b'Asresidentsfacedrisingrentsandhistorically lowrentalinventory,ourdeliveryofCRUA(the Coronavirus Rent and Utilities Assistance program*) continuedtomakeameasurabledifferenceto Kauaisworkforce.Over2,000householdshave been assisted to date.The people that we are helping to get rent relief are not just names and numbers on a spreadsheet; they are our friends, our kupuna, our neighbors, and our families! Every week we get a dozen texts thanking us for helping them with their rent or asking us to come over and help them fill out paperwork. Thats what we We dedicate ourselves do, we are small, but we know our communityEMPOWERINGto closing the gaps and because it is us.Ivory Lloyd, Social Innovation & SmallOUR PEOPLE ASremoving barriers to Business Program Manager financial opportunities so A CDFI that everyone in our island community can thrive.'