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Commission authorizes chair to contact Child Welfare Services about youth safety and capacity
Summary
After discussing shortages in Child Welfare Service staffing and limited emergency homes for youth, the Commission voted 5-0 to authorize Chair Kutaka to contact the Child Welfare Services Maui Branch Administrator for information and recommendations.
Commissioners used the June 22 meeting to flag capacity concerns in local child welfare services and to direct staff action. Commissioners discussed gathering information on supports for youth experiencing adverse childhood experiences, drafting a follow-up press release on mandated reporting, and the reported shortage of Child Welfare Service employees and emergency homes for youth.
Chair Cayla Kutaka moved to allow her to contact the Child Welfare Services Maui Branch Administrator to request information and recommendations; Vice Chair Paul Tonnessen seconded the motion. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the motion (5-0, 4 absences). The Commission did not enact new policy at the meeting but established a next step to seek information from the branch administrator to inform possible future actions.
