STAND. COM. REP. NO. 963-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2456
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was
referred S.B. No. 2456, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR BLUEPRINT FOR
     CHANGE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to prevent child abuse and
neglect by appropriating an unspecified amount to the Department
of Human Services (DHS) for the delivery of diversion services
and child protective services to target families, provided that
the funds are matched by private or federal sources.

     The Blueprint for Change testified in support of this
measure.  DHS testified in support of this measure, as long as it
does not replace the priorities as established in the
Supplemental Executive Budget request.

     Your Committee finds that without funding for the Blueprint
for Change or the two Neighborhood Place pilot projects,
Blueprint for Change will be unable to pursue additional federal
funding, and will risk losing the funding support of private
partners that have been so heavily relied upon for the past four
years.


 
 
 
 
 
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     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Appropriating $1 each for administrative services and
          programs for the Blueprint for Change, the Neighborhood
          Place of Kona, and the Neighborhood Place of Waipahu
          for purposes of further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2456, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No.
2456, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on
Finance.

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



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                                   DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair