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OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACTION HAWAIʻI POLICY PRIORITIES
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Policy Priorities

  • Reduce the harmful effects of a punitive incarceration system for youth
  • Promote equity in the justice system
  • Increase access to resources to address adolescent and young adult mental health needs
  • Improve continuity of programs and services for youth and young adults transitioning from minor to adult status
  • Eliminate youth houselessness and housing market discrimination against young adults seeking housing
  • Secure a cost-of-living increase for stipend for young people aging out of foster care
  • Create a reporting system for the abuse of minors whose state-provided benefits are used by adults who no longer care for them
  • Promote and fund more holistic and culturally-informed approaches among public/private agencies serving youth
  • Increase and improve the continuum of care for trafficked youth
  • Raise awareness about rights of minors to housing
  • Support agriculture and ranching commercial opportunities that can be used to fund expanded youth programs
  • Collect and share data on the success of programs and services in supporting youth and young adults
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