Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 23, Number 11, 1 November 2006 — OHA awards $500K in grants [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OHA awards $500K in grants

KWŪ staff At a meeting on Oct. 5, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees awarded six community groups a total of $515,627 in grants to assist with such projects as the operation of emergency shelters for the homeless, conflict resolution and crisis prevention, a documentary highlighting 30 years of the voyaging eanoe Hōkūle'a, and more. These awards represent the second round of grant proposals submitted to OHA last April. In September, the OHA Board's first round of FY-07 grant awards totaled $1.8 million to 17 eommunity groups. The latest round of awards brings the fiscal year-to-date total to $2,329,144. OHA grants funding is based on 10 percent of its total operating budget - $34.9 million for Fiscal

Year 2007. Accordingly, $3.4 million was budgeted for competitive connnunity grants. $632,603 remain in this fiscal year's budget through lune 30. October's grant awards are as follows: • Catholic Charities, $100,000 - To support Mā'ili Land Transitional Housing Program to assist homeless Hawaiian to transition to pennanent housing • Hawai'i Family Lawn Clinic dba Ala Kūola, $100,000 - To support a domestic violence program to assist victims in obtaining protective court orders against their abusers. • Institute for Iluman Services Ine., $100,000 - To provide funding to support overall operational expenses and program services at the emergency shelters for men, women and families with ehildren. • Polynesian Voyaging Society,

$68,000 - To produce written and video documentation of Hōkūle'a: Her First 30 Years. • U.H. School of Social Work, $51,207 - To support the planning and hosting of "Indigenous Voices in Social Work: Not Lost in Translation," a conference for indigenous social workers. • Wai'anae Coast Coalition, $96,360 - On behalf of the Wai'anae Coast Family Center to provide family services to encourage conflict resolution and crisis prevention. Grant proposals received by OHA are reviewed by staff and rated by subject matter specialists. The OHA Board of Trustees receives recommendations from staff, and votes on proposals. Grant requests for less than $25,000 may be awarded by the OHA administrator. Projects funded by OHA's grants program must address the

goals and objectives of OHA's Strategic Plan in one or more of the following areas: advocacy/ native rights, culture, eeonomie development, education, environment/natural resources, nation-

hood, policy, social services, land/ housing and heahh. For infonnation on OHA eommunity grants, visit www.oha.org or eall 594-1925.

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Among the projects that received grants is ū video marking Hōkūle'cfs first 30 years. - Photo: Derek Fem