The American Samoa Government Department of Commerce received a $122,270 project grant award from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs to implement a six-week summer camp program for youth aged 7-12. Funded under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program, the camp will engage participants in daily physical activity and nutrition education from June 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027 in American Samoa. As a subrecipient, the Department of...
The American Samoa Government Department of Commerce is the recipient of a $1,097,597 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs "Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories" (CFDA 15.875) program. The award will fund a 4-year initiative to establish healthy wetland ecosystems, clean up and restore disturbed mangrove forest zones in three villages on Tutuila Island. Key activities include: Removing waste and replanting...
The Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii will receive $165,472 under a two-year Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to support the Aloha Aina program. The program will educate 120 youth ages 9-14 on environmental conservation and careers in science, technology, engineering, and math through a place-based curriculum and meaningful outdoor field experiences in the Nanakuli-Wai'anae complex on O'ahu. Utilizing hybrid in-person and virtual learning models, the program...
The American Samoa Government Department of Commerce, a not-for-profit organization, received a $150,000 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 be used to support the renovation of the Fale Samoa and Tia Seu Lupe historical site, with a project completion date of September 30, 2027. The Department of Commerce has...
The American Samoa Governor's Office was awarded a $389,025 project grant from the Department of the Interior's Insular Affairs office under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program. The funding will support efforts to restore approximately 20.7 acres of degraded wetlands and 8.9 acres of mangrove rainforests in Leone Village, American Samoa that were damaged in the 2009 tsunami. Specifically, the Governor's Office will remove waste from the wetland areas,...
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...
The American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (ASDMWR) was awarded a $552,430.05 Project Grant under the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875). The grant will fund a comprehensive effort to restore native vegetation and mitigate environmental hazards from sand, coral, and gravel mining on federal and non-federal lands in American Samoa. Key objectives include: 1) improving the...
The American Samoa Government Department of Commerce, doing business as Community Planning and Development Programs, received a $2.8 million project grant award from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program. Funded activities include updating sea level rise data and vulnerability assessments, conducting community outreach on climate adaptation, developing shoreline protection best practices,...
The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $280,000 Project Grant under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) to the American Samoa Government Department of Commerce on July 2, 2024. The grant, with a performance period through September 30, 2028, will support the department's implementation of the DSAR Emergency Transportation and Maintenance MAP Program. This program aims to address critical needs in American Samoa...
The Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $270,000 Project Grant to the American Samoa Government Department of Commerce Coastal Zone Management division from July 2022 through September 2025 under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875). The funding will support the consolidation, compilation, and publication of all existing American Samoa Government agency rules and a comprehensive review and revision of current rules. Initial grant funds...