(a) There shall be established a regional advisory board located in each county and they shall be called the Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, and Oahu regional advisory boards, respectively. The office shall provide staff support for each board. Each board shall elect annually from among its members a chairperson who shall preside at its regular meetings. Each board shall be composed of eleven voting members. Each board’s membership shall include four lay persons, of which two shall possess knowledge of youth services, all appointed by the governor as provided in § 26-34.

The Oahu regional advisory board shall include the superintendent of education, the public defender, the directors of human services and health, the police chief and the prosecuting attorney of the city and county of Honolulu, and the senior family court judge of the first circuit, or their designees.

The other regional advisory boards shall include the county’s chief of police and prosecuting attorney, a deputy public defender, a family court judge, and one representative from each of the following departments of education, human services, and health, who shall be selected by their respective directors, or their designees.

All board members shall be residents of the county in which the regional advisory board to which they are appointed is located, and shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred during the performance of their duties.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 352D-9

  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Office: means the office of youth services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 352D-3
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Youth service system: means any youth services, facilities, or community-based programs provided through the family court and public and private agencies receiving state funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 352D-3
  • Youth services: means public or privately funded programs which provide developmental, preventive, protective, recreational, treatment or rehabilitative services for youth at risk including: after school programs, foster care services, residential group homes, independent living programs; child nurturing and family living programs; camps; playground programs; services to youth with school-related problems including educational neglect; services to youth who are found to be subject to neglect, abuse, or exploitation; employment/training programs; diagnostic, preventive, and remedial medical and mental health services to youth, including chemically dependent, physically, mentally, and emotionally disabled and handicapped youth; information and referral services; and legal services to assure the rights of youth. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 352D-3
(b) There shall be a combined meeting of all boards at least once a year. Each regional board shall advise the office on:

(1) General policies relating to the youth service system, including but not limited to planning, integration, development, and coordination to effectuate the purposes of this chapter;
(2) Monitoring and evaluating youth services as they relate to the coordination and integration of the youth service system within its region; and
(3) Any pertinent issue related to the youth service system within its region.
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