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...
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 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 federal Project Grant award D24AP00281 for $224,462.15 was provided by the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875). The grant funding was awarded to Westcare Pacific Islands, Inc. (WPI), a non-profit organization based in Guam, to support the repair of sanctuary facilities. The award has a performance period from July 2, 2024 to September 30, 2028. The CFDA 15.875 program focuses...
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 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 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....
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $465,000 Project Grant to the American Samoa Government's Department of Treasury, Disbursing Office on July 1, 2024. The grant funding will support the ASG's operations and maintenance needs associated with current and recent OIA-funded grant projects. This award falls under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875), which provides financial assistance to U.S. territories...
This $3.75 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) supports renovations and expansions at Hi'ipaka, LLC's Waimea Valley Center in Haleiwa, Hawaii. The award will fund covering the center's luau area, constructing an outdoor native plant learning facility, and other improvements. Once completed, the project aims to expand the services Hi'ipaka, LLC offers to the Native Hawaiian community,...
The Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center awarded a $1,224,796 Project Grant under the Native Hawaiian Climate Resilience Program (CFDA 15.098) to 'Ohana Wa'A, a Native Hawaiian Organization, to implement the "Ohana Waas (The Family of the Canoes) Project Imi Aku, Imi Iho (To Seek Outward, To Seek Inward)." This 5-year project (10/1/2024 - 9/30/2029) aims to empower Native Hawaiian voyaging communities across Hawaii to recognize and respond to climate change impacts....