Eligibility and payment amounts are based on age, years of service and contributions to the plan. Although less generous than CSRS was, FERS is more generous than many corporate plans. Federal employees hired after 1983 are automatically covered by FERS, rather than CSRS. Civil Service Retirement System ...
Homelessness in Hawaii is a growing epidemic, and these statistics are heartbreaking: 1  Statewide, 12-15,000 people are homeless at some point of the year. 2  At least 6,300 are homeless at any given day. 3  11% of those living without housing are children. 4  32% of the homeless are of Native Hawaiian ethnicity.
549,928 people in the U.S. were without homes in a federal count done in January. Nationally, homelessness fell 3 percent last year, but the number of people without homes in California went up 3 percent. Homelessness increased 7 percent in Washington, 4 percent in Hawaii and less than 1 percent in Oregon. In San Francisco, the federal survey counted 6,996 homeless people, up from 6,775 in 2015.