HI HCR100

Requests the Workforce Development Council to recommend a comprehensive statewide workforce strategy to the Governor for inclusion in the State Unified Plan, with a target date of 2045 for ensuring all residents have career pathways.

Cites that 75% of over 3,200 surveyed residents said they will or may relocate to a less expensive state, and 45% of Hawaii households fall below the $110,112 survival budget threshold for a family of four.

Notes approximately 30% of the 170,000 young residents projected to enter the workforce over the next decade will lack viable career opportunities in Hawaii without intervention.

Requires the strategy to include metrics and plans for work-based learning access, living-wage employment expansion, reducing underemployment, improving job retention, and expanding industry-led sectoral partnerships.

Directs the Workforce Development Council to align state and county workforce programs and requests all state departments to share data necessary for evaluating the strategy's progress.