STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1110-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2214

      S.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services & Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2214, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BRIDGE TO HOPE PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to expand the Bridge to Hope Program by clarifying that participants be in the First-to-Work Program and allowing participants to be enrolled in vocational education programs.

     The Department of Human Services, University of Hawaii (UH), Office of Hawaiian Affairs, National Association of Social Workers – Hawaii Chapter, Domestic Violence Action Center, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, UH Bridge to Hope Coordinator, and many concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services & Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2214, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services & Housing,

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair