HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

INTERIM OF 2010

 

COMMITTEE ON HOUSING

Rep. Rida Cabanilla, Chair

Rep. Pono Chong, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Jerry L. Chang

Rep. Sylvia Luke

Rep. Denny Coffman

Rep. Hermina M. Morita

Rep. Sharon E. Har

Rep. Roland D. Sagum, III

 

Rep. Robert N. Herkes

Rep. Corinne W.L. Ching

Rep. Ken Ito

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

Rep. Chris Lee

 

 

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

Rep. John M. Mizuno, Chair

Rep. Tom Brower, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Della Au Belatti

Rep. Maile S.L. Shimabukuro

Rep. Joe Bertram, III

Rep. Ryan I. Yamane

Rep. Mele Carroll

Rep. Gene Ward

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto

 

 

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

TIME:

10:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 329

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

The purpose of  this joint informational briefing is to review the concerns relating to the homeless arrivals to Hawaii which has caused substantial strain to the current services for Isle homeless.  The briefing will also look at the "chronic homeless" issue and discuss the "Housing First Pilot Program" which was passed by the Legislature last month, to address the chronic homeless.  Another concern by the DHS Welfare Branch is the difficulty in prosecuting public housing fraud – which is the evidence required to confirm a household over the income and asset limit for such public housing.

 

The briefing will review barriers to housing for Hawaii's homeless and seek to explain the major reasons for homelessness in Hawaii.  Finally, the briefing will summarizes the foregoing concerns and seek to identify viable solutions to better address services and housing for the homeless in Hawaii.

 

The following organizations have been invited to participate in this briefing:


 

State Department of Human Services, Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Rental Housing and low-income Housing programs, United State Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Institute for Human Services, Waikiki Health Center, University of Hawaii's Center on the Family, DHS Welfare Fraud Branch, agencies and faith based organizations which receive state funding to address homelessness and other related human services or housing providers of emergency and transitional housing.

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the informational briefing  (i.e., sign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the Committee Clerk at 586-6050 to make a request for arrangements at least 24 hours prior to the briefing.  Prompt requests help to ensure the availability of qualified individuals and appropriate accommodations.

 

For further information, please call the Committee Clerk at 586-6050.

 

 

 

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Rep. John M. Mizuno

Chair

 

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Rep. Rida Cabanilla

Chair

 

 

APPROVED

 

 

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Rep. Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker of the House