The We Are Oceania (Wao) organization will receive $250,000 through a Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) federal grant program. Wao will operate the Wao Youth Empowerment Center, a learning and wellness center located in Hawaii, from April 2023 through September 2027. The Center will provide services focused on bolstering healthcare capacity, strengthening the local...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded the Hawaii State Department of Education $2.63 million under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) Formula Grant program. The funding will be used from September 2021 through September 2026 to reimburse Hawaii for educational services provided to qualified non-immigrants from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau....
The Department of the Interior's Insular Affairs office awarded a $350,000 Project Grant to Westcare Pacific Islands, Inc. (WPI), a non-profit organization, under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program. The grant supports WPI's Cheberdil Belau Center, a youth and family resource center serving the Republic of Palau. The Cheberdil Belau Center's key activities include: (1) a tutoring program for students in grades 1-8, (2) a parenting and...
The Republic of the Marshall Islands Ministry of Finance will receive $110,000 from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under a three-year Project Grant award to strengthen the Waan Aelon cultural and vocational training program. The grant will support the program from July 2022 through September 2025. The Waan Aelon program provides cultural preservation and vocational skills development on the Marshall Islands. This funding will allow the Ministry of Finance to...
The Hawaii State Department of Education will receive $3.16 million through March 2023 to April 2028 under a Formula Grant from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs. The grant will support the state education agency in delivering education, health, and public safety services for non-immigrants from the Freely Associated States (FAS) living in Hawaii. Funded under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875), the grant aims to...
The Hawaii Department of Education (HIDOE) was awarded a $3,287,405 Formula Grant 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). This grant funding will be used to offset the operational costs associated with the living of qualified nonimmigrants from the Freely Associated States on Hawaii. The grant period runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2029, supporting HIDOE's mission...
This federal Project Grant award of $399,300 from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs, under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program, provides funding to support the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education's (WICHE) membership activities in the U.S. Pacific territories and Freely Associated States. The grant will be used to enhance access to higher education and improve the quality of healthcare services in...
The Micronesian Resource Center One-Stop Shop (MRCOSS) will receive $1.5 million under a three-year Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs. The funding will support MRCOSS's continued provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate case management services to assist migrants from the Compact of Free Association nations in navigating social services and programs on Guam. Specifically, MRCOSS will use the grant to provide one-on-one case management,...
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...
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) was awarded a $174,900 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs to support membership of U.S. Pacific territories and freely associated states in WICHE from June 2021 through March 2023. Under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875), WICHE will provide membership services that bolster healthcare capacity and strengthen island economies in U.S....