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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0066.003 2022-2024 Vo Hf�y LE OR2 INABA cP '� +., CINDY EVANS Chairperson ; JENN KAGIWADA MATT KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER MICHELLE M. GALIMBA ` 3`�` ASHLEY KIERKIEWICZ Vice Chair +turfF; ° HEATHER L.KIMBALL SUSAN L.K. LEE LOY REBECCA VILLEGAS HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE APPROVALS AND ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE County of Hawai`i West Hawai`i Civic Center, Bldg.A ; 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy. X Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i 96740 DATE: March 23, 2023 -77 TO: Heather L. Kimball, Chair And Members of the Hawaii County Council FROM: Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Member _ Council District 8 r SUBJECT: Recommendations for Waiwai Nonprofit Grant Organizations for FY2023-2024 Enclosed for your review and consideration are the recommendations of the Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions Committee (LAAC), for the FY 2023-2024 appropriations for grants to nonprofit organizations. These recommendations were made after the review of all eligible applications that were provided by the Department of Finance via Communications No. 66.1 and No. 66.2. In accordance with Chapter 2, Article 25, section 2-139(a)(1)(A) of the Hawaii County Code, $2,500,000 is appropriated to the County of Hawaii Waiwai Nonprofit Grant Program. On January 31, 2023, the application submittal deadline, two hundred 218 applications were received by the Department of Finance. Sixty-three (63) applications were determined ineligible due to incomplete packet information. A total of one hundred fifty-five (155) applications were determined eligible with requests totaling $5,007,500. For comparison, in 2022,there were one hundred thirty four(134) eligible applications with requests totaling $3,440,000 for which the Council fully funded all requests. On February 7, 2023, at a meeting of the LAAC, an Ad Hoc Committee was formed for the purposes of application review and award recommendations. Members of the Ad Hoc Committee were Council Members Cindy Evans, Michelle Galimba, Sue Lee Loy, and myself serving as Chair. The first meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee was held on February 7, 2023, for establishing timelines and defining roles and responsibilities. On March 1, 2023, eligible applications along with the grading rubric were distributed to all Council Members for scoring. Comma No. Ref.To: LW Ref. DateA14R 2 4 2U On March 21 and March 22, 2023, in compliance with Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 92-2.5 and Hawaii County Code, Chapter 2-25, the ad hoc committee met to review scored applications and make final award recommendations. Attached hereto as Exhibit"A" is the Ad Hoc Committee's recommendations for fiscal year 2023-2024. I would like to thank our Council Members for their service, as well as our staff and Council Services for helping us make this Ad Hoc Committee process an efficient undertaking. I also extend my gratitude to Finance Director Deanna Sako, Lisa Tada and Finance Department staff for their assistance in processing the applications. It has been an honor and privilege to serve as Chair of this Ad Hoc Committee. I request that this communication be agendized on the LAAO Committee scheduled for April 4, 2023. Thank you. HGI.wpb 1 i I I I i i I NONPROFIT GRANT AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FY223-2024 EXHIBIT "A" i ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM NAME AWARD After-School All-Stars Hawaii Sports as a Hook 50,000.00 i Alexander&Duke De Rego Foundation Water Safety&Ocean Awareness Education 35,000.00 i I Aloha Ilio Rescue Aloha `Ilio Rescue Spay Neuter Program 45,000.00 Excellence in ALS Care-Professional Care ALS Ohana of Hawaii Mana ement 20,000.00 g American National Red Cross Disaster Preparedness &Response in Hawaii 35,000.00 County Arts & Science Center Puna Rising Entrepreneur Hub 45,000.00 Big Island Mediation, Inc. DBA West Hawaii Community Mediation 20,000.00 Mediation Center Big Island Resource Conservation and Big Island Invasive Species Committee Invasive 35,000.00 Development Council Plant Eradication Program Big Island Resource Conservation and Production of Organic Fertilizers from Recycled Development Council Organic Wastes on Campus by Composting and 30,000.00 Vermicom ostin Big Island Substance Abuse Council Youth Services 50,000.00 Boys to Men Mentoring Network of Hawaii Boys to Men Group Mentoring Program 50,000.00 Bridge House, Inc Vocational Skills Building Program 20,000.00 Center for Getting Things Started Farm to Family 50,000.00 FEAST Food Experiences for Agricutlure Center for Getting Things Started 40,000.00 Science Training Child and Family Service Domestic Abuse Shelters 50,000.00 East Hawaii Cultural Council EHCC Lecture Series 5,000.00 East Hawai'i Cultural Council Young At Art 20,000.00 Educators of America Inc Project Based Learning Support-Hawaii 45,000.00 Count Family Support Services of West Hawaii Healthy Keiki 20,000.00 Friends of Big Island Drug Court, Inc. Friends of Big Island Drug Court(FOBIDC) 20,000.00 Friends of the Children's Justice Center of East Special Needs, Enhancement, Support, 15,000.00 Hawaii,Inc. Education&Training Friends of the Palace Theater Hawaii International Film Festival 20,000.00 I i I I Friends of the Palace Theater Youth Theater Program 10,000.00 Full Life Renissance of Inclusion 15,000.00 �9 I Going Home Hawaii Reentry and Recovery Housing 40,000.00 Goodwill Industries of Hawaii, Inc. Ho'olana Education and Arts Program 50,000.00 i Grassroots Community Development Group La'au'Ohara'Eha 7,500.00 The Farmers' Market at Hamakua Harvest: Hamakua Harvest, INC. Growing Economic Recovery and Community 30,000.00 Resilience Hamakua Institute Hawai'i Island Agriculture Partnership 50,000.00 Hamakua Youth Foundation, Inc. Hamakua Youth Center 40,000.00 Hawaii Aquatics Foundation Elementary School Aquatic Safety Education 25,000.00 Program Hawaii Environmental Restoration Keau'ohana Native Rainforest Restoration 35,000.00 The Hawaii Food System Leaders Internship: A Hawaii Institute of Pacific Agriculture Career Connected Learning Pilot at Kohala 40,000.00 High School I Hawai'i's Volcano Circus LTD Out On A Limb-Community Agriculture and 20,000.00 Food Rescue Program Hilo Community Players Annual Musical Theatre Program 30,000.00 Holualoa Foundation for Arts &Culture dba Youth Education&Mentorship Program 30,000.00 Donkey Mill Art Center Honokaa Hongwanji Mission Katsu Goto Memorial Committee 45,000.00 Ho'ola Na Pua Continuum of Services for At-Risk Youth& 25,000.00 I Victims of Trafficking ..,.E Hospice of Milo Community Bereavement&Grief Support 20,000.00 Counseling Program Hospice of Kona,Inc Nakamaru Hale, hospice residential care 40,000.00 Hui Aloha Kiholo Hoa Aina Program 2500.00 Hui Pono Holoholona Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinics 35,000.00 Humanity Hale Abuse Prevention&Diversity Training 50,000.00 Program Innovations Public Charter School Foundation Na Kalai Ola-Life Navigators -Wellness 10,000.00 Program Island of Hawaii YMCA Family Visitation Program 50,000.00 Japanese Cultural Center of Kona Office Modernization 45,000.00 Junior Achievement of Hawaii, Inc. Future Proofing Hawaii Island's Keiki 30,000.00 Kahilu Theatre Foundation 2023-24 Kahilu Performing Arts, Education and 50,000.00 Exhibits Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra Society Community Concerts 20,000.00 Keaukaha One Youth Development Ka Uapo—UH-Hilo Kinesiology Collaboration 50,000.00 Project Koa Community Clinic Inc dba Koa Perinatal Support Program 20,000.00 Community Health Foundation Kohala Animal Relocation and Education Veterinary Care and Spay/Neuter for Family 45,000.00 Service Companion Pets Kona Dance and Performing Arts, Inc. Youth After School and Weekend Program 15,000.00 l Kuikahi Mediation Center Inc Community Mediation&Facilitation Services 15,000.00 { Kuikahi Mediation Center Inc Conflict Prevention&Resolution Education 15,000.00 3 La`i`opua 2020 Board and Stone In Every Home 25,000.00 I Lokahi Treatment Centers Anger Management Treatment Programs 30,000.00 Domestic Violence Offender Treatment Lokahi Treatment Centers Intervention(DVOTI Programs 30,000.00 Maika'i Health Corporation Pilina Care at Home 50,000.00 i MALA`AI The Hawaii Island School Garden Network 25,000.00 Malama O Puna Food Security Program 30,000.00 I PETFIX Spay and Neuter Spay and Neuter Clinics 40,000.00 Project Vision Hawaii Mobile Showers 40,000.00 Puna Canoe Club `Alelauloa 50,000.00 Services for Seniors Inc. Services for Seniors 50,000.00 Special Olympics Special Olympics East Hawaii 30,000.00 SPECIAL OLYMPICS WEST HAWAII- SPECIAL OLYMPICS HAWAII GENERAL,FUND 15,000.00 A Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Holistic The Children's Law Project of Hawaii Legal Advocacy for Children in Faster Care 20,000.00 i The Food Basket Inc. Emergency Food Program 50,000.00 3 The Food Basket, Inc. Senior Brown Bags Program 50,000.00 i 3 i I 3 i The Salvation Army, a California Corporation: Independent Living Skills Program-East DBA: The Salvation Army Family Intervention 10,000.00 Hawaii Services The Salvation Army, a California corporation; DBA: The Salvation Army Family Intervention Cultural Based Program 10,000.00 Services Three Ring Ranch Inc Paws Across Water Hawaii 35,000.00 I Three Ring Ranch Inc. Afterschool mentors, Pre-vets, Interns& 10,000.00 Externs VASH Hawaii Island VAP=Visitor Assistant Program 25,000.00 `OAKA: `Opio Alliance for Kuleana i Vibrant Hawaii 50,000.00 Advancement Vibrant Hawaii Vibrant Hawaii Streams 50,000.00 Volcano Art Center Cultural Connections Initiative 25,000.00 TOTAL $ 2,497,500.00