2024-06-18 PL-INT-2024-007988 HACBED Category PL.3

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Community & Organizational Capacity Building Since its founding, HACBED has built a body of information, experience, and expertise to support the field of community-based economic development (CBED) by: • providing organizational capacity development support to nonprofit CBED organizations across the state and elsewhere; • assisting CBED organizations through trainings,workshops, coaching, technical assistance, and other support services; and, • implementing field building strategies to improve the environment in which community-based organizations must operate in Hawai`i. Enclosed is a list of the more than 350 nonprofit and community-based organizations that HACBED has served in Hawai`i over the past 31 years. These have been conducted through individual contracts with organizations and/or through contracts with private and public funders providing assistance to their grantees. This provides HACBED with development experience from an organizational life cycle and systems perspective. Organizations served range in size from large to small and span the stages of development from emerging to long established organizations. Work conducted for private and public funders include: • 1Vai anae Sustainability &Capacity Building Support—collaboration with Kamehameha Schools to take a cohort approach to learn alongside Hoa `Aina 0 Makaha and Ka`ala Farms to build organizational sustainability and resilience. • SNAP Inquiry—HACBED was contracted by the Department of Human Services (DHS) to train and provide technical assistance to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) staff, SNAP participants, and SNAP Nutrition Education (SNAP-ed) Providers using the "Appreciative Inquiry" approach to connect personal stories to the target population. Appreciative Inquiry uses anonymized, small-group or 1-on-1 interviews with open-ended questions to gather in-depth stories in a safe setting. HACBED partnered with Social Ventures, LLC, a local consultant group led by James Koshiba.The data collected, training, and appreciative inquiry built capacity among SNAP staff, SNAP participants, and SNAP-Ed Providers and identified assets, strengths, and built a deeper understanding of the SNAP participants. The information gathered assisted SNAP staff to better determine the needs of the SNAP participants, gaps in services, and identify where to allocate resources for SNAP and SNAP-ed services. • Stpulation VII Prototypes—HACBED helped with the coordination and creation of prototype work products for Stipulation VII B, C, and D of the Programmatic Agreement (PA) for the Honolulu Rail Transit Project (HRTP). These included a color brochure of the area's history, educational materials for children/youth, and a humanities program. Prototype creation and production was carried out through networked partnerships involving community, private, and public entities, such as Purple Mai`a (PM) and the University of Hawaii at West 0 `ahu (UHWO). 3