STAND. COM. REP. NO.1082

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1342

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1342, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR YOUTH SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for fiscal years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 to the Office of Youth Services for youth service centers.

Testimony in support of the intent of this measure was submitted by the Office of Youth Services.

Your Committee finds that youth service centers provide safe environments for youth, allowing youth to access opportunities, experiences, and a continuum of services within a supervised program with positive adult role models. Youth service centers support positive youth development, increase the protective factors for youth, and deter the onset or escalation of destructive, delinquent, and dangerous behaviors. Your Committee also finds that youth service centers provide a central focus and coordinated effort to ensure all youth, particularly those overrepresented in the juvenile justice system, the opportunity to develop skills that enable them to become responsible, productive adults.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1342, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair