This federal Project Grant award of $168,000.00 was provided by the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families (ACF) under the Social Services Research and Demonstration (SSRD) program (CFDA 93.647). The award recipient is Pacific Resources For Education & Learning (PREL), a non-profit organization based in Honolulu, Hawaii. The funding will support PREL's work in delivering education, research, assessment, and technical assistance services across the...
The Papahana Kuaola (PK) will develop a culture-based early literacy program for $156,814 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (NANH-L). PK will create learning materials and engage 1,364 participants across 13 schools on Oahu, Molokai, and Maui through hands-on activities, bus tours, outdoor experiences, and community events centered around moolelo (stories), ali'i (royalty)...
The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Kula No NA Po'E Hawai'i, a Native Hawaiian organization, a $1.8M Project Grant under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects (CFDA 84.215) program. The funding will support the Kukalahale Learning Project II, which will provide academic services and wrap-around...
This $150,000 Project Grant awarded on September 1, 2023 by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) program will allow Papahana Kuaola, a Native Hawaiian organization and non-profit, to address the need for increased access to Hawaiian cultural-based literature and place-based learning. The funding will be used to develop literacy-focused programs, learning materials, and community engagement activities that...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $311,939 Project Grant to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Public School System (CNMI PSS) to improve literacy for young learners through immersion learning instruction in the Chamorro and Carolinian language heritage studies courses. The grant, which runs from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024, is funded through the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods;...
This $283,812 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program aims to support rural elementary teachers and administrators in incorporating locally and culturally significant, place-based science phenomena into their classroom teaching practices. Over a 4-year period from November 2024 to October 2028, the University of Hawaii at Manoa will lead a professional learning initiative that builds the pedagogical design capacity of...
The Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture (Inpeace) will design the Loko I'a traveling exhibit under a $117,482 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The exhibit will provide Native Hawaiian youth and families an opportunity to learn about loko i'a, traditional Hawaiian fishponds that are a central land management practice, through interactive and hands-on activities incorporating observational, problem-solving approaches. Inpeace will collect...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $597,334 Project Grant under the Native Hawaiian Education program (CFDA 84.362) to Keiki 'O Ka 'Aina Preschool, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Honolulu, Hawaii. The award, titled "HO'OULU PROJECT," will fund the organization's efforts to provide culturally responsive educational and family support services to Native Hawaiian communities from August 1, 2024, to July 31, 2025. The...
The federal Project Grant award of $269,231 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) will enable Papahana Kuaola, a Native Hawaiian organization, to launch a place-based learning program centered on native plant propagation for youth in Oahu and Maui Nui. The project will plan, develop, and implement educational activities that blend cultural awareness, environmental sustainability, and museum...
The Cultural Heritage Improves Learning and Development (CHILD) Project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education through the Alaska Native Educational Programs grant program (CFDA 84.356), aims to prepare Alaska Native preschool students in partnership schools to be kindergarten ready. The $3.042 million project grant was awarded to the Bristol Bay Borough School District on September 30, 2021 for a three-year period concluding on September 29,...