HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.R. NO. 117 THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 H.D. 1 STATE OF HAWAII HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO IMMEDIATELY CEASE INTERCEPTING SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.R. NO. 117
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.R. NO.
117
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII
HOUSE RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO IMMEDIATELY CEASE INTERCEPTING SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.
WHEREAS, children in foster care are in critical need of support, including emotional and financial support; and WHEREAS, Hawaii is among forty-nine states that currently intercept social security payments for children in foster care, purportedly to cover the costs of their care; and WHEREAS, advocates for children have criticized this practice; and WHEREAS, officials the City of New York recently decided to end this practice, and plan to deposit foster children's social security payments into savings accounts, which the children may access when they return to their families, are adopted, or age‑out of foster care; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, that the Department of Human Services is requested to immediately cease intercepting social security payments for children in foster care; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Human Services is requested to deposit social security payments for foster children into savings accounts, which the children may access when they return to their families, are adopted, or age‑out of foster care; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor and Director of Human Services. Report Title: Department of Human Services; Children; Foster Care; Support; Social Security Payments
WHEREAS, children in foster care are in critical need of support, including emotional and financial support; and
WHEREAS, Hawaii is among forty-nine states that currently intercept social security payments for children in foster care, purportedly to cover the costs of their care; and
WHEREAS, advocates for children have criticized this practice; and
WHEREAS, officials the City of New York recently decided to end this practice, and plan to deposit foster children's social security payments into savings accounts, which the children may access when they return to their families, are adopted, or age‑out of foster care; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, that the Department of Human Services is requested to immediately cease intercepting social security payments for children in foster care; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Human Services is requested to deposit social security payments for foster children into savings accounts, which the children may access when they return to their families, are adopted, or age‑out of foster care; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor and Director of Human Services.
Report Title:
Department of Human Services; Children; Foster Care; Support; Social Security Payments