STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3094
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 3111
S.D. 2
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2022
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3111, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide to families with children additional support and resources to prevent child abuse and neglect, and to ensure family and child well-being.
More specifically, the measure:
(1) Establishes within the Department of Human Services a five-year family resource centers pilot program and one family resource centers coordinator position, to further develop and implement a statewide network of school- and community-based family resource centers;
(2) Requires the Department of Human Services to submit to the Legislature annual reports containing specified information relating to the pilot program; and
(3) Appropriates moneys for the establishment of the pilot program and specified related expenses.
Your Committee received written comments in
support of this measure from the Department of Human Services, Department of
Health, Waimanalo Elementary and Intermediate School, Kailua High School Parent
Community Network, Hawaii Children's Action Network Speaks!, Blueprint for
Change, Hawaii Afterschool Alliance, Ohana Support Network, Family Programs Hawaii,
Neighborhood Place of Kona, and five individuals.
Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the
Department of Budget and Finance and State Procurement Office.
Your Committee finds that a statewide network of family resource
centers, as established by the pilot program created by this measure, will increase
access to resources and supportive services for at-risk families and children across
the State.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that the pilot program's areas of responsibility include the establishment of definitions, standards, and best practices and the identification and alignment of available services, goals, and outcomes;
(2) Requiring, rather than authorizing, the Director of Human Services to appoint a family resource centers coordinator to carry out the functions of the pilot program;
(4) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3111, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3111, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair |
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