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OHA FY10 Community Grants Program The Offlce of Hawalian Affairs (OHA) Grants Program assists organizations to address the needs of the Hawaiian community. Grant awards of up to $100,000 will be made to support programs whieh address OHA Strategic Plan goals in the areas of Education, Health, Human Services, Housing, Eeonomie Development, Native Riglits, Culture, Land, Resource Management, Govemance, and Community Development. To be eligible for funding, an applicant must: • Have IRS tax-exempt non-proflt status (operating in the State of Hawai'i) or be a government agency; • Propose a project or program whieh beneflts Native Hawaiians individually or as a group; and • Provide a percentage of total project cost (percentage determined by the amount of funding requested). Grants are generally awarded for a period of not more than one year. Grants ar'e intended to support speciflc projects or programs and not the general operating costs of the organization. Tlfls funding program is not designed to provide Ananeial support to individuals for personal needs or to Ananee business ventures. In addition, all applying organizations must attend one of our OHA 2009 Grants Workshops or meet with Grants Program staff prior to submitting an application. Workshops will be ofiered statewide from January through April 2009. Deadline for FY10 applications is Tuesday, June 30, 2009. We will accept and consider requests subject to the availability of funds. Grant guidelines and the workshop schedule is available online at www.oha.org. Click on the 'Programs' header, then 'Grants' in the drop-down list.

Workshop Schedule

O'AHU Honolulu Wednesday, Mar. 25 1:00 pni -3:30 pni Friday, April 24 6:00 pm -8:30 pm Wednesday, April 29 1:00 pm -3:30 pm Waimānalo Wednesday, Mar. 1 1 6:00 pm -8:30 pm Hale'iwa Wednesday, April 8 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm T o registerfor an O'ahu workshop eall: 808.594.1925 808.594.1763 808.594.1915 Registration is required for all workshops.

MAUI Lahaina Friday, Mar. 13 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm T o registerfor a Maui workshop eall: 808.873.3364 MOLOKA'I Kaunakakai Friday, April 17 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm T o registerfor a Moloka'i workshop eall 808.560.3611 LĀNA'I Lāna'i City Friday, April 3 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm T o registerfor a Lāna'i workshop eall 808.565.7930

KAUA'I Līhu'e Thursday, Mar. 5 1:30 pm'- 4:00 pm T o registerfor a Kaua'i workshop eall: 808.241.3390 HAWAI'I Kailua-Kona Friday, Mar. 20 11:00 ani - 1:30 pm Waimea Thursday, Mar. 19 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Hilo Saturday, Mar. 21 10:30 ani - 1:00 pm T o registerfor a Kailua-Kona or Waimea workshop eaW 808.327.9525 T o registerfor a Hilo workshop eall: 808.920.6418

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