Bill Text: HI HR183 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Department of Human Services; Foster Youth; My Safe Drawer
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-15 - (H) Recommitted to HUS with none voting no and Representative(s) Ching, Chong, Kawakami, Luke, McKelvey, Souki, Thielen, Tokioka excused. [HR183 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-HR183-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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HOUSE RESOLUTION
ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING A COMPUTER APPLICATION FOR FOSTER YOUTH WHO ARE TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
WHEREAS, the transition from foster care to adulthood is a very difficult path for many former foster care individuals; and
WHEREAS, former foster youth frequently leave foster care with little more than paper copies of essential personal information; and
WHEREAS, former foster youth may not have a permanent living arrangement established and may move from house to house, and in this process may lose their vital documents; and
WHEREAS, losing vital documents may present obstacles to former foster youth when applying for a job, completing an application to college, or receiving medical care; and
WHEREAS, to address this challenge, a leading information technology and business process services provider, developed a computer application; and
WHEREAS, this secure, password-protected, web-based foster youth computer application can be accessed from any computer; and
WHEREAS, this computer application houses a foster youth's health and education information and personal and professional contacts, and allows for the upload and storage of personal documents such as a copy of a birth certificate, social security card, and resume; and
WHEREAS, a leading information technology and business process services provider is seeking a partnership with a state department that would be interested in implementing this computer application on a statewide basis; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Human Services is the state department that provides independent living services to assist and support foster youth with their transition from foster care to adult self-sufficiency; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2011, that the Department of Human Services is encouraged to consider partnering with a leading information technology and business process services provider to implement a computer application throughout the State's foster care system as a means to assist and support foster youth with their successful transition out of foster care; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Human Services, Executive Director of Mental Health America of Hawai‘i, and members of the Hawaii Transition Age Youth Task Force.
Department of Human Services; Foster Youth; My Safe Drawer
