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

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• Lanaians For Sensible Growth—HACBED provided process design, research, facilitation, and technical support to a community-based planning initiative to establish a development framework for the Lana`i community that will be used to negotiate a community benefits agreement and assess future planning and development efforts on the island. The process included use of`ohana dialogue sessions (family to family talk story sessions using a popular education methodology), Speak Outs, a door to door survey, and community gatherings. • Empower 0'ahu—HACBED designed and conducted community and regional strategic planning processes in 9 communities as part of the City& County of Honolulu's federal HUD Empowerment Zone application process in 1998 and 2000. HACBED then served as fiscal sponsor and management agent for the implementation phase of this island-wide initiative to create opportunities for residents in low/moderate income communities on Oahu. The 9 communities are investing and leveraging$4 million in City/federal resources for community development. • 1Vorkforce Development Community Audits—HACBED conducted a study for the O`ahu Workforce Investment Board to promote strategic workforce investment decisions through the analysis of areas on Oahu where residents would benefit from investments of OWIB resources and activities, high growth industries that can employ new workers and support entrepreneurship, and industries that can provide high wages and career ladders to create upward mobility for low income individuals. • State Office of Youth Services—In partnership with UH-DURP, HACBED worked with OYS on a two-year education, training, and facilitation project to expand the capacity of the agency to plan and establish a community-building approach to the development of a continuum of youth services statewide. Part of this effort is to develop a strategic plan for the Office within the context of this strategic focus. • Community Visioning in FSM Palau—Through a contract with The Nature Conservancy, the Governors' Association of Palau, the Palau Conservation Society, and the Conservation Society of Pohnpei, HACBED provided trainings and technical assistance for officials from federal, state, and municipal governments, NGOs, and traditional leaders on community visioning for sustainable development. • Department of Hawaiian Home Lands'Meeting Facilitation Services —HACBED continues to facilitate discussions related to the Asset Development HACBED's Ho'owaiwai—The Hawai`i Asset Policy Initiative was a statewide collaborative effort involving nonprofit organizations, private sector representatives, public sector members, and community members that identified and championed policies and strategies that promote the creation and retention of assets and wealth in low income families and communities throughout Hawaii. The initiative sought to increase family self sufficiency by (1) building grassroots leadership, networks, and capacity to develop and advance asset building policies; (2) increasing community capacity to plan and implement wealth creation ventures and strategies;and (3) 11