Posted on: Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Grants
Advertiser Staff
Project to bring family workshops
Aloha First and Wai'anae's Hawaii Family Advocacy Center have received a $25,000 grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for the Kako'o 'Ohana Project.
Aloha First is a community-based nonprofit organization of Waimanalo that serves to improve the socioeconomic conditions of Native Hawaiians, and Wai'anae's Hawaii Family Advocacy Center is dedicated to defending parental rights of nonabusive families
The program will conduct a minimum of 10 statewide parental-rights workshops that will teach families their civil and legal rights during Child Protective Services' investigation and intervention processes.
"This grant is the first step toward increasing parents' knowledge of CPS issues," said Johnny Rayford, HFAC director, "and make community leaders and legislators aware that this problem (removal of children from nonabusive homes) exists."
Seagull gets help for care center
First Hawaiian Foundation, the charitable arm of First Hawaiian Bank, has completed a three-year grant of $50,000 to Seagull Schools.
"First Hawaiian Bank's support helped us to fund the construction of our new adult day center building in Kapolei and will allow us to double the enrollment of frail elderly clients from 25 to 50," said Chuck Larson, executive director of Seagull Schools Inc.
"We're pleased to support Seagull Schools with their Kapolei Child and Adult Day Care Center," said Sharon Shiroma Brown, senior vice president of First Hawaiian Bank and president of First Hawaiian Foundation.
Hunters benefit from $47,560 grant
Hawai'i has received a $47,560 National Shooting Sports Foundation grant to help expand and enhance opportunities for hunters.
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources received the grant for a program designed to identify land-ownership patterns, and provide money for which to negotiate public hunting access leases with selected landowners.
"Our primary goal will be to provide new opportunities for hunters in areas previously used solely for agriculture," said Peter Young, chairman of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.
