Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SR151 Compare Versions

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1	1	THE SENATE S.R. NO. 151 THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 STATE OF HAWAII SENATE RESOLUTION REquesting the department of human services TO report on the cultural and therapeutic services provided by community-based organizations at the kawailoa youth and family wellness center.
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3	3	THE SENATE S.R. NO. 151
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35	35	REquesting the department of human services TO report on the cultural and therapeutic services provided by community-based organizations at the kawailoa youth and family wellness center.
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41	41	WHEREAS, homelessness, poverty, and mental health are among the most pressing social issues within the State; and WHEREAS, ten percent of Hawaii's homeless population is comprised of individuals under the age of eighteen years; and WHEREAS, forty-four percent of homeless youth report having spent time in jail or a juvenile detention center; and WHEREAS, "opportunity youth", sometimes referred to as disconnected youth, are between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four and are neither in school nor working; and WHEREAS, state-sponsored working groups and recent reports have shown that community-based support centers for opportunity youth, or homeless or formerly incarcerated youth, substantially reduce: (1) The likelihood that youth are incarcerated; (2) The amount of time they spend incarcerated; and (3) The likelihood that they experience homelessness; and WHEREAS, the Opportunity Youth Action Hawaii hui at the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center partners with state and nonprofit agencies to transform punitive modalities of treatment and incarceration with effective therapeutic community-based programs rooted in indigenous knowledge systems and cultural practices; and WHEREAS, expanding state and private sector collaboration and implementing proven and effective therapeutic and cultural methods to promote youth wellness can help the State reduce homelessness and the negative effects of incarceration; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, that the Department of Human Services is requested to report on the positive effects of cultural and therapeutic services provided by community-based organizations at the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report is requested to include plans for expanding state and private sector collaboration to reduce homelessness and the negative effects of incarceration and promote youth wellness; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Human Services is requested to submit the report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2025; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Human Services. OFFERED BY: _____________________________ Report Title: Department of Health and Human Services; Community-based Organizations; Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness; Incarcerated Youth; Homeless Youth; Mental Health; Report
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43	43	WHEREAS, homelessness, poverty, and mental health are among the most pressing social issues within the State; and
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47	47	WHEREAS, ten percent of Hawaii's homeless population is comprised of individuals under the age of eighteen years; and
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51	51	WHEREAS, forty-four percent of homeless youth report having spent time in jail or a juvenile detention center; and
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55	55	WHEREAS, "opportunity youth", sometimes referred to as disconnected youth, are between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four and are neither in school nor working; and
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59	59	WHEREAS, state-sponsored working groups and recent reports have shown that community-based support centers for opportunity youth, or homeless or formerly incarcerated youth, substantially reduce:
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63	63	(1) The likelihood that youth are incarcerated;
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67	67	(2) The amount of time they spend incarcerated; and
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71	71	(3) The likelihood that they experience homelessness; and
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75	75	WHEREAS, the Opportunity Youth Action Hawaii hui at the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center partners with state and nonprofit agencies to transform punitive modalities of treatment and incarceration with effective therapeutic community-based programs rooted in indigenous knowledge systems and cultural practices; and
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79	79	WHEREAS, expanding state and private sector collaboration and implementing proven and effective therapeutic and cultural methods to promote youth wellness can help the State reduce homelessness and the negative effects of incarceration; now, therefore,
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83	83	BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, that the Department of Human Services is requested to report on the positive effects of cultural and therapeutic services provided by community-based organizations at the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center; and
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87	87	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report is requested to include plans for expanding state and private sector collaboration to reduce homelessness and the negative effects of incarceration and promote youth wellness; and
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91	91	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Human Services is requested to submit the report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2025; and
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95	95	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Human Services.
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