Bill Text: HI SCR135 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Keiki and Kupuna; Intergenerational Shared Sites

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-04-08 - Referred to HLT/HUS, EDN, referral sheet 47 [SCR135 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-SCR135-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	135
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON EARLY LEARNING TO COLLABORATE WITH THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE On AGING TO ENCOURAGE CARE PROVIDERS OF KEIKI AND KUPUNA TO CREATE INTERGENERATIONAL SHARED SITES FOR THE BETTERMENT OF HAWAII'S COMMUNITIES.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, keiki and kupuna are some of Hawaii's greatest treasures; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hawaii has a historic and cultural tradition of valuing family and multigenerational living; and

 

     WHEREAS, families are finding it increasingly more difficult to provide for the care of their young children and aging parents; and

 

     WHEREAS, many kupuna experience social isolation, which can lead to loneliness and depression as well as mental and physical decline, while, at the same time, many keiki miss out on the wisdom and patience of kupuna as families are more often forced to live apart; and

 

     WHEREAS, kupuna are currently undervalued in their capacity to contribute to the community; and

 

     WHEREAS, intergenerational shared sites are settings where children, youth, and older adults participate in services and programs concurrently at the same site or on the same campus; and

 

     WHEREAS, certain distinguished shared care sites in Honolulu, Kapolei, and Kahului have had success in implementing intergenerational programs; and

 

     WHEREAS, participants in these intergenerational programs interact during regular planned intergenerational activities, as well as through informal encounters; and

 

     WHEREAS, keiki and kupuna can learn values such as the richness of lives lived, the bounds of friendship, an appreciation of diversity, and insights into the different stages of life from spending time together in intergenerational shared sites; and

 

     WHEREAS, working adults can also take advantage of the efficiency and effectiveness of having shared care sites for families; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2016, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Executive Office on Early Learning is requested to collaborate with the Executive Office on Aging to encourage care providers of keiki and kupuna to create intergenerational shared sites for the betterment of Hawaii's communities; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of the Executive Office on Early Learning and the Director of the Executive Office on Aging.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Keiki and Kupuna; Intergenerational Shared Sites