(a) There is created within the department for administrative purposes the financial assistance advisory council. The financial assistance advisory council shall be composed of fifteen members appointed by the director. The members of the financial assistance advisory council shall serve at the pleasure of the director and without compensation.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-14.5

  • Department: means the department of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
  • Director: means the director of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
  • Financial assistance: means public assistance, except for payments for medical care, social service payments, transportation assistance, and emergency assistance under § 346-65, including funds received from the federal government. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
  • Minor dependents: means dependents living in the home of a specified adult, as defined by rules, in which the adult is the primary caretaker and the dependent is under eighteen or if between eighteen and nineteen, enrolled full-time in a program of secondary or equivalent level vocational or technical school, and is expected to complete the program before reaching age nineteen. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
(b) The financial assistance advisory council shall have the function of rendering advice and information to the department on matters relating to financial assistance programs including rendering advice and information for the determination of the amount of benefit payments under sections 346-52, 346-53, and 346-71, including but not limited to temporary assistance to needy families (TANF), temporary assistance to other needy families (TAONF), and general assistance to households without minor dependents. The council shall be advisory and informational in nature only and shall not have the power to adopt rules.
(c) The financial assistance advisory council may request the assistance of professional facilitators and mediators as necessary.

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