toward the fiscal, practical, and operational solutions that ensure real success, high quality services and community wellbeing. Community based organizations gladly join with partners in government to work on those solutions together.
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The following are co-authors of this Community Voice — Phil Acosta, Aloha Harvest; Rachelle Chang, Samaritan Counseling Center Hawaii; Sunny Chen, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies; Joni Chun, Susannah Wesley Community Center; Rona Fukumoto, Lanakila Pacific; Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni, Partners in Development; Ryan Kusumoto, Parents and Children Together; Heather Lusk, Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center; Angelina Mercado, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Noriko Namiki, YWCA of Oahu; Venus Rosete-Medeiros, Hale Kipa; Rob Van Tassell, Catholic Charities Hawaii; Greg Waibel, YMCA of Honolulu; Tracey Wiltgen, Mediation Center of the Pacific; Jessica Yamauchi, Hawaii Public Health Institute; and Deborah Zysman, Hawaii Children’s Action Network.