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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE RESOLUTION
urging the governor to release or restore funds to the Department of Human Services for Early Education Program for the homeless children on the Leeward Coast of Oahu.
WHEREAS, the Department of Human Services provides crucial financial support to the Partners in Development Foundation, which assists homeless families on the Leeward Coast of Oahu through the Ka Pa‘alana Traveling Preschool and Homeless Family Education Program ("Ka Pa‘alana"); and
WHEREAS, the Department of Human Services has given notice to the Partners in Development Foundation of its intention to terminate the contract that provides funding for Ka Pa‘alana due to a lack of available funds; and
WHEREAS, Ka Pa‘alana delivers or provides access to essential services, such as a modified center-based preschool experience that provides services such as testing, portfolio assessment, referrals for health and developmental needs of pre-school children; and
WHEREAS, eliminating the Department of Human Services funding for Ka Pa‘alana will severely diminish direct services to nearly 800 pre-school children; and
WHEREAS, eliminating Department of Human Services funding for Ka Pa‘alana will eliminate 15 to 20 full-time positions at the Partners in Development Foundation; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2011, that the Governor of the State of Hawaii is requested to release the funds that are necessary for the Department of Human Services to fulfill SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT NO. 1 to provide Early Childhood Education through the Ka Pa‘alana Outreach Project on the Leeward Coast (DHS-10-ETPO-159); or, if the release of the full amount of funding necessary to fulfill the contract is not possible, then the Governor is requested to restructure the executive budget or otherwise allow services provided through the Ka Pa‘alana Traveling Preschool and Homeless Family Education Program to continue until the end of fiscal year 2010-2011, and consult with the Partners in Development Foundation to develop a plan to continue these services through fiscal year 2011-2012; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Director of Human Services, and Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Partners in Development Foundation.
Department of Human Services; Homeless Programs; Partners in Development Foundation