STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1360

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.C.R. No. 265

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 265 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE GOVERNOR TO RELEASE OR RESTORE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FOR PROGRAMS SERVING THE HOMELESS POPULATION ON THE LEEWARD COAST OF OAHU,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to urge the Governor to release or restore funds to the Department of Human Services for early education program serving the homeless children on the Leeward Coast of Oahu.

     Papa Ola Lokahi and Partners in Development Foundation testified in support of this concurrent resolution.

     Your committees amended this concurrent resolution by:

     (1) Releasing the funds that are necessary for the Department of Human Services to fulfill Supplement Contract No. 1 to provide early childhood education only through the Ka Pa'alana Outreach Project on the Leeward Coast; and

     (2) Changing the title to "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;" and

     (3) Deleting services provided by Ka Pa'alana which does not pertain to early education programs; and

     (4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 265, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 265, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Housing,

____________________________ RIDA T.R. CABANILLA, Chair

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair