Ua ʻōlelo nā alakaʻi olakino o ka mokuʻāina ua paʻakikī ke loaʻa ʻana o ka mālama keiki ma North Carolina a hiki ke lilo i mea kakaikahi ma hope o kēia makahiki inā e hana ʻia kahi hana a ka mokuʻāina a me ke aupuni pekelala.
ʻO ka pilikia, wahi a lākou, ʻo ke ʻano hoʻohālike ʻoihana he "hoʻomau ʻole" i hui pū ʻia me ka hoʻopau ʻana o ke kālā maʻi ahulau federal i kākoʻo iā ia.
Ua hāʻawi aku ʻo Congress i nā piliona kālā i nā mokuʻāina e kōkua i nā mea mālama keiki e noho wehe i ka wā o ka maʻi ahulau COVID-19. ʻO ka mahele o North Carolina ma kahi o $1.3 biliona. Eia nō naʻe, e pau kēia kālā hou i ka lā 1 ʻOkakopa, a ke manaʻo ʻia nei e hoʻi ke kālā pekelala no ka mālama keiki ma North Carolina i nā pae ma mua o ka maʻi ahulau ma kahi o $400 miliona.
I ka manawa like, ua piʻi nui nā kumukūʻai o ke kōkua ʻana, a ʻaʻole lawa ka uku a ke aupuni e uhi ai iā lākou.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo Ariel Ford, ke alakaʻi mokuʻāina o ka hoʻomohala keiki a me ka hoʻonaʻauao kamaliʻi, i kahi panela ʻahaʻōlelo e nānā ana i ke Ola Kino a me nā Hana Kanaka, loaʻa i nā kumu kula kamaliʻi ma ka awelika he $14 wale nō i ka hola, ʻaʻole lawa ia e hoʻokō i nā pono kumu. I ka manawa like, uhi wale nā kākoʻo aupuni i ka hapalua o ke kumukūʻai maoli o nā lawelawe, e waiho ana i ka hapa nui o nā mākua i hiki ʻole ke hoʻopiha i ka ʻokoʻa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ford ua mālama ke kālā pekelala a me kekahi kālā o ka mokuʻāina i ka paʻa ʻana o ka poʻe hana mālama keiki o North Carolina i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, e hoʻopiha ana i kahi hakahaka a ʻae i nā uku kumu e piʻi iki aʻe. Akā "ke pau nei ke kālā a pono mākou a pau e hui pū e ʻimi i nā hopena," wahi āna.
"Ua hana ikaika mākou e ʻimi i ke ala kūpono e hoʻolako kālā ai i kēia ʻōnaehana," wahi a Ford i nā mea hana kānāwai. "Ua ʻike mākou he pono ia e hana hou. Ua ʻike mākou he pono ia e kūpono, a ua ʻike mākou he pono mākou e hana me ka like ʻole ma waena o nā kaiāulu kūlanakauhale a me nā kaiāulu kuaʻāina."
Inā ʻaʻole hiki i nā mākua ke loaʻa kahi mālama keiki, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hana, e kaupalena ana i ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka mokuʻāina i ka wā e hiki mai ana, wahi a Ford. He pilikia mua kēia ma kekahi mau wahi kuaʻāina a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe i kapa ʻia he mau wao nahele mālama keiki.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ford he papahana hoʻāʻo he $20 miliona e pili ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā lawelawe mālama keiki ma kēia mau wahi e hōʻike ana he nui nā ʻoihana e makemake ana e hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia inā hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i kekahi kōkua.
"Ua loaʻa iā mākou ma mua o 3,000 mau noi akā he 200 wale nō i ʻāpono ʻia," wahi a Ford. "ʻOi aku ka noi no kēia $20 miliona ma mua o $700 miliona."
Ua ʻae ʻo Donnie Lambeth, Luna Hoʻomalu o ke Kōmike Nānā, ke "kū nei ka mokuʻāina i nā pilikia maoli e pono ai nā mea hana kānāwai e hoʻoponopono" akā ua kapa ʻo ia i ka mea āna i lohe ai he "mea hoʻopilikia."
"I kekahi manawa makemake wau e kau i koʻu pāpale kālā conservative," wahi a Lambeth (R-Forsyth), "a ke manaʻo nei au, 'ʻĀ, no ke aha mākou e kākoʻo nei i ka mālama keiki ma North Carolina? No ke aha he kuleana kēia o ka poʻe ʻauhau? '
"Ke kū nei mākou i kahi pali kālā a mākou e pale aku nei, a pono ʻoe e hoʻokomo i nā ʻumi miliona kālā hou aku," hoʻomau ʻo Lambeth. "ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ia ka pane."
Ua pane ʻo Ford e hiki i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo ke hana i kekahi hana e hoʻoponopono ai i ka pilikia, akā ʻaʻole paha e hiki a pau ke kālā, no laila pono paha nā aupuni mokuʻāina e kōkua i ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi alahaka.
Ke ʻimi nei nā mokuʻāina he nui e hoʻonui nui i nā hāʻawi kālā pekelala no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mālama keiki, wahi āna.
"Ke hele nei kēlā me kēia moku'āina o ka ʻāina i ka pali hoʻokahi, no laila aia mākou i ka hui maikaʻi. Ke hele pū nei nā moku'āina he 50 a pau, nā panalāʻau a me nā ʻohana a pau i kēia pali," wahi a Ford. "Ke ʻae nei au ʻaʻole e loaʻa kahi hopena a hiki i ka hoʻomaka o Nowemapa. Akā ke manaʻolana nei au e hoʻi mai lākou a makemake e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e mau ana ka ikaika o ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka ʻāina."
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Iulai-19-2024