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OFFICE 0F HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS (OHA) RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REQUEST FOR SOLICITATIONS FOR FISCAL BIENNIUM 2014 - 2015 (JULY 1, 2013 - JUNE 30, 2015)* Notice is hereby given of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' solicitation of community grant requests from qualified applicants pursuant to Hawai'i Revised Statutes, Chapter 10-17, and its administrative rules, to provide the following service activities for the fiscal hiennium funding period from July 1 , 2013 through June 30, 2015. Applications and solicitation details will beavailableatwww.oha.org on November 21, 2012. Preliminary funding availability and orientation sessions for eaeh solicitation are: SOLICITATION NUMBERS SERVICE ACTI VITY TITLES GRANT AMOUNTS OHA 14-01 Housing Services for Native Hawaiians $ 900,000 Friday, December 7, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon OHA 14-02 Employment Core and Career Support $1,250,000 Services for Native Hawaiians Monday, December 3, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon OHA 14-03 Obesity and Physical Health $2,000,000 lmprovements in Native Hawaiians Wednesday, December 5, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon OHA 14-04 lmproving Middle and High School $ 600,000 Testing Scores of Native Hawaiians Tuesday, December 4, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon OHA 14-05 Perpetuating Hawaiian Culture $1,400,000 Thursday, December 6, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon OHA 14-06 Pae 'Āina Sustainability $1,400,000 Thursday, December 6, 2012 from 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. OHA 14-07 Prenatal Services for Native Hawaiians $1 ,000,000 Wednesday, December 5, 2012 from 1:30 p.m. -4:30p.m. OHA 14-08 'Ahahui Event Grants $ 400,000 (FY 1 5 dates - To be announced later) Wednesday, December 12, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Thursday, July25, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. "All funding amounts subjecī īo availabiliīy and īinal OHA Board of Trusīee approval of iīs fiseal hiennium budgeī. Souree(s) of funding are subjeeī īo ehange. Agreemenīs are ex[oeeīed īo be in effeeī from July ī. 2013 īo June 30. 2015. OHA reseives īhe righī īo lealloeaīe funding amounīs wiīhin or heīween solieiīaīions based on īhe besī inīeresīs oīOHA and/or aeīual pro[oosal applieaīions reeeived. OHA will conduct the above orientation sessions at its office located at 711 Kapi'olani Blvd, Suite 500, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813. All prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to attend the appropriate session(s). Handouts provided by OHA will outline the application requirements of eaeh solicitation and will include the following: administrative requirements, service specifications, proposal applications, budget instructions, and other reference material. Prior to application submittal, it is imperative that the applicants closely review all information and follow detailed instructions provided. Thank you for your interest in applying, and for working with us to provide quality services. AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY AGENCY 711 Kapi'olani Blvd. , Suite500 | Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813 | 808.594.1835

PROGRAMMATIC GRANT FUNDING lf applying for programmatic grants, the deadline for submission of written questions is 4:00 p.m. Hawai'i Standard Time (HST) on Friday, January 4, 2013. OHA will address all written questions with a written response by Friday, January 11, 2013. Written questions may be submitted to OHA by facsimile or e-mail. However, all applicants who submit written questions by facsimile or e-mail bear the full and exclusive responsibility for assuring the complete, correctly formatted, and timely transmission of their questions. All applicants must submit (1) original proposal PLUS (4) copies to OHA on or before 4:00 p.m. HST, Wednesday, January 16, 2013 to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 711 Kapi'olani Blvd, Suite 500, Honolulu, Hawai'i, 96813. Any proposals received after the deadline, but with a postmark date of January 16, 2013 or prior will be considered timely received. As of November 21, 2012, proposal forms, specifications and special provisions ean be obtained: • At the OHA website at http:/A/vww.oha.org/; or • By emailing grantsinfo@oha.org; or • By phone at (808) 594-1986. If this solicitation was downloaded from the website, eaeh applicant must provide contact information to the Sole Point of Contact for this solicitation to be notified of any changes. Any questions or inquiries regarding eaeh specific solicitation should be directed to the Sole Point of Contact listed in Section 2 of eaeh individual solicitation, by mail, or e-mail or by telephone. Proposals delivered by facsimile transmission, e-mail, hand delivered, or postmarked after 4:00 p.m. HST on January 16, 2013, will be considered late and rejected. There will be no exceptions. All applicants will be notified in writing regarding OHA's decision on his/her proposal(s) in late March - early April 2013. Agreements are expected to be in effect from July 1 , 2013 to June 30, 2015. COMMUNITY EVENT FUNDING OHA has established two deadlines for the FY 2014 'Ahahui Grant program for eligible events occurring during the 2014 fiscal year, and the date of the proposed event will determine whieh application deadline to follow. ' Ahahui Grant applicants must submit (1 ) original proposal PLUS (3) copies to OHA on or before 4:00 p.m. HST, Friday, May 3, 2013, or Friday, September 13, 2013. Guidelines on submitting an 'Ahahui application should be done in the same manner as OHA's programmatic grants described above. OHA reserves the right to amend the terms of any and all solicitations, issue addenda, or to withdraw a solicitation at any time. OHA shall not be responsible for any missing addenda, attachments or other information regarding the solicitation if a proposal is submitted from an incomplete solicitation. Empowering Hawaiians, strengthening Hawai'i oha.org