Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 3230, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish a pilot project to provide community-based, collaborative, and comprehensive early childhood care direct services for children under age five and their families, based on the Hui Imua O Koolauloa model.

The Good Beginnings Alliance, Hui Imua O Koolauloa (Hui Imua), and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Human Services and Hawaii Family Support Institute supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee finds that Hui Imua is a community-based collaborative service model that breaks down the divisions between agencies and disciplines. The Hui Imua model has proved successful at reaching and retaining underserved, high-risk families.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3230, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.