Homeless Czar Gets One-Month Contract Extension
Gov. David Ige extends Colin Kippen’s contract as the state coordinator on homelessness for the third time in eight months.
Colin Kippen will have to show up to work Wednesday, after all.
Kippen鈥檚 tenure as the governor鈥檚 coordinator on homelessness was supposed to expire at the end of June, but Gov. David Ige told reporters at Monday鈥檚 press conference that he extended Kippen鈥檚 contract for another month.
This is the third time that Ige decided to keep Kippen around on an interim basis.
In November, Ige first approached Kippen and asked him to stay in his post through the end of last year 鈥 only to change his mind late December and extend the offer for another six months.
Gov. David Ige announced Colin Kippen’s contract extension at Monday’s press conference.
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Ige said he鈥檚 now in the process of evaluating Kippen鈥檚 performance, as well as the state of Hawaii鈥檚 overall homelessness response system.
To make a steady progress on the issue, the governor said it鈥檚 important that the state makes specific goals. 鈥淭here are lots of details to be worked through,鈥 he said. 鈥淗omelessness is a complex and tough issue.”
But Hawaii has long been part of the nationwide effort 鈥斅 set by President Barack Obama in 2010 鈥 to end veteran homelessness by the end of this year and chronic homelessness by 2017.
