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OHA: Office of Hawaiian Affairs

OHA: Office of Hawaiian Affairs

Kūkulu Kahua Emergency Financial Assistance Program

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) has awarded Hawaiian Community Assets (HCA) a $1.66 million Community Grant to administer the Kūkulu Kahua Emergency Financial Assistance Program. This statewide initiative will provide critical support for Native Hawaiian families facing urgent financial…

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AHO: Access to Home Ownership

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is pleased to introduce AHO (Access to Home Ownership). This brand-new deposit-backed PILOT program is designed to reduce barriers to home ownership for Native Hawaiians. OHA is working with American Savings Bank (ASB), the lender that will administer…

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Office of Hawaiian Affairs names two new executives

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) today announced the appointment of two new members to its executive team.

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OHA awards more than $2.8 million in grants to address Native Hawaiian health, culture, economic and homestead needs

Support for traditional healing practices, training for navigators involved in traditional Polynesian voyaging, business education for entrepreneurs, assistance for vulnerable populations and funding for neighborhood watch initiatives on homestead lands are just some of the projects that will be advanced thanks to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Grants Program.

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Building Our Resilience: Mahi ʻAi Agricultural Loan Program

OHA introduces new Mahi ʻAi Agricultural Loan

HONOLULU (May 26, 2023) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund program is introducing a new program this month to support Native Hawaiian farmers across the pae ʻāina. The Mahi ‘Ai Agricultural Loan Program is another…

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Office of Hawaiian Affairs announces name for Kakaʻako Makai property

HONOLULU (Nov 11, 2022) – Today the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) announced that internationally recognized Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner, genealogist, historian and loea hula, Kumu Cy Bridges, has thoughtfully selected a name for OHA’s 30-acre Kakaʻako Makai property. That…

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Aia I hea ka waiai a ka llāhui? Where is the wealth of the lāhui?

Kāhea for Native Hawaiian businesses: Purple Maiʻa announces culturally rooted accelerator program

Purple Maiʻa Foundation announced the launch of Mālama Design Studio (MDS) with support from a Community Grant Award for Economic Stability from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) totaling funds of $498,660.

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Native Hawaiian-owned Flavors of Italy receives a $250,000 Hua Kanu business loan from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs

HONOLULU (September 29, 2022) – A Native Hawaiian, woman-owned business has been issued a $250,000 Hua Kanu loan through the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ Mālama Loans program.   Desiree Kanae Loperfido, a Department of Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiary, and her…

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OHA awards $1.36 million to four community nonprofits to address Native Hawaiian economic and health needs

HONOLULU (July 26, 2022) – A $498,660 award to the Purple Maiʻa Foundation for its Mālama Design Studio is one of four grants in a $1.36 million grants package approved today by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.   The Mālama Design Studio is intended to educate 20…

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Statement from OHA Board Chair on $600 million legislative appropriation to DHHL

HONOLULU (April 29, 2022) – News that the state Legislature approved a $600 million appropriation to the Department of Hawaiian Homelands marks a historic day of funding for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL). Though long in coming, these…

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