02/08/2001 03:07 PM House HES

                   ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                   
         HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES                                                                          
                      STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                      
                       February 8, 2001                                                                                         
                           3:07 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:  DFYS CONTINUED FROM 2/1/01                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-11, SIDES A & B                                                                                                              

01-12, SIDE A                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  FRED  DYSON,  Chair, convened  the  House  Health,                                                              
Education,  and  Social  Services Standing  Committee  meeting  at                                                              
3:07 p.m.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee  members  present  were  Representative  Dyson,  Wilson,                                                              
Coghill, Cissna, Joule, Stevens, and Kohring.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MATTHEW  TURNER,  Program  Coordinator,  Division  of  Family  and                                                              
Youth  Services,   Department  of  Health  and   Social  Services,                                                              
presented  an overview  of the  Independent  Living program.  This                                                              
program  is designed  to provide  support to  those youth  who are                                                              
aging out of foster care.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
THERESA  TANOURY, Director,  Central  Office,  Division of  Family                                                              
and  Youth Services,  Department  of Health  and Social  Services,                                                              
presented an overview of foster care.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
No announcements were made.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  DYSON adjourned  the  House  Health, Education  and  Social                                                              
Services meeting at 5:00 p.m.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:   The meeting  was recorded and  handwritten log  notes were                                                              
taken.   A copy of the  tape(s) and log  notes may be  obtained by                                                              
contacting  the House  Records Office  at State  Capitol, Room  3,                                                              
Juneau,  Alaska   99801  (mailing  address), (907)  465-2214,  and                                                              
after  adjournment  of the  second  session of  the  Twenty-Second                                                              
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information  may  be obtained  by                                                              
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.