KA ‘AHA KENEKOA
THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2025
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Senator Joy A. San Buenaventura, Chair |
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Senator Henry J.C. Aquino, Vice Chair |
AMENDED NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 |
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1:00 PM |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room & Videoconference State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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PHOTO ID REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE TO THE STATE CAPITOL
BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY
A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.
A M E N D E D A G E N D A
This briefing aims to address the April 2024 audit and concerns regarding Foster Care by Child Welfare Services (CWS). This hearing is a follow up on the November 21st, 2024 informational briefing in light of recent events. The goal is to ensure strategies to improve recruitment, and strengthen the CWS system's effectiveness.
List of individuals/Departments that will be present:
· Department of Education
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Department
of Human Services: Director Yamane and Deputy Director Kato [Deleted
on 04-07-25]
· Attorney General – Anne Lopez
· Department of Child Welfare Services: Daisy Hartsfield – Administrator, Elladine Olevao – CWS Brand Administrator
· Office of Wellness & Resilience
Please note that each presenter will have fifteen minutes to present so that there will time for questions and answers.
Agenda:
I. Overview from Complaint to Permanency of a Child Abuse Case
a. Issues need to be addressed; Long Term Vacancy/ Shortage of Social Workers and Foster Parents
II. Oversight Issues after permanency.
a. Attorney General – Constitutionality of inspections after Adoption/Guardianship
b. DOE – Homeschooling/Access to Mandated Reporters
III. Update on Recruitment of NGO’s, Foster Families & Social Workers
a. Issues regarding insurance, lack of NGO’s willingness to provide oversight.
b. DHS plans on increasing recruitment of Social Workers, Foster Parents/Resource Caregivers.
IV. Changes – Whether Oversight Commission Needed
V. Questions/Federal Issues
No public testimony will be accepted.
For special assistance: The cable TV broadcast and/or live stream of this meeting will include closed captioning. If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please call the committee clerk at the telephone number listed below or email HHScommittee@capitol.hawaii.gov. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.
FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-6890.
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_____________________________________ Senator Joy A. San Buenaventura Chair |
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