Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 22, Number 5, 1 May 2005 — OHA administrator approves $560k in grants [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OHA administrator approves $560k in grants

In April, OHA Administrator Clyde Nāmu'o approved more than $560,000 in grants to community organizations whose services include benefits for Native Hawaiians. The majority of the grants went to charter and Hawaiian-immersion schools to support projects ranging from curriculum development to student transportation. Other organizations receiving grants include an oral health project, a gathering of indigenous artists, a nutrition literacy program and more. The grants eome in addition to more than $2.4 million in awards approved by OHA's Board of Trustees earlier this year. Under OH A' s rules, grants for amounts smaller than $25,000 ean be approved by the agency's administrator, while larger amounts must be approved by the trustees. OHA grant proposals that support goals and objectives of OHA's Strategic Plan. Grant applicants should be community-based organizations with nonprofit status. Applications and information are available online at www.oha .org. Lor more information on OHA's grants program, eall 594-1925. What follows is a list of the 25 administrative grant recipients. To view a list of organizations that received grants approved by the Board of Trustees, visit www.oha.org. GlobalMedilinkTechnology: $24,725, to support the Hawai'i Oral Health Outreach Project. Ilālaii Lōkahi Charter School: $19,999, for curriculum development supplies. Hilo Intermediate School: $10,000, for the Keaukaha Learning Center evening tutorial program. Ho'oulu Lāhui: $24,999, on behalf of Kua O Ka Lā Charter School, to support a community computer lab. Ka Waihona o ka Na'auao Charter School: $12,150, to provide students from the Wai'anae Coast with bus transportation service.

Kāko'o Ka 'Umeke: $24,999, on behalf of Ka 'Umeke Kā'eo Charter School, to support the Ho'omana Pono after-school and intersession program. Kanu o ka 'Āina Learning 'Ohana: $24,999, on behalf of Kanu o ka 'Aina Charter School, to support a schoolwide reading intervention program. Kanu o ka 'Aina Learning 'Ohana: $24,999: On behalf of Nā Lei Na'auao (the Native Hawaiian Charter School Allianee), to support the Nā Lei Na'auao Media Project, a multi-island media network. Kanuikapono: $24,999, to provide project-based learning activities. Ke Ana La'ahana Charter School: $24,995, for the Ho'ona'auao instructional support program. Ke Kula Kaiapuni 'O Ānuenue Immersion School: $24,999, to support the Ānuenue School Rainbow Warrior Lootball Team. Ke Kula Ni'ihau O Kekaha Charter School: $24,956, for Project Kumu A'o 'Ōlelo Ni'ihau, whieh supports continued teaching by native language instructors.

Ke Kula 'o Samuel M. Kamakau Charter School: $24,999, for expansion of the Ola Pono program with two additional coordinators for cultural and health resources and activities. Keōmailani Ilanapī Foundation: $20,820, for initial planning for 2007 PIKO, a Pacific Rim gathering of indigenous artists in Hawai'i. Kūkulu Kumuhana no Maui Hikina: $24,999, to expand a music program for Hāna High and Elementary Schools. Kula Aupuni Ni'ihau A Kahelelani Aloha Charter School: $24,799, to improve transportation services that will help reduce absenteeism and increase enrollment. Kula no nā Po'e Hawai'i: $24,999, for the Ku'ike (Rise up for Literacy) project, aimed at improving reading skills through reading engagement in children's homes. Mana Maoli: $23,462, on behalf of Hālau Kū Māna Charter School, to support purchase of a 15passenger van and fund a mo'olelo teacher's salary. Manawale'a ine.: $16,953, to support construction of a disability-accessible bathing facility for Manawale'a's children Marimed Foundation: $15,035, for the Kailana Food Literacy and Nutrition Program. Maui Youth and Family Services: $24,688, for a program that uses cultural practices to care for Hawaiian youth with substance use disorder. Moanalua Gardens Foundation: $24,999, for the foundation's Partners in Education program. Native Hawaiian Legal Corp.: $24,999, to support a technology upgrade. Sisters Offering Support: $24,999, to support intervention for individuals affected by commercial sexual exploitation. Wai'anae Coast Coalition: $24,300, for Wai'anae 'Ohana Navigators, a program that intervenes in families at risk of CPS referral. ?J

Students from Halau Lokahi Charter School, whieh is one of the recipients of the latest OHA grants. Photo: Courtesy of KWO archive