Report Title:

UH; Welfare; Employment; Bridge to Hope Program

Description:

Appropriates funds for the coordination and administration of the University of Hawaii's bridge to hope program.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1786
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

making an appropriation to the university of hawaii.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the bridge to hope program is a nationally recognized model that supports post-secondary education as a means for welfare recipients to achieve life-long economic self-sufficiency, leaving not only welfare but also poverty.  A partnership between the University of Hawaii and the state department of human services, the bridge to hope program provides on-campus student employment opportunities so welfare recipients who are students can meet their requirements for paid employment.  The legislature further finds that the program, which is available on all ten campuses of the University of Hawaii system, is offered to single parents receiving public assistance under the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program.

     The purpose of this Act is to help welfare recipients who are students gain employment, earnings, job skills and employer references by appropriating funds for the coordination and administration of the bridge to hope program at the University of Hawaii.

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $60,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007-2008, and the same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008-2009, for coordination and administration of the bridge to hope program of the University of Hawaii.

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the University of Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2007.

INTRODUCED BY:

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