Project Grant D21AP10123

The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $250,000 Project Grant through the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) to the nonprofit organization Manelu, doing business as BBBS Guam, to operate the Micronesian Resource Center One-Stop Shop (MRCOSS) in Guam. The MRCOSS project is entering its ninth year and focuses on providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services and resources to assist Compact of Free...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs aims to build the capacity of young Pacific leaders in the Cook Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Federated States of Micronesia to better manage their marine resources. The $500,000 project, awarded on September 30, 2024, will run through September 30, 2027 under the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) federal grant program. The award recipient,...

The Nature Conservancy will work with women's groups in the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau to improve marine resource management through a $298,466 project grant from the Department of the Interior Insular Affairs. Funded under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875), the project aims to bolster island economies and fulfill U.S. Compact obligations by strengthening capacity for healthcare, economic development, and governance in...

This federal Project Grant award of $400,000 from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) is for the establishment of the Micronesian Islands Forum Secretariat Office in Koro, Palau. The award, with a performance period from December 11, 2024 to September 30, 2029, will support critical infrastructure, environmental, economic, and community development initiatives in the U.S....

The Republic of the Marshall Islands Ministry of Finance will receive $390,122 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) federal grant program to support the MIRCS Initiative in Improving Its Services to the RMI. The three-year project grant running from July 2022 to September 2025 will bolster the Marshall Islands health care capacity and fulfill U.S. Compact obligations through activities...

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) received a $550,000 project grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Insular Affairs office on March 15, 2021 to renovate and improve the CNMI Procurement Office. The funding will support renovations and improvements to the CNMI Procurement Office through September 30, 2026. The grant was awarded under the Department of the Interior's Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875). This...

The Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Office of Management and Budget Division received a $180,000.00 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program. The grant funding will support the renovation of restroom facilities at the Saipan Aging Center, a community center serving the elder population on the island of Saipan. The...

The U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded $430,192 to the College of Micronesia-FSM under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) federal grant program on February 17, 2022. The funding will support the establishment of an entrepreneurship development program in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia through the construction of four hydroponic greenhouses and dozens of educational workshops. The program aims to increase agricultural production and...

The College of Micronesia-FSM (COM-FSM) received a $1,052,331 project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) on April 15, 2021. The grant falls under EDA's Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program (CFDA 11.307), which provides technical, planning, and infrastructure assistance to regions experiencing adverse economic changes. Through this funding, COM-FSM will support entrepreneurship and economic development in Kolonia, Pohnpei, Federated...

The We Are Oceania Service Cofa or Fas Nations Citizens in Hawaii was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Insular Affairs on May 9, 2022 to support the WAO YOUTH EMPOWER CENTER: A LEARNING AND WELLNESS CENTER through September 30, 2025. Under the federal Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875), the grant will fund the establishment of a learning and wellness center by We Are Oceania to serve youth from the Freely...