John Hill

2 weeks ago | civilbeat.org | John Hill

A federal law requires states to release information about how they handled child maltreatment cases ending in deaths. Hawaiʻi’s reports raise more questions than they answer. After a toddler who contracted Covid died in 2021, the state found that her legal guardian had committed medical neglect by failing to seek care. That investigation triggered a federal requirement that Hawaiʻi’s child welfare system disclose any earlier reports it had received about the caregiver.

1 month ago | sensesofcinema.com | John Hill

“Individuals without love for life can be born; others may lose it for a short or long time, perhaps for all the life they have left; and finally . . . here, perhaps I’ve got it: also groups of individuals may lose it, epochs, nations, families.

1 month ago | thederrick.com | John Hill

A project to speed state benefits to Hawaii's poor for food, clothing and shelter while detecting fraud and errors has been mired in delays and cost overruns for seven years. So far, the technology upgrade known as the Benefits Eligibility Solution has not helped anyone, a Civil Beat investigation found, even as the cost of the contract to develop it and maintain a related system has ballooned from $69 million to $124 million — and counting.

1 month ago | plaindealerin.com | John Hill

A project to speed state benefits to Hawaii's poor for food, clothing and shelter while detecting fraud and errors has been mired in delays and cost overruns for seven years. So far, the technology upgrade known as the Benefits Eligibility Solution has not helped anyone, a Civil Beat investigation found, even as the cost of the contract to develop it and maintain a related system has ballooned from $69 million to $124 million — and counting. kAm%96 s6A2CE>6?E @7 wF>2?

1 month ago | apnews.com | John Hill

A project to speed state benefits to Hawaii’s poor for food, clothing and shelter while detecting fraud and errors has been mired in delays and cost overruns for seven years. So far, the technology upgrade known as the Benefits Eligibility Solution has not helped anyone, a Civil Beat investigation found, even as the cost of the contract to develop it and maintain a related system has ballooned from $69 million to $124 million — and counting.