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• <br /> TESTIMONY BY WILLIAM TAKABA <br /> EXECUTIVE ON AGING <br /> OFFICE OF AGING <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII <br /> February 13, 1979 <br /> eb y <br /> Hilo, Hawaii <br /> 6 <br /> Members of the Hawaii County <br /> Charter Review Commission: <br /> Introduction <br /> My name is William Takaba, Director of the Hawaii County <br /> Office of Aging. I appreciate having this opportunity to present <br /> testimony on the functions ,and operations of our office, and on <br /> the Hawaii County Committee on Aging. <br /> Background <br /> In 1963 the State Legislature of Hawaii passed a law <br /> establishing a State Commission on Aging, which authorized each <br /> County to form County Committees on Aging. Members on Hawaii <br /> County were selected and sworn in on July of 1964. <br /> ' In May 1965 Congress passed the Older Americans Act to fund <br /> programs on aging in each State. Hawaii County used part of <br /> this money in 1966 to fund its Office of Aging, which was created <br /> to study .the needs -of the aging and plan, develop, and coordinate <br /> programs on their behalf. Later that year, the Office of Aging <br /> obtained more Older Americans Act funds for an Information and <br /> Referral Service. <br />