Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Human Services and Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 18 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to endorse the "School and Community Profiles" created through collaboration between the Hawaii Performance Partnership Board (HPPB) and various federal, state, county and community partners.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Office of the Governor, the University of Hawai'i Center on the Family, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, the Hawai'i Association for the Education of Young Children, the Hawaii Performance Partnerships Board, Ho'owaiwai Na Kamali'i, Blueprint for Change, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Hawaii Kids Count, Alu Like, Inc., and the Good Beginnings Alliance.

Your Committees find that the Hawaii Performance Partnerships Board (HPPB) was created in 1999 through Act 160, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999, to develop and propose key community indicators of well-being for Hawaii residents and to promote the use of such indicators in the evaluation of state programs and services. Your Committees further find that Act 274, Session Laws of Hawaii 2001, required that the HPPB, with the assistance of the University of Hawai'i Center on the Family, develop key indicators and data sets related to the health, education, and socioeconomic well-being of Hawaii's children and families. Your Committees further find that within the State, there are a myriad state and community agencies offering services to children and families, and therefore it is critical that these programs all be held to the same standard so that comparative evaluation of their outcomes can be undertaken. Your Committees further agree that encouraging state and community agencies to incorporate these outcome indicators within their planning and budget functions will support data-driven decisions that will ultimately improve the efficiency and effectiveness of services.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services and Education that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 18 and recommends its adoption.