STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3063

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 3
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Judiciary and Health and Human Services,
to which was referred S.C.R. No. 3 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND
     IMPLEMENTATION OF A SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE SERVICES
     AND SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request that
the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Human
Services work collaborately to develop a system to identify and
track children with incarcerated parents, identify gaps in
current services, and identify needed programs and services.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Department of Public Safety, the Department of Human Services, TJ
Mahoney and Associates, the Community Alliance on Prisons.  One
individual submitted comments.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Judiciary and Health and Human Services that are
attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent
and purpose of S.C.R. No. 3, and recommend that it be referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means.


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



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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair        AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair


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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair


 
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