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OHA launches new hi-tech research tool

HONOLULU (April 25, 2013) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs today unveiled a new searchable online geographic information system, which makes data that once would have taken hours - if not days - to compile now available within seconds. Read more about OHA launches new hi-tech research tool

OHA awards $1.5 million to charter schools

HONOLULU (April 23, 2013) – The Board of Trustees for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has awarded a $1.5 million grant to help charter schools with a particular interest in students from the Native Hawaiian community keep pace with growing enrollment.

The OHA grant is expected to help the 17 Hawaiian-focused charter schools that make up the Na Lei Naʻauao Alliance cover various costs associated with teaching and feeding students, as well as transporting them to school. Read more about OHA awards $1.5 million to charter schools

Public Comment on OHA’s FY 2014/FY 2015 Biennium Budget

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs sought public comment on its proposed OHA Biennium Budget; prepared every two years, for the ensuing two years; for the fiscal periods beginning July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014 (FY 2014) and July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 (FY 2015). This public comment period ran from April 22, 2013 through May 3, 2013 and is now closed.

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OHA awards $8 million to 32 non-profits focused on key priorities for Native Hawaiians

HONOLULU (April 19, 2013) – The Board of Trustees for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has awarded $8 million in grants to 32 community-based organizations that have tied their missions to helping improve conditions for Native Hawaiians.

More than 6,200 Native Hawaiians are expected to directly benefit from the grant money that addresses such OHA priorities as combating obesity, improving middle as well as high-school test scores, and increasing housing stability. Read more about OHA awards $8 million to 32 non-profits focused on key priorities for Native Hawaiians