About the Task Force

The statewide, multiyear Trauma-Informed Care Task Force was created by the 2021 Hawaiʻi State Legislature with the passage of House Bill 1322, becoming Act 209, and ended in summer 2025. It transitioned to become the Advisory Board to the Office of Wellness and Resilience (known as the Wellness and Resilience Advisory Board), according to Act 87, which held its first meeting in October 2025.

During its tenure, the task force proposed recommendations for the state’s child-serving agencies and organizations to become collectively more trauma-informed to better serve Hawai’i’s children and families, and improve the health of our communities.

The Trauma-Informed Care Task Force members included representatives from the state’s major family-serving agencies, as well as those from important nonprofit and community organizations serving families across our islands. Scott Shimabukuro, clinical services and practice development officer within the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Division, served as the task force’s last chairperson.
 

Meeting Materials

Meetings were held every last Tuesday of the month, from 10 a.m. to noon. Details for each meeting were published on the state’s public meetings calendar.

All meeting materials, including meeting recordings, minutes, and handouts, are available by year and then month:
2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 (September-December)

Recommendations Reports

The Trauma-Informed Care Task Force created its first recommendations report to share the history and background of the task force, its collaborative process to gather input and learn from diverse viewpoints, recommendations, and progress toward building a trauma-informed State. Later addendums update these initial recommendations and share stories of those advancing trauma-informed care in Hawaiʻi.

2025 Addendum to TIC TF Recommendations Report (June 2025)
Hawaiʻi Trauma-Informed Care Task Force Recommendations Report (December 2023)
Addendum to the 2023 Trauma-Informed Care Task Force Recommendations Report (December 2024)

Contact

Questions? Want to get in touch? Email the State of Hawai‘i’s Office of Wellness and Resilience at [email protected].