Bill Text: HI HCR67 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Concurrent Resolution 67 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Urging The Department Of Health And Department Of Human Services To Work With The Ymca Of Honolulu To Support The Mental Wellness Of The State's Youth.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-29 - Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on HHH with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Todd, Woodson, Yamane excused (4). [HCR67 Detail]

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	67
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

urging the department of health and department of human services to work with the ymca of honolulu to support the mental wellness of the state's youth.

WHEREAS, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has negatively impacted the State's youth, preventing them from meeting important social and developmental milestones and stripping them of healthy coping mechanisms, such as socializing with friends; and

WHEREAS, recent national surveys of young people have shown alarming increases in the prevalence of certain mental health challenges, such as depression and anxiety; and

WHEREAS, in early 2021, emergency room visits for suicide attempts increased by fifty-one percent for adolescent girls and four percent for adolescent boys compared to the same time period in early 2019; and

WHEREAS, in June 2021, a national analysis of data collected from people seeking help with their mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic ranked Hawaii as having the highest percentage of survey participants who reported thinking about or planning suicide; and

WHEREAS, community organizations play an important role in promoting healthy development and supporting children, youth, and their families; and

WHEREAS, the YMCA of Honolulu has a long track record of providing services for the youth of Hawaii and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, served over forty thousand youth annually through a variety of programs such as A+ After School Care, summer programs, camps, pre-school and early learning programs, aquatic programs, and teen leadership programs; and

WHEREAS, the YMCA of Honolulu has proven success in working with youth and can provide a community-based approach to support youth at various points in their mental wellness pathway; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Health and Department of Human Services are urged to work with the YMCA of Honolulu to support the mental wellness of the State's youth; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health, Director of Human Services, and President and Chief Executive Officer of the YMCA of Honolulu.