HONOLULU The state Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees on Thursday approved $6 million in grants to 24 programs that will provide critical services to Native Hawaiians in the key areas of housing, income, health, education and culture.
HONOLULU — The state Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees on Thursday approved $6 million in grants to 24 programs that will provide critical services to Native Hawaiians in the key areas of housing, income, health, education and culture.
“We are proud to announce the selection of these organizations to receive funding from OHA’s Community Grants Program,” said OHA Chair Colette Y. Machado. “These community partners were chosen through a robust vetting process because they have demonstrated their ability to make a difference in the lives of individual Native Hawaiians and the communities that need kokua the most.”
OHA’s Community Grants Program is the agency’s major grants program. Community Grants Program awards are approved every two years, and the program offers larger, multi-year grant awards that require a minimum of 20 percent matching funds. Thursday’s grant awards will be disbursed for fiscal years 2020 and 2021.
The fiscal biennium 2020-2021 OHA Community Grants awardees include:
• Homestead Community Development Corporation, $484,114.
The purpose of the Native Hawaiian Housing Stability Project is to support the delivery of the HCDC Financial Literacy Program and Micro Enterprise Assistance Program on Kauai to assist Native Hawaiians to achieve homeownership or rental housing on Kauai, through knowledge and training necessary for housing stability.
