Community Grants are initially two-year programmatic grants for organizations to administer projects in the State of Hawai’i designed to meet the needs of their Native Hawaiian community in alignment with OHA’s 2020-2035 Strategic Plan.
Donor Name: Office of Hawaiian Affairs
State: Hawaii
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/20/2022
Grant Size: $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
This Community Grant is aligned with the OHA Strategic Direction – Health Outcomes. Applicants will be required to select one or more of the following strategies and at least one associated outcome.
- Strategy : Advance policies, programs and practices that strengthen Hawaiian wellbeing, including physical, spiritual, mental and emotional health.
- Outcome: Increased availability and access to quality, culturally based, and culturally adapted prevention and treatment interventions in ‘ohana, schools, and communities
- Outcome: Establishment of a fully functional, high quality, culturally adapted, primary Native Hawaiian Health System which coordinates effective wellness activities/programs
- Outcome: Decrease the number/percent of Native Hawaiians in jails and prison
- Outcome: Communities are empowered to take care of iwi kupuna.
- Strategy : Advance policies, programs and practices that strengthen the health of the ‘āina and mo‘omeheu.
- Outcome: Preservation and perpetuation of Hawaiian language, culture, traditions, identity and sense of lāhui
- Outcome: Increased community stewardship of Hawai‘i’s natural and cultural resources that foster connection to ‘āina, ‘ohana and communities
- Outcome Increased restoration of Native Hawaiian cultural sites, landscapes, kulāiwi, and traditional food systems
Funding Information
- The grant award period is for an initial two (2) years from the contract.
- Subject to the availability of funds, a total of $1,000,000 in OHA funds will be provided for this solicitation; $500,000 for fiscal year (FY) 2022 and $500,000 for FY 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
Native Hawaiian Serving Organization (NHSO) Requirement: The applicant shall be an organization that can certify and clearly demonstrate that at least sixty-percent (60%) or more of the organization’s overall current client and/or participant base is Native Hawaiian. The applicant shall provide information and data to substantiate how the applicant derived the percentage provided. The information and data shall not be based solely on the project being applied for, but the organization’s overall participant and/or client base for all services provided by the organization
For more information, visit Office of Hawaiian Affairs.