STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1089-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 25
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was
referred H.C.R. No. 25 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION COORDINATING POLICIES AND
     SERVICES FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS IN PUBLIC
     HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to:

     (1)  Request the Department of Human Services (DHS) and the
          Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii
          (Corporation) to coordinate policies and services for
          public assistance recipients in public housing; and

     (2)  Request DHS and the Corporation to submit a report to
          the Legislature regarding their collaborative efforts
          prior to the 2001 Regular Session.

     The Corporation and the Affordable Housing and Homeless
Alliance supported this concurrent resolution.  The DHS supported
the general intent of this concurrent resolution, but felt that
its intent is already being addressed and is therefore
unnecessary.

     Your Committee finds that welfare and housing assistance are
very closely related, and that there is much crossover between
the recipients of each.  Therefore, coordination between these
programs will benefit both the clients and administrators of

 
 
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these programs.  Collaboration between welfare and housing
assistance administrators will streamline the responsibilities of
each, and will allow each to draw upon the resources of the
other.  Such collaborative efforts should be particularly useful
in helping families secure work within the five-year limit on
welfare benefits.  For these reasons, your Committee supports
this concurrent resolution.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
H.C.R. No. 25 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee
on Finance.

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



                                   ______________________________
                                   DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair