Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 29, Number 9, 1 September 2012 — Granting for results [ARTICLE]

Granting for results

OHA's fiscal year 2013 Granting for Results program recently awarded $2.4 million in grants to 22 recipient organizations. Here is a complete list of the recipients by strategic priority: MAULI OLA/HEALĪH > Kōkua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services (O'ahu) - $125,000 in support of the Ehuola 'Ohana Health Project helping Native Hawaiian keiki and their families discover the physical, spiritual and health connections through the 'āina, focusing on foods and nutrition

as a foundation for healthy lifestyle choices. > North Hawai'i Community IIospilal (Hawai'i) - $240,782 in support of the Ho'omalule Project at Kaheleaulani Clinic providing medical, behavioral and psychosocial change interventions to Native Hawaiians in North Hawai'i who have, or who are at risk of, chronic disease due to diabetes or obesity. > The Queen's Medical Center (O'ahu) - $148,500 in support of the Hāna 'Ulu Pono Project, a community-based intervention developed and run by the people of Hāna to reduce the rate of obesity among Native Hawaiians. > Waimānalo Ileallh Center (O'ahu) - $200,000 for expansion of the Patient-Centered Heahh Care Home model through care coordination, nutrition services and gardening. 'ĀINA/LANŪ & WATER >Alternative Structures Internalional (O'ahu) - $52,000 in support of Aquaponics for Sustainability, whieh works to grow sustainable, healthy andproductive families, food and farmers through organic farming and aquaponics. > Kōkua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services (O'ahu) - $97,585 in support of Mālama Māluawai's efforts to restore watershed health, lo'i kalo revitalization and installation of sustainable technologies. H0'0NA'AUA0/EDUCATI0N > After-School All-Stars (O'ahu) -$64,430 to establish a replicable after-school model to improve academic performance of Native Hawaiian middle school students through tutoring, homework support, cultural-enrichment activities and athletics. This project will be done at Nānākuli, Wai'anae and King intermediate schools. > After-School All-Stars (Hawai'i) -$72,914 to establish a replicable after-school model to improve academic performance of Native

Hawaiian middle school students through tutoring, homework support, cultural-enrichment activities and athletics. This project will be done at Ka'ū Intermediate, Kea'au Middle and Pāhoa High and Intermediate schools. > Goodwill Industries of Hawai'i Ine. (Hawai'i) - $125,000 in support of the Ola I Ka Hana Youth program providing mentors for improving life and social skills, tutoring and homework support, and training in basic math and reading for Native Hawaiian middle and high school students. HO'OKAHUA WAIWAI/ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY - INC0ME > Goodwill Industries of Hawai'i Ine. (O'ahu) - $150,000 to support comprehensive employment services for Native Hawaiians, including outreach, job training, job placement andjob-retention services through the Job Connections Program for low-ineome individuals. > Goodwill Industries of Hawai'i Ine. (Hawai'i) - $150,000 to support comprehensive employment services for Native Hawaiians islandwide, including outreach, job training, job placement and job-retention services through the Job Connections Program for low-ineome individuals. > Parents and Children Together (O'ahu) - $150,000 to support employment andplacement services for individuals in the Papakōlea and Waimānalo homesteads through the Ready to Work project. > Parents and Children Together (Hawai'i) - $124,500 to support employment and placement services in various Kona eommunities, using approaches that have proven successful in Native Hawaiian homesteads on O'ahu. HO'OKAHUA WAIWAI/ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY - H0USING >Alu Like ine. (O'ahu) $155,138 to support programs providing a comprehensive range of direct services - including Ananeial education, counseling and case management - to Native

Hawaiians either living in transitional shelters, incarcerated and preparing to exit the system, or previously incarcerated, so that they ean improve their ability to own or rent a home. > Catholic Charities Hawai'i (O'ahu) - $150,000 in support of housing and support services provided to Native Hawaiians at the Mā'ili Land Transitional Housing Program, so that they ean improve their ability to own or rent a home. MO'OMEHEU/CULTURE > Hawaiian Kamali'i ine. (Maui) - $43,320 in support of yearround cultural programs for youth to include paddling, huaka'i and various cultural practices. > Hula Preservation Society (statewide) - $89,819 in support of "Nā Mākua Mahalo Ia Collection," a digital repository of cultural resources for Hawaiian hula and music. > Ka 'Aha Hui Na'auao (O'ahu) - $34,000 in support of "Ka Papa 'Oihana - Mālama I Nā 'Ōpiopio Mā" workshops series teaching various cultural practices to atrisk youth. > Ka 'Ohana O Kalaupapa (Moloka'i) - $53,666 in support of "Making the History of Kalaupapa Come Alive for Future Generations" school outreach and family resource programs. > Lāna'i Culture & Heritage Center (Lāna'i) - $38,002 in support of educational and interpretive programming for culture and history of Lāna'i. > Papahana Kuaola (O'ahu) - $100,000 to support construction of traditional structures - heiau māpele, hale mana and hale pahu - in Ha'ikū through the Pu'ukaniko'o project. > Papakū no Kameha'ikana (O'ahu) - $25,078 in support of the "Ho'okuakahi o ka Pae'āina" series of workshops to teach oli, pule and mele.

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