STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1774

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.C.R. No. 63
                                        H.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred H.C.R. No. 63, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF YOUTH
     SERVICES TO REVISE ITS STRATEGIC PLAN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Office of
Youth Services (OYS) to revise its strategic plan.

     The intent of this measure is to provide and encourage
services to strengthen the physical, emotional, social,
educational, and moral development of Hawaii's youth by
preventing delinquency through a planned strategy of community
involvement that encourages and provides innovative strategies
for the provision of services.  These services include
coordinating services from public and private nonprofit groups,
maximizing resources and services to youth, developing standards
of care, and evaluating and monitoring these activities.

     This measure specifies that the current OYS strategic plan,
formulated in 1991, be updated with public input from several
state departments, counties, and private youth services agencies.
This measure further specifies that OYS report to the Legislature
for the 2000 Regular Session.

     OYS provided comments regarding this measure.


 
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     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 is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.C.R. No. 63, H.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

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



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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