STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1240

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.C.R. No. 22

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 22 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO DETERMINE THE BEST PRACTICES FOR COLLECTING, STORING, AND SHARING DATA ON HOMELESS YOUTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to determine the best practices for collecting, storing, and sharing data on homeless youth by requesting the Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness to convene a task force that will identify data points most useful for identifying and assessing the homeless youth population in the State and design a system for collecting, consolidating, securing, and sharing that data across departments.

The Department of Education, Hawaii Youth Services Network, and two individuals supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Including representatives from:

          (A)  Hawaii Youth Services Network;

          (B)  Hale Kipa;

          (C)  Maui Youth and Family Services;

          (D)  Salvation Army Family Intervention Services;

          (E)  Hale Opio Kauai;

          (F)  Waikiki Health; and

          (G)  Family Support Hawaii,

          to serve as members of the task force; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 H.C.R. No. 22, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 22, H.D. 1.

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

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DEE MORIKAWA, Chair