HI HB693

Appropriates general revenue funds to the Department of Human Services for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 to support an organization providing prevention, intervention, and counseling services for high risk youth (specific dollar amount not specified in bill text).

Addresses youth violence concerns by funding programs that establish relationships with at-risk youth and promote education, self-esteem, leadership, and personal development through both school-centered and neighborhood-centered approaches.

References 2010 data showing youth violence cost the State over $109,000,000, with youth property crime alone costing $28,000,000, and notes that 75% of youth released from the Hawaii youth correctional facility in 2005-2007 were re-adjudicated within three years.

Funds shall support prevention, intervention, and group and individual counseling services designed to reduce youth violence and delinquency in the State.

Takes effect January 1, 2050.