STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1738

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.C.R. No. 150

      S.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 150, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AND STRONGLY OPPOSING BUDGET CUTS PROPOSED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to support the Community Services Block Grant Program and oppose cutting the budget to this program by fifty percent as proposed by the United States President and the United States Congress.

     The Office of Community Services within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Honolulu Community Action Program, Inc (HCAP), Catholic Charities Hawaii, and Kauai Economic Opportunity, Inc. (KEO) submitted testimony in support of this concurrent resolution.  A concerned individual submitted comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 150, S.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair