Friday, May 10, 2019

KAUAʻI COUNTY RECIEVES $1.3 MILLION IN CIP GRANT-IN-AID FUNDING


Projects include a playground, food service kitchen, delivery vans 

Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – The House of Representatives adjourned its 2019 session last week and Kauaʻi nonprofit organizations secured $1.3 million in Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Grant-in-Aid funds.

 These CIP grants are provided to local organizations serving the public and working to improve the state of Hawaiʻi, and are awarded for the purpose of construction projects or the acquisition of fixed assets such as land or buildings.

Grant-in-Aid CIP funding for Kauaʻi County include:
·         $250,000 for construction of a welcome center for Aha Hui E Kala
·         $50,000 to build a playground at Anaina Hou Community Park
·         $200,000 for improvements to Boys & Girls Club clubhouses in Kapaʻa, Līhuʻe and West Kauaʻi
·         $100,000 to support a restoration project for the Kamaloula Cultural Preserve in Kōloa
·         $200,000 to build a food service kitchen and community enterprise kitchen for Kauaʻi Economic Opportunity, Inc.
·         $30,000 for two delivery vans for the Meals on Wheels Program for Kauaʻi Economic Opportunity, Inc.
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    $500,000 to install a fire sprinkler system in the Kauaʻi Adult Day Health Center

In addition to CIP Grant-In-Aid, Kauaiʻi County and nonprofit organizations statewide also received operating Grant-in-Aid funds to assist with the day-to-day operations of their organizations. A list of all operating GIA funds awarded is attached.


Contact Information:

Representative Dee Morikawa (Niʻihau, Lehua, Kōloa, Waimea) 808 586-6280

Representative Nadine K. Nakamura (Hanalei, Princeville, Kīlauea, Anahola, Kapaʻa, Wailua) 808 586-8435

Representative James Kunane Tokioka (Wailua Homesteads, Hanamaulu, Līhu‘e, Puhi, Old Kōloa Town, ʻŌmaʻo) 808 586-6270

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