STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3368

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1774

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1774, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide funding for outreach services to the homeless.

 

     Specifically, this measure appropriates:

 

     (1)  An unspecified sum to the Department of Human Services for outreach to homeless individuals and families with children; and

 

     (2)  $300,000 to the Office of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services for outreach to unaccompanied homeless youth.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, Department of Human Services, Office of Youth Services, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Community Alliance on Prisons, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Catholic Charities Hawaii, Hale Kipa, Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice, PHOCUSED, the CHOW Project, Alii Pauahi Hawaiian Civic Club and Living Life Source Foundation, Hawaii Children's Action Network, and four individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that strategic, coordinated outreach is needed to properly serve the growing percentage of homeless persons who are not living in shelter programs and unaccompanied homeless youth.

 

     Your Committee notes that the original version of this measure authorized a $1,700,000 appropriation for outreach to homeless individuals and families with children, in addition to the $300,000 appropriation for outreach to unaccompanied homeless youth.  To facilitate further discussion on this measure, your Committee has amended the measure by changing:

 

     (1)  The $300,000 appropriation for outreach to unaccompanied homeless youth to an unspecified amount; and

 

     (2)  The effective date to July 1, 2050.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1774, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1774, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair