Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 115, S.D. 1, entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Office of the Governor to coordinate efforts to ensure the availability of a statewide network of multi-purpose senior centers. Specifically, this measure requests the Office of the Governor to:

Catholic Charities Hawaii - Elderly Services testified in support of this measure. The Executive Office on Aging submitted comments.

Multi-purpose senior centers typically offer a myriad of community-based programs and services for elderly individuals, including health, educational, nutritional, recreational, and social programs, and often act as a clearinghouse of available community programs and services for the aged. Your Committees find that multi-purpose senior centers play a vital role in alleviating the pressures to institutionalize ambulatory elders who may need only companionship and basic assistance during the day.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 115, S.D. 1, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.