Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 2, Number 1, 1 January 1982 — Health and Human Resources to Act as Advocate [ARTICLE]
Health and Human Resources to Act as Advocate
Because of the cutbacks in federal funding to human service programs, OHA's primary legislative role in the human services area will be an advocacy one. OHA will be supporting increased State funding for health and human service programs whieh provide services to native Hawaiians and Hawaiians and whieh may be affected by the reduction of federal funds. In addition, OHA is requestinga $1,500 appropriation to conduct a Human Resources Conference in early 1983. This conference is designed to aid the various health and human service agencies in improving their services to Hawaiians and native Hawaiians.