The June 4, 2026 SILC Quarterly Meeting, held in Kailua-Kona on Hawaiʻi Island, brought together the council, the two Centers for Independent Living, and partner agencies for quarterly reporting. The collected documents include the meeting agenda, quarterly reports from the CILs (AILH legislative/policy and DVR consumer-service data; Access to Independence consumer data), partner updates from the DD Council, the monthly financial reporting package, and the draft minutes of the prior May 7, 2026 meeting.
Meeting Documents
- SILC Meeting Agenda 6-4-2026 for Statewide Independent Living Council Quarterly Meeting
Agenda for the in-person/Zoom quarterly meeting (10am-1pm) at West Hawaiʻi Civic Center in Kailua-Kona. Items include approval of May 7 minutes, the SILC financial report, CIL quarterly updates from Access to Independence and Aloha Independent Living Hawaii, and community reports from DVR, the Hawaii Disability Rights Center, DD Council, Citizens for a Fair ADA Ride, the Disability Communication Access Board, the Center on Disability Studies, and the Hawaii County ADRC. A featured speaker, Maurice Messina (COO of Vibrant Hawaii), was scheduled to present on the resilience hub model and disaster recovery, plus an update on reconstituting the Oahu Mayors' Committee on People with Disabilities.
- 05212026 AILH SILC Quarterly Report Mar-May 2026 for Statewide Independent Living Council Quarterly Meeting
Aloha Independent Living Hawaiʻi's legislative and policy engagement report for March 1-May 21, 2026, covering the most active phase of the 2026 Hawaiʻi Legislative Session. AILH tracked over 131 measures and submitted the bulk of its 175 total pieces of session testimony, with its signature win being a Disability Integration Specialist position at the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency. Issue areas covered emergency/disaster resilience (including a Kona Low storm consumer needs survey), education (DOE behavior-technician rate cuts for autistic students), HCBS and anti-institutionalization, civil rights/accessibility, civic participation via the Access to Democracy initiative, and workforce/Medicaid earned-income disregard. It also tracked federal housing legislation (21st Century ROAD to Housing Act) and outlined next steps including monitoring Governor signatures and pursuing State 911 Board representation.
- AILH DVR Report FY26Q2 for Statewide Independent Living Council Quarterly Meeting
Aloha Independent Living Hawaii's DVR-contract Provider Activity Report (Contract DHS-25-VR-0016) for the quarter, serving Hawaii Island, Kauai, Maui/Molokai/Lanai, and rural Oahu. It reports 98 Part B and 87 Part C consumers served (54-62% on Hawaii Island), with consumers skewing age 60+ and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander or White; top services were transportation, IL/life-skills training, peer counseling, and recreation. The narrative details success stories amid housing instability and disaster recovery, including securing permanent housing for a Lahaina-fire displacee, maintaining in-home chore services for a man whose insurance changed, and helping stroke survivors file insurance and flood claims after severe weather.
- Hawaii Independent Living Report Qtr. 2 FY25-26 for Statewide Independent Living Council Quarterly Meeting
Quarter 2 FY25-26 (Oct 2025-Mar 2026) consumer-services report from Access to Independence covering 88 total consumers served (70 new), 63 active, with 108 community service hours. Demographics skew Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (51) and Asian (24), age 60+; heaviest services were information and referral (243), IL/life-skills training (86), peer counseling, and housing/home modifications. The narrative notes a significant spike in requests during March-April following severe weather and flooding, prompting distribution of cleaning supplies and recovery coordination with the Ford Foundation and AILH.
- 26 4 6 SILC quarterly report DDC for Statewide Independent Living Council Quarterly Meeting
Quarterly report from the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities summarizing its 2026 legislative session work on safety, accessibility, and community inclusion. Highlights include supporting Smart911 emergency communication, a new Access and Functional Needs Coordinator at HI-EMA, adult changing tables, housing permit acceleration, and a Medicaid policy change letting working people with disabilities ages 16-64 keep more income and savings. It also notes a new March for Meals partnership with Lanakila Pacific and that the DD Council is developing its required new five-year State Plan, which it will share with SILC for public comment.
- Financial Reporting Package Statewide Independent Living Council of Hawaii Mar 2026 for Statewide Independent Living Council Quarterly Meeting
March 2026 financial reporting package prepared by Supporting Strategies | BOS. Monthly income held flat at $8,468 with YTD income of $50,808, while March expenses of $8,526 produced a small monthly deficit of ($58) and YTD net change of $3,893. Cash and equivalents stood at $201,162 (down 7.15% from February), with total assets of $209,734 and minimal liabilities; YTD expenses were up sharply (174%) versus last year, driven largely by salaries and benefits.
- SILC Minutes 2026-05-07 DRAFT for Statewide Independent Living Council Quarterly Meeting
Draft minutes of the May 7, 2026 monthly meeting (quorum 7 of 13), chaired by Patrick Gartside. The council approved committee charters for nine committees and adopted the two-minute mini-survey for tabling events, and held an extended discussion on gathering community data for the next SPIL via accessible surveys, focus groups, neighbor-island meetings, and possible incentives. Reports covered SPIL self-evaluation progress, advocacy (passage of the audible pedestrian signal bill SB 2420 and Braille literacy bill HB 1894), a $192,214 balance, planning for the June 4 Hawaii Island quarterly meeting and NCIL/APRIL conferences, the effort to reconstitute the Honolulu Mayor's Committee on Disabilities, a DOJ ADA Title II web-accessibility comment opportunity (due June 22), and an Office of Information Practices Sunshine Law determination in progress.
