STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1391

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.C.R. No. 58

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 58 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A FISCAL AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES' USE OF FEDERAL TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES FUNDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request a fiscal and management audit of the Department of Human Services (DHS) to ensure that Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) funds were not improperly used for programs unrelated to the purposes for which TANF funds are provided to the State.

DHS submitted comments on this measure.

Your Committee finds that TANF funds must be strictly used to help poor families, promote self-sufficiency through programs that promote job training, marriage, prevention of unwanted pregnancies, and encouraging the formation of two-parent families. Funding for such programs is hard to come by, therefore, what moneys the State is provided to help poor families should be directed toward funding those programs that directly assist these families.

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. 58 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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ALEX M. SONSON, Chair