STAND. COM. REP. NO.992-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.C.R. No. 18

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 18 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ADOPTING OUTCOME INDICATORS OF WELL-BEING FOR HAWAII'S CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to:

(1) Endorse the School and Community Profiles (SCP) created through collaboration between the Hawaii Performance Partnership Board (HPPB) and various federal, state, county, and community partners;

(2) Request HPPB and state agencies to work with the University of Hawaii Center on the Family (Center on the Family) to review and adjust the SCP indicators as needed; and

(3) Encourage public and private agencies to measure progress toward the SCP outcome indicators and to use the outcomes as a basis for policy and program development.

The Special Assistant to the Governor on Children and Families, Department of Human Services, Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Center on the Family, Hawaii Kids Watch, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Good Beginnings Alliance, Hawaii Kids Count, HPPB, Native Hawaiian Early Childhood Consortium, and a concerned citizen submitted testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committees find that this measure will assist in bringing the government and community together in determining a common method of comparison and unified focus for progress in measuring children's outcomes. The SCP standards provide an excellent means of benchmarking and providing direction for educational and community-based programs in a systematic manner with the goal of ensuring the health, safety, and personal success of children.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 18 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Education.

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

 

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MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Chair

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair