STAND. COM. REP. NO.  249

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1429

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1429 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ABOUT FACE PROGRAM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to help economically disadvantaged youth obtain the essential skills and outlook they need to succeed in life, by appropriating funds for the About Face Family of Programs.

 

     These after-school and summer outreach programs are sponsored by the National Guard and funded through federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds that includes job and life skills classes, and a program in which members of our Hawaii National Guard share their experiences and serve as mentors to program participants.

 

     The Department of Defense and Department of Human Services supported the intent of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Specifying that About Face programs and services are provided during non-school hours as required by Temporary Assistance for Needy Families regulations;

 

(2)  Providing that the Department of Human Services is to expend the TANF funds;

 

(3)  Striking out the appropriation amount to encourage further discussion of the issues; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1429, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1429, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Human Services.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair