HRS §346-69
A safety net program for families losing welfare
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗The state's Department of Human Services can start a program called Keeping Hope Alive. This program helps working families who lose public assistance because they hit the federal five-year limit. The department has the option to create it, not a requirement.
The statute, as written — Welfare safety net program; department of human services
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The department of human services may create a welfare safety net program entitled "Keeping Hope Alive" to assist working families that will be disqualified from receiving further public assistance as a consequence of reaching the five-year time limit set by the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity [Reconciliation] Act of 1996.
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