Project Grant 90NA8430

This Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health, under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137), provides $598,906 over four years to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The project, titled "Culturally-Based Community Connections for Resilience (CCCR)," aims to mitigate and reduce suicide and suicide risks among Hawaii's essential workers, including farmers and first responders, by targeting social...

This Project Grant award of $2,551,500.00 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) will fund a study on implementing a culturally grounded substance use prevention curriculum, Ho`ouna Pono, for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander youth in rural Hawaii. The principal investigator, an implementation scientist and youth services researcher, will use a community-based participatory research approach to spread and sustain the...

This $1,500,000 Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310 - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative) to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The grant will fund a 5-year research, extension, and education project focused on addressing critical data and nutritional information gaps for Native Hawaiian, Native Alaskan, and Pacific Islander populations in the Pacific region. Key activities will include: Conducting...

The federal Project Grant award of $1,511,048.00 was provided by the Administration for Native Americans under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) to Five Mountains Hawai'i, Inc. The purpose of the "KULA WAI: REDUCING BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE FOR NATIVE HAWAIIANS ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAI'I" project is to promote economic and social self-sufficiency for Native Hawaiians in Hawaii by addressing barriers to healthcare access. The three-year grant period runs from September 30, 2024...

Hui Mauli Ola will partner with Native Hawaiian healing masters to establish a foundational digital archive of traditional Native Hawaiian healing practices and knowledge under a $132,775 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The three-year award will support efforts to ethically gather, organize, curate and make accessible documents and resources related to traditional healing through development of a searchable online database. Key deliverables include...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $800,000 Project Grant to Elepaio Social Services, a non-profit organization based in Waianae, Hawaii, to implement the Hanai Ai O Wai'anae (HAOW) project. The HAOW project aims to address community food system issues, reduce health disparities and disease risk among West 'Oahu communities, and build grassroots capacity to ensure low-income communities are leading efforts to address food and health...

This $711,791 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) will fund a large longitudinal cohort study focused on understanding the epidemiology and risk factors for type 2 diabetes among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) adolescents and young adults. The study, led by the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, will...

The University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH Hilo) was awarded a $760,844 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Education's Native Hawaiian Education Program (CFDA 84.362) on August 1, 2024. The "KU I KA MANA HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE SCHOOL AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROJECT (PK-18)" aims to enhance educational services for Native Hawaiian students through a comprehensive approach that includes early childhood education, language preservation, cultural instruction, literacy development, and STEM...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Native Hawaiian Climate Resilience Program (CFDA 15.098) to Hui Malama I Ke Ala Ulili (HUIMAU), a Native Hawaiian-led organization. The 4-year grant supports the "Hoonohopapa Kohollele" project, which aims to restore and steward 30 acres of regenerative agroforestry systems in the Kohollele ahupua'a (land division) in Hawai'i. Key activities include outplanting 600 breadfruit and...

This $700,000 five-year Rural Telemedicine Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Telemedicine Grants program (CFDA 93.211) aims to integrate behavioral health services into primary care through the use of telehealth technologies in rural and underserved Hawaiian communities. The award recipient, I OLA Lahui, Inc., a Honolulu-based non-profit organization focused on serving Native Hawaiian...