STAND. COM. REP. NO.  719-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1737

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1737, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Require the Office of Community Services to review all grants-in-aid requests submitted to and granted by the 26th Legislature; and

 

     (2)  Make an appropriation to support the expansion of the state-funded immigrant resource centers, contracted by the Office of Community Services with nonprofit service providers, to provide language-accessible direct information and referral services to new immigrants.

 

     The Office of Language Access; Filipino American Citizens League; Filipino Coalition for Solidarity; Caregivers Association; Nursing Advocates & Mentors, Inc.; National Federation of Filipino American Associations Region 12; Susannah Wesley Community Center; Child & Family Service; and Parents and Children Together testified in support of this measure.  The Office of Community Services and Catholic Charities Hawaii commented on this measure.  

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1737, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair