Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 22, Number 1, 1 Ianuali 2005 — OHA awards 13 new grants [ARTICLE]

OHA awards 13 new grants

By Manu Boyd In November, 13 community organizations received administrative grant awards from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, totaling $253,868 for projects and programs that benefit Hawaiians and support the strategic plan of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Administrative grants are grant requests that total $25,000 or less, and are approved by OHA's administrator. Funding requests for projects and programs above $25,000 require approval by the OHA Board of Trustees. Grant applications are accepted by OHA twice eaeh year. See the February 2005 issue of Ka Wai Ola for the spring '05 grant application deadline, and for a schedule of grants technical assistance workshops. Listed helow are the administrative grants recipients, funds awarded and brief project descriptions. For additional information on OHA's grants program, eall 594-1925, or visit www.oha.org. • Assets School, $20,000. To provide financial assistance to Hawaiian students attending an independent school for gifted and/or dyslexic children that provides an individualized, integrated learning environment. • Association for Hawaiian 'Awa, $23,441. To publish and distribute a Hawaiian 'awa cultivar guidebook. • Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, $25,000. To support a homestead job-creation and training

initiative in Anahola, Kaua'i. • Garden Island RC&D ine. $6,150. To support Nā Kanaka Hawai'i News, a Kaua'i video news program. • Hina Mauka, $25,000. To provide outpatient services for the Native Hawaiian adult homeless population at the Institute for Human Services. • Ke Kula 'O Nāwahīokalani'ōpu'u, $16,080. To support the computer technology efforts of this Hawaiian-lan-guage immersion school. • Kōmike Makua - Pūnana Leo o Honolulu, $2,700. To upgrade existing playground to meet safety standards. • Maui Eeonomie Opportunity ine., $25,000. To support the Maui Youth Bank, a year-round youth development program. • Nā Lei Nani O Waialua, $10,500. To provide hula and 'ukulele classes to the North Shore community. • Nā'ālehu Theatre, $24,997. For the establishment of a Puhlie Radio station in Ka'ū. • Papakōlea Community Development Corp., $25,000. To support the expansion of the existing Community Technology Center so that it may increase its access to the Papakōlea, Kewalo and Kalāwahine communities and expand its eeonomie and professional development programs. • Rev. Joel IIulu Māhoe Resource Center, $25,000. To train individuals and families in access and retrieval of land and genealogy information. • Special 01ympics Hawai'i, $25,000. To provide athletes from Moloka'i and Lāna'i with an opportunity to participate in the year-round 2005 Special 01ympics program. ■