STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2381

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2352

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Human Services and Public Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2352 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a three-year pilot program run by the Department of Human Services to conduct and expand asset building classes for individuals with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities statewide.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Human Services and the State Council on Developmental Disabilities.  Comments on the measure were submitted by the State Procurement Office. 

     Your Committee finds that a significant number of recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families are individuals with disabilities, or parents of children with disabilities, and that more can be done to assist this population in the areas of vocational rehabilitation, improved access to services, and life skills training. 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services and Public Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2352, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2352, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair