STAND. COM. REP. NO.
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Honolulu, Hawaii
APR a 1 2024
RE: S.R. No. 151
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred S.R. No. 151 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
SERVICES TO REPORT ON THE CULTURAL AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES
PROVIDED BY COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AT THE KAWAILOA
YOUTH AND FAMILY WELLNESS CENTER,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the
Department of Human Services to report on the cultural and
therapeutic services provided by community-based organizations at
the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Opportunity Youth Action Hawai‘i.
Your Committee finds that ten percent of the State's homeless
population is comprised of individuals under the age of eighteen
years, and that forty-four percent of homeless youth report having
spent time in jail or a juvenile detention center. Your Committee
further finds that state-sponsored working groups and recent
reports have show that community-based support centers
substantially reduce the likelihood that youth are incarcerated or
experience homelessness. This measure requests informative
reports on the positive effects of services provided by Kawailoa
Youth and Family Wellness Center, where members of the Opportunity
Youth Action Hawai‘i partner with state and nonprofit agencies to
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transform punitive modalities of treatment and incarceration with
effective therapeutic community-based programs. These reports
will assist the state in expanding state and private sector
collaboration to implement effective therapeutic and cultural
methods that will promote youth wellness and reduce youth
homelessness and the negative effects of incarceration.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R.
No. 151 and recommends its adoption.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Health and Human
Services,
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Health and Human Services
HHS
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
sKii;i HHS 05l2.2./Z02y}
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:___________________________________
The Recommendation is:
Pass, unamended __ Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
SAN BUENAVENTURA, Joy A. (C)
AQUINO, Henry J.C. (VC)
KEOHOKALOLE, Jarrett
SHIMABUKURO. Maile S.L.
AWA, Brenton
TOTAL
Recommendation:
Q^dopted [_| Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature: ,
Distribution: Original Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/27/23