DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
PUBLIC NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

The Department of Human Services (DHS), Benefit, Employment and Support Services Division (BESSD) requests information and recommendations from the general public, private sector, and community based organizations, as well as religious organizations, in keeping with Sec. 104, Public Law 104-193.
The Department is seeking to enter into a contract to provide legal assistance to Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) possessing poor traffic abstracts which can serve as an obstacle to employment and attaining self-sufficiency. The department is seeking recommendations from the public on the services needed in the community to fulfill this need.
An Informational Meeting will be held on June 1, 2006, from 1:30p.m.-3:30p.m. at:

Department of Human Services
Benefit, Employment and Support Services Division
Employment and Child Care Program Office
820 Mililani Street, Suite 606, Conference Room 1,
Honolulu, HI 96813

Information and recommendations may be submitted in writing to the Department at the address listed above by June 1, 2006.
The Department may engage in further informal discussions to gather additional information and recommendations.
The Department reserves the right to incorporate in a solicitation, if issued, for such a contract, any information and recommendations presented and/or submitted in response to this request for information. Neither the Department nor any respondent to the request for information bears any obligation under this request for information. For further information please call Kenneth Nakagawa, Program Specialist, at 586-7060.
Lillian B. Koller, Esq.,
(SB05522954 5/21/06) Director