STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2028

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2456
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred S.B. No. 2456 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR BLUEPRINT FOR
     CHANGE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to make an appropriation for
the Blueprint for Change program and existing Neighborhood
Places.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Human Services, Blueprint for Change,
Neighborhood Place of Kona, Waipahu Neighborhood Place,
Communities in Schools of Hawaii/YMCA, Communities in Schools-
Hawaii Project of YMCA, Ua Nani O Ke Anuenue Respite Care
Service, Waipahu United Church of Christ Preschool, Family
Support Services of West Hawaii, Kamehameha Schools Bernice
Pauahi Bishop Estate, and twelve private individuals.

     One of the recommendations of a 1994-1996 task force on
child protective services reform was to implement a community
partnership for child protection.  A major component of this
partnership was to be the establishment of the neighborhood place
to deliver diversion services and child protective services to
targeted families.

     Neighborhood Places is part of the Blueprint for Change that
provides for the delivery of diversion services and child

 
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protective services to target families.  Limited start-up funding
for Neighborhood Place sites in West Hawaii and Waipahu were
obtained through local foundation grants and federal Title IVB
moneys.  However, without continued funding for the pilot period,
the neighborhood places will not be able to model the system
reform that the task force and the legislature recommended.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2456 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and
be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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