STAND. COM. REP. NO. 177-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 2044
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2044 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO POST-FOSTER CARE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to support former foster youth that are most at-risk, by appropriating funds to the Office of Youth Services (OYS) to provide assistance to former foster youth between the ages of 18 and 24 for job placement, skills training, education, and housing.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Catholic Charities Hawaii testified in support of this bill. OYS supported the intent of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Specifying that the appropriation is to assist former foster youth who are formally adjudicated and reach the age of majority while under the custody and supervision of the Executive Director of OYS; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2044, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2044, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,
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____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Chair |
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