Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 35, Number 1, 1 Ianuali 2018 — 2017 GRANTS [ARTICLE]

2017 GRANTS

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs' Grants anel Sponsorships programs are a cornerstone of the agency's community giving. In FY2017, OHA awarded nearly $10 million to programs across the state that are diverse as the community needs they serve. The grants total includes money from OHA's core operating budget combined with other funding sources.

CULTURE | $599,080 Edith Kanaka'ole Foundation (Year 2 of 2) $150,000 | Hawai'i The purpose of this project is to rebuild and restore the hula heiau at Imakakoloa, Kā'ū along with the ritual dances, chants, and vocabulary necessary for this work so that hula practitioners and their families from Hawai'i and around the world will participate fully in this process from start to finish and beyond as a part of their hula execution. Hui Mālama Ola Na 'Ōiwi (Year 2 of 2) $63,148 | Hawai'i The purpose of this project is to provide traditional Native Hawaiian healing arts education to Native Hawaiians throughout the eommunities of Hawai'i lsland to perpetuate and develop strategies that expand the knowledge, respect and practical application of Lā'au Lapa'au, Lomilomi Haha, Lā'au Kahea, and Ho'oponopono. Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy (Year 2 of 2) $149,001 1 O'ahu The purpose of this project is to provide opportunities to O'ahu youth to learn about and experience traditional Hawaiian navigation, and the dynamic and complex cycles of plantbased resource management and skilled materials preparation used by ancient navigators to prepare for long-distance voyages. Kohe Malamalama o Kanaloa - Protect Kaho'olawe Fund (Year 2 of 2) $61,700 | Statewide I Ola Kanaloa will strengthen the cultural identity and engagement of Native Hawaiian - haumāna, hui, and 'ohana on Hawai'i, Maui, Moloka'i, O'ahu, and Kaua'i by providing them the opportunity to connect with, honor and care for the 'āina, and cultural sites; revitalize cultural relationships; and learn cultural practices and protocols through Kaho'olawe. Kula No Na Po'e Hawai'i (Year 2 of 2) $20,000 | O'ahu This program creates a cadre of cultural practitioners with knowledge and proficiency in the carving of papa and pōhaku ku'i 'ai using traditional materials and methods. They will teach their community members how to make their own implements and will coordinate monthly gatherings to pound poi, thereby perpetuating a valued cultural practice. i

PA'I Foundation (Year 2 of 2) $56,151 1 Statewide MAMo: Maoli Arts Month is a broad eom-munity-based effort to celebrate the depth, breadth, and diversity of the Native Hawaiian arts community, create eeonomie opportunities for Native Hawaiian artists and cultural practitioners by increasing their presence in museums and galleries, and educate locals and visitors about Native Hawaiian art. 'Aha Pūnana Leo, ine. $6,500 | Hawai'i Ho'ōla 2016 'Aha Pūnana Leo, ine. (on behalf of Ka Ho'olako) $5,000 | Hawai'i Pūlama Mauli Ola Hawai'i Book & Music Festival $7,000 | O'ahu Alana Hawaiian Culture Program at the 2017 Hawai'i Book & Music Festival Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association $8,000 | O'ahu 2016 HCRA State Championship Ka Molokai Makahiki $6,000 | Moloka'i Ka Moloka'i Makahiki 2017 Kai Loa, ine. (on behalf of Naepuni Aloha) $6,000 | O'ahu Makahiki Kuilima 2017 Kalihi-Pālama Culture & Arts Society, ine. $4,000 | O'ahu 2017 Malia Craver Hula Kahiko Competition Kaua'i Museum Association, Ltd $4,580 | Kaua'i Ni'ihau 'Ohana Day Festival Moanalua Gardens Foundation $10,000 | O'ahu 39th Annual Prince Lot Hula Festival, Mo'olelo o Moanalua Moana s Hula Hālau $5,000 | Moloka'i Festivals of Aloha - Maui Nui Style: "He Keiki Aloha Nā Mea Kanu" Nā Mamo o Mū'olea $6,000 | Maui 8th Annual Hāna Limu Festival

Nā Wahine O Ke Kai $6,000 | O'ahu & Moloka'i Nā Wahine O Ke Kai Women's 38th Annual ^ Moloka'i to O'ahu Canoe Race n Na'alehu Theatre $4,000 | O'ahu n 10th Annual Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo s Kanikapila North Kohala Community Resource ICenter (on behalf of Kamehameha Day Committee) $5,000 | Hawai'i Kohala Kamehameha Day Celebration 2017 Pūko'a Kani 'Āina $6,000 | Hawai'i Kā Moku o Keawe Makahiki Pu'uhonua Society $5,000 | O'ahu CONTACT 3017 Ulu A'e Learning Center $5,000 | O'ahu Ka Kapolei Makahiki EDUCATION | $2,852,090 After-School All-Stars Hawai'i (Year 2 of 2) $236,975 | Hawai'i & O'ahu These out-of-school programs in two O'ahu (Nānākuli and Wai'anae) and three Hawai'i island (Kā'ū, Kea'au, and Pāhoa) Title 1 middle and intermediate schools operate at school sites to provide comprehensive after-school programs to improve proficiency in reading and math, as evidenced by Hawai'i State Assessment (HSA) test scores. This program provides an alternative to risky after-school activities, offers fun, social learning activities, and improves students' ability to advance to the next grade level. Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui, ine. (Year 2 of 2) $196,600 | Maui The Power Hour Program provides a safe and nurturing environment for middle and high :i school youth to develop good study habits and where they ean complete homework assignments, with the goal of improving Native Hawaiian student proficiency in reading and math so that they ean increase standardized test scores.

Educational Services Hawai'i Foundation (Year 2 of 2) $93,190 | O'ahu The 'lmi 'lke Learning Centers target at-risk Native Hawaiians, currently or formerly in foster, kith, or kin care, in grades 4 to 12, by engaging them in academic and socio-emotion-al programs, differentiated direct instruction and Hawaiian culture-based pedagogy, and meeting their multiple needs so they ean meet or exceed standard-based testings in reading and math. Hui Malama Learning Center (Year 2 of 2) $204,075 | Maui Hui Malama Learning Center addresses the complex educational and social needs of atrisk youth (those with emotional, cognitive, social, physical, or behavioral issues, and who laek fundamental literacy skills) age 11-24 by providing holistic and integrated educational services to improve reading and math proficiency and increase standardized test scores. Kanu O Ka 'Āina Learning 'Ohana $1,500,000 | Statewide To support Hawaiian-focused charter schools University of Hawai'i Foundation (Year 3 of 3) $100,000 | Statewide To support the Senator Daniel Akaka Scholarship Endowment University of Hawai'i - Office of Research Services (Year 2 of 2) $500,000 | Statewide To support the OHA Higher Education Scholarships program through the Native Hawaiian Science and Engineering Mentorship Program Friends of Moloka'i High & Middle Schools Foundation $7,000 | Moloka'i Future Fest 2016 Friends of the Future $4,500 | Hawai'i Hawai'i lsland Early Childhood Conference 2017 Purple Mai'a $3,500 | O'ahu Purple Mai'a 'Ohana Learning Day

University of Hawai'i - Office of Research Services $5,300 | Maui E Ho'okama'aina University of Hawai'i - Office of Research Services $1,950 1 O'ahu Ma Uka a i Kai Akamai Engineers Windward Community College $4,000 | O'ahu Winclward High School Senior Transition Day HEALTH | $910,756 Boys & Girls Club of the Big Island (Year 2 of 2) $115,000 | Hawai'i The Hua Ola Project will strengthen health for Native Hawaiian and other club members by skillfully instilling healthy lifelong fitness and diet habits in the youth of three Boys & Girls Club of the Big lsland communities through culturally responsive minds— and bodies— involved in experiential healthy lifestyles education delivered by caring club mentors. I Ola Lāhui, Ine. (Year 2 of 2) $180,000 | O'ahu The Kūlana Hawai'i project will provide eomprehensive, culturally minded weight and chronic disease management services to Native Hawaiian adults and their families to increase their engagement in healthy lifestyle behaviors such as dietary habits, physical activity, medication adherence, stress management, and reduction of high risk behaviors such as smoking. Kōkua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Sevices (Year 2 of 2) $143,000 | O'ahu The Ehuola 'Ohana Health Project will foster health from the first breath through the last, preventing chronic disease through a eoneeptual framework of nā'au, 'āina and kai, kanaka, mauli, and ola. Native Hawaiian keiki, mākua, wāhine hāpai and their kāne will learn cultural practices supporting nutrition and birthing, reclaiming a legacy of health. Kualapu'u Puhlie Conversion Charter School (Year 2 of 2) $135,256 | Moloka'i The Project Pū'olo will work to reduce the rate of childhood obesity in students in grades K-6 and empower students and families in making positive health choices through a schoolbased initiative that integrates physical activity, health and nutrition education, and family engagement with in-school student support and elinieal health services. Salvation Army: Family Treatment Services (Year 2 of 2) $112,000 | O'ahu The Ola Kino Maika'i project will provide women in residential substance abuse treatment, and their children, obesity prevention and intervention to prevent excessive weight gain

while women are engaged in smoking cessation and learning to live a drug free lifestyle, and to prevent feeding practices that could result in obesity in their children. The Queen's Medical Center (Year 2 of 2) $190,000 | Maui The Hana Ola Project will implement a eulturally relevant, community-based program based on health and nutrition education, and physical activity to reduce the incidence and severity of obesity among Native Hawaiians, in order to improve their overall well-being, and reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease risk factors. Kula No Na Po'e Hawai'i $7,000 | O'ahu Papakolea 'Ohana Health Fair Maui Family Support Services, ine. $6,500 | Maui Na Makua Kāne— Celebration of Fathers Na Pu'uwai Senior Enrichment Adult Day Care Center $6,500 | Moloka'i Kupuna Day: The Fire ls Kindled Within the Hearts of Our Kūpuna Pacific American Foundation $8,000 | O'ahu Children and Youth Day Project Vision Hawai'i $7,500 | Maui Aloha Festival Ho'olaule'a Health Fair HOUSING | $3,462,044 Hawaiian Community Assets (Year 2 of 2) $265,059 | Statewide lncreasing eeonomie self-sufficiency of Native Hawaiians through stable housing will provide financial literacy education, housing couseling, and asset building products to 500 low-ineome Native Hawaiians to rent or own homes. Effective Planning and Innovative Communication ine. (dba, EPIC 'Ohana) (Year 2 of 2) $16,675 | Statewide Hawai'i Youth Opportunities I n itiat i ve Opportunity Passport provides financial literacy training and matching funds for security deposit/first month's rent for young people through age 25 who were in foster care. Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (Year 2 of 2) $174,390 | Statewide Hawai'i lndividual Development Account will provide financial education, counseling, and match savings grants up to $5,000 to eligible Native Hawaiian first-time home buyers in Hawaii to support 40 new homeowners by addressing barriers to homeownership.

Department of Hawaiian Home Lands $3,000,000 | Statewide To cover debt service on bonds issued by DHHL that will be used to establish infrastructure support for Native Hawaiian affordable housing opportunities. Honolulu Habitat for Humanity $5,920 | O'ahu Hale Builder & Buyer Preparedness Workshop INCOME| $673,900 Parents and Children Together (Year 2 of 2) $261,500 | O'ahu Ready to Work and Career Support Services will increase the incomes of Native Hawaiians by delivering services that promote employability and job retention including job preparation training, vocational and two-year degree scholarships, and high school equivalancy preparation. Goodwill Industries of Hawai'i , ine. (Year 2 of 2) $221,550 | Hawai'i Employment Core and Career Support Services for Native Hawaiians will improve their ability to obtain higher-wage employment, thereby increasing their eeonomie self-suffi-ciency. University of Hawai'i on behalf of Maui College (Year 2 of 2) $175,000 | Maui CareerLink will provide support services, finaneial literacy, and employment readiness workshops, GED preparation, scholarships, and employment opportunities to Native Hawaiians in Maui County. Goodwill Industries of Hawai'i, ine. $3,600 | O'ahu EITC/VITA Awareness Day Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture $6,750 | O'ahu Wai'anae Financial Fitness Fair (WFFF) Hawai'i First Community Ventures $5,500 | Hawai'i 'Ohana First at Hawaii First LAND | $542,400 Ka Honua Momona International (Year 2 of 2) $100,000 | Moloka'i The purpose of this project is to return mo-

mona (health and abundance) to the land and people of Moloka'i through the eommuni-ty-based restoration of two ancient Hawaiian fishponds. Kāko'o 'Ōiwi (Year 2 of 2) $103,018 | O'ahu The purpose of this project is to restore and effectively manage ecologically and geographiea I ly linked kīpuka within He'eia, increasing the capacity and resilience of ecological and food-producing systems in our ahupua'a for the benefit of Hawaiians and other community members on O'ahu. Kōkua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services (Year 2 of 2) $101,074 | O'ahu The purpose of this project is to restore the health of the Kalihi ahupua'a by promoting cultural practices for kama'āina (residents) and malihini (visitors) to ultimately improve the health of the Māluawai watershed thereby ensuring its long-term sustainability. Kua'āina Ulu Auamo (Year 2 of 2) $117,074 | Statewide KUA will build and strengthen at least three "communities of practice" for 'āina-based food production, providing targeted, coordinated (1) facilitation, (2) technical assistance/ training, and (3) communications that will join together the efforts of at least 30 rural Hawaiian communities to increase eommuni-ty-based, Hawaiian-centered food production. Ma Ka Hana Ka 'Ike (Year 2 of 2) $78,300 | Maui The purpose of Mahele Farm is to provide agricultural skills training to Hāna keiki, 'ohana, and kūpuna to promote sustainable food crop management, strengthen relationships between our 'āina and community, increase the health of this kīpuka, and enhanee loeal stewardship of land-based cultural resources. Hawai'i Community Foundation (Year 3 of 3) $25,000 | Statewide To support the Hawai'i Environmental Funders Group (EFG) Mālama Kaua'i $3,400 | Kaua'i Mahi'ai Workshops Sust'āinable Moloka'i $6,000 | Moloka'i Moloka'i E Kumupa'a Kailapa Community Association $8,000 | Hawai'i Nā Kilo 'Āina (NKA) Camp GRANTS TOTAL: $9,040,270