STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2781
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2617
S.D. 2
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2617, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to appropriate moneys from the temporary assistance for needy families program funds for unspecified programs that fall within at least one of the four purposes of the temporary assistance for needy families program.
Specifically, this bill appropriates:
(1) $27,000,000 for employment assistance programs;
(2) $11,000,000 for non-school hour programs for children and youth;
(3) $7,040,000, and authorizes the transfer of up to $9,800,000 to the social services block grant, for child welfare services and programs;
(4) An unspecified amount for housing costs to address homelessness and caring for children in their own homes;
(5) $19,800,000 for child care services and authorizes the transfer of up to $19,800,000 to the child care development block grant;
(6) $57,000,000 for cash assistance benefits for eligible temporary assistance for needy families program recipients; and
(7) $11,000,000 for operating costs, including personnel, systems, and administrative expenses.
Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by changing all appropriated amounts to unspecified amounts for the purpose of facilitating further discussion.
Your Committee has also made technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2617, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2617, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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