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Programs > Community Grants

Community Grants

Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ 2010-2016 Strategic Plan serves as a blueprint for a new way of doing business. It provides a framework for transforming OHA into a streamlined performance-based organization. We are proud to announce “Granting for Results,” a program that represents the new focus for grant funding. This is a change from our traditional community grants program.  Under “Granting for Results,” money will be awarded to programs that are directly aligned with one of the ten Strategic Results for improving conditions of Native Hawaiians. Starting in fiscal year 2012, OHA’s resources will be committed to programs and activities that lead to systemic change and maximize the impact to Native Hawaiians.  “Granting for Results” focuses on OHA’s ten (10) Strategic Results, encourages initiative that lead to systemic change, institutes performance-based criteria to measure effectiveness of the specific results for measureable improvement. Read more »

Programs > Consumer Micro-Loan Program (CMLP)

Consumer Micro-Loan Program (CMLP)

The Consumer Micro-Loan Program (CMLP) is designed to provide low cost loans to Native Hawaiians who are experiencing temporary financial hardship due to unforeseen events, or who wish to enhance their careers.

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Programs > Malama Loans

Malama Loans

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), the loan Administrator of the Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund (NHRLF), partners with First Hawaiian Bank as a strategic lending partner to originate and service the OHA Mālama Loan program to Native Hawaiian consumers and businesses. The Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund Board of Directors retain loan approval author.

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Programs > OHA Hawallan Registry

OHA Hawaiian Registry Program - Nā Mamo 'Ōiwi Hawai'i

The OHA Hawaiian Registry Program (HRP) provides Hawaiians, worldwide, with a Hawaiian ancestry verification card issued by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, after verifying your indigenous Hawaiian ancestry through your biological parentage. Read more »

Programs > Hālawa Luluku Interpretive Development Project

Hālawa Luluku Interpretive Development Project

Hālawa Luluku Interpretive Development Project

The purpose of the Hālawa Luluku Interpretive Development (HLID) project is to provide consultation and mitigation services to partnering organizations so that they can mitigate adverse impacts as a result of construction of Interstate Highway H-3.

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Taro Security and Purity Task Force issues final report


Taro Security and Purity Task Force issues final report

The purpose of the Hālawa Luluku Interpretive Development (HLID) project is to provide consultation and mitigation services to partnering organizations so that they can mitigate adverse impacts as a result of construction of Interstate Highway H-3.

Programs > OHA at the Legislature

OHA at the Legislature

As part of its mandate to advocate for Native Hawaiians, each year OHA submits a package of proposed bills to the Hawaiians State Legislature, and the agency’s Board of Trustees also votes to take positions on a wide variety of legislation impacting the Hawaiian community.