Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 2, Number 7, 1 July 1985 — Community Grants Requests Reach Nearly $2 Million [ARTICLE]

Community Grants Requests Reach Nearly $2 Million

By Wendy Roylo Hee Planning and DeveIopment Officer The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has received 107 applieations totaling nearly $2 million, almost 10 times the money available from its recently announced $225,000 community grants program. Grant requests ranged from a low of $810 to a high of $225,000, the maximum amount available for distribution. Thirty-four or 31.8 percent of the applications worth a totai of $750,365 are related to education. Other breakdown: 29 (27.1 percent) worth $561,481 are eeonomie development applications; 18 (16.8 percent) are requesting a combined total of $278,494 for cultural projects; 14(13.1 percent) total $192,428 for health and human services projects; and 12 or 11.2 percent seek $157,785 for projects related to land and natural resources. Average amount requested was $18,000. The minimum and maximum requests for $810 and $225,000 were for educational projects.

Staff officers are currently reviewing grant applications, evaluating them on the basis of such things as: • Clear and compelling statement of need or problem. • Realistic and measurable objectives and activities. • Compliance with OHA's master or division plans. • Cost effectiveness. • Stability and accountability of applicant. • Evidence of fiscal control and responsibility. Staff officers will transmit evaluation results to the respective standing committees for review and approvai. These committees — culture/education; resource development (land and eeonomie development); and health and human resources — will review these applications during July and August. The best applications will be selected and subsequently submitted to the Budget and Finance Committee and finally to the trustee for final board approval in September. The requested total amount from the 107 applicants is $1,940,553.