STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2184

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.C.R. No. 88

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 88 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE ESTABLISH THE MALAMA OHANA WORKING GROUP TO IDENTIFY, DESIGN, AND RECOMMEND TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGES TO THE STATE'S CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Office of Wellness and Resilience establish the Malama Ohana Working Group to identify, design, and recommend transformative changes to the Child Welfare System.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Hawai‘i Youth Services Network and the Office of Wellness and Resilience. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services.

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. 88 and recommends that it be referred as is to your Committee on Finance.

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

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair