HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

INTERIM OF 2025

 

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOMELESSNESS

Rep. Lisa Marten, Chair

Rep. Ikaika Olds, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Terez Amato

Rep. Jenna Takenouchi

Rep. Sue L. Keohokapu-Lee Loy

Rep. David Alcos III

Rep. Gregg Takayama

Rep. Diamond Garcia

 

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

 

DATE:

Friday, November 7, 2025

TIME:

1:30PM

PLACE:

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE

Conference Room 423

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

 

A live stream link of this meeting will be available online shortly before the scheduled start time.

 

Click here for the live stream of this meeting via YouTube.

 

 

 

A G E N D A

 

The purpose of this informational briefing is to provide an update on immediate and expected impacts of federal cuts to the human services safety net in our community. Representatives from the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation, the True Cost Coalition, University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization, and Partners in Development Foundation will present on how these policy changes are affecting vulnerable populations and essential services across Hawaiʻi.

 

The following individuals have been invited to present:

·         Michelle Kauhane, Hawaiʻi Community Foundation

·         Tina Andrade, True Cost Coalition 

·         Trey Gordner, University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO)

·         Shawn Kanaʻiaupuni, Partners in Development Foundation 

 

No public testimony will be accepted.

 

The livestream and/or cable TV broadcast of this meeting will include closed captioning.  If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation (including oral, written, or ASL interpretive services) or are unable to submit testimony via the website due to a disability, please contact the please contact the Office of Representative Marten at (808) 586-9450 or email e.horii@capitol.hawaii.gov. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.

 

For further information, please call the Office Manager at (808) 586-9450.

 

 

 

 

 

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Rep. Lisa Marten

Chair

 

 

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Rep. Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker of the House