THE SENATE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

INTERIM OF 2021

 

COMMITTEE ON LABOR, CULTURE AND THE ARTS

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair

 

 

Sen. Stanley Chang

Sen. Kurt Fevella

Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole

 

 

COMMITTEE ON LABOR & TOURISM

Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi, Chair

Rep. Jackson D. Sayama, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Della Au Belatti

Rep. Sean Quinlan

Rep. Daniel Holt

Rep. Gregg Takayama

Rep. Dale T. Kobayashi

Rep. Val Okimoto

 

NOTICE OF MEETING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

TIME:

1:00 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 016 and Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

THE STATE CAPITOL IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

To comply with social distancing requirements, only written and videoconference testimony will be accepted.  If you wish to testify via videoconference you must also submit written testimony.

 

A live stream of all Standing Committee meetings will be available on YouTube.

 

Click here for more information about Live and On-Demand Video options.

 

A G E N D A

 

 

The Hawaii Office of Community Services (OCS), Hawaii State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, solicits public comment on the new proposed State Plan for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Program to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for Federal Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023 (FFY 22 and 23). The CSBG State Plan reflects OCS's commitment to work with its Community Action Agency partners in each county to meet program goals and comply with relevant Federal and State rules and regulations in order to continue receiving this valuable resource. The CSBG program provides services to low-income and impoverished populations across the State. CSBG services and activities are delivered statewide by designated Community Action Agencies located in each county.

 

The public is invited to comment on the proposed CSBG State Plan for FFY 22 and 23. The proposed CSBG State Plan can be found at the OCS website, http://labor.hawaii.gov/ocs .

 

A virtual combined-purpose Legislative and Public Hearing on the CSBG State Plan is scheduled for Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.  The hearing is being jointly convened by the Senate Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts and the House Committee on Labor and Tourism.

 

Persons wishing to submit written testimony or request to testify via videoconference may do so up to 24 hours prior to the hearing. The public is welcome to virtually attend and provide comment at the hearing.

 

All testimony received by the Senate and House of Representatives is posted on the Legislature's website, which is accessible to the public. Please do not include private information that you do not want disclosed to the public.

 

Written testimony may be submitted to OCS (email: dlir.ocs@hawaii.gov; mail: Office of Community Services, 830 Punchbowl Street, Room 420, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813; fax: (808) 586-8685) for consideration at the hearing.

 

As this is a virtual meeting, persons wishing to provide oral testimony are asked to request to do so at the time that they submit written comments to OCS.  Instructions and the link to access the Zoom platform to join the meeting will then be provided to the requestor.

 

All written testimony submitted will be posted after the hearing and accessible for public review at the OCS website http://labor.hawaii.gov/ocs, and on both the Senate and House committee’s webpages at https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/committees/committees.aspx?chamber=all .  

 

Persons with special needs, including oral language services, should call OCS at (808) 586-8679 by Friday, July 23, 2021 to make arrangements.

 

The cable TV broadcast and/or live stream of this meeting will include closed captioning. If you require other auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., interpretive services (oral or written) or ASL interpreter), please contact the committee clerk at least 24 hours prior to the hearing so that arrangements can be made.

 

For further information, please call the Committee Clerk for the Senate Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts at (808) 586-6460.

 

 

 

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Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi

Chair

 

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Senator Brian T. Taniguchi

Chair

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Rep. Scott K. Saiki

Speaker of the House

 

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Senator Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate