SB474 Summary

• Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services operations and capital improvement projects for the fiscal biennium July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2021.

• Allocates $15.8 million annually for homeless services programs including Housing First ($3.75M), Rapid Rehousing ($3.75M), Family Assessment Center ($1.55M), and Homeless Outreach and Civil Legal Services ($1.75M).

• Funds child protective services ($1.64M in general funds, $1.81M in other funds), child care support services, health care payments, and self-sufficiency case management programs.

• Authorizes $2.525 million in capital improvement projects for Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility including campus improvements planning, sewer upgrades, water systems improvements, and gym foundation repairs.

• Provides additional capital funding of $811,000 for vocational rehabilitation flood zone remediation.