Hawaii HR8 urges the U.S. Department of Justice to include Hawaii in the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Regional Outreach Program.

Hawaii HR8 highlights Hawaii's high rate of missing persons per capita, particularly among indigenous populations, and urges the U.S. Department of Justice to include Hawaii in the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Regional Outreach Program. The resolution notes that Hawaii has the eighth highest rate of missing persons per capita in the nation, with 7.5 missing persons per hundred thousand residents, and a disproportionate number of these missing persons are indigenous, specifically Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

Hawaii HR8 urges the U.S. Department of Justice to include Hawaii in the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Regional Outreach Program.

Hawaii HR8 highlights Hawaii's high rate of missing persons per capita, particularly among indigenous populations, and urges the U.S. Department of Justice to include Hawaii in the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Regional Outreach Program. The resolution notes that Hawaii has the eighth highest rate of missing persons per capita in the nation, with 7.5 missing persons per hundred thousand residents, and a disproportionate number of these missing persons are indigenous, specifically Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.