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Strategy & Implementation proposes public Mana‘i Maoli Ola data dashboard; trustees ask about scope and community rollout
Summary
OHA’s Strategy & Implementation team proposed a public, interactive data dashboard to track progress on 26 strategic outcomes, asking $210,000 for development and $120,000 later for an analyst; trustees pressed for integration with existing data, phased rollout and community capacity building.
Elena Farden, senior director of Strategy & Implementation, presented a proposal for a Mana‘i Maoli Ola data dashboard designed to show real‑time progress on OHA’s strategic outcomes and to make performance data accessible to trustees, staff and the public.
Farden said the dashboard’s primary aims are to increase strategic transparency and accountability, enable data‑driven decision making and center accessible, culturally grounded visualizations for beneficiaries and external partners. She described deliverables including a public‑facing visualization platform, a community playbook for rollout and requirements for indigenous data governance.
The presentation proposed a $210,000 contract for platform development and design work that Farden said would typically require a dashboard developer, data architect and UX/UI designer. The fiscal plan also includes a proposed $120,000 FY27 budget for a dashboard analyst (part‑time FTE) to maintain and translate data into story maps and to liaise across OHA programs. Farden said community consultations would be budgeted separately (a $20,000 line item) so that communities can be trained to use the dashboard and provide feedback.
Farden told trustees the project is intended to be built with community input and to allow phased rollouts: once a module is tested and refined, it could be released rather than waiting for the entire platform to be finished. Trustees asked about integrating existing data systems and the time required to prepare, standardize and ingest datasets from several PAIA. Farden acknowledged the work is largely being built from scratch for OHA, but said some external dashboards (e.g., Hawaii Data Collaborative) provided models for certain features.
On timelines, Farden said the team expects an initial internal (alpha/beta) rollout by the end of FY26 Q3 into Q4 (internal testing), with community rollouts anticipated in FY27 following additional testing and consultations. She described the developer contract scope as including a final transfer of data files and documentation to OHA so that the agency retains ownership of datasets and code.
Trustees asked who would have access and in what order. Farden and staff said internal users (S&I and trustee leadership) would have early access for testing; selected external partners and primary users would pilot the tool; public access would follow successful iterations. The budget request also allocated funding for a community consultation series to teach use and gather feedback once basic modules are complete.
Trustees pressed for close coordination with communications and IT staff, and for clarity on how the dashboard would align with legislative reporting obligations. Farden said the project includes work to align dashboard metrics with existing reporting needs and to craft visualizations useful for policymakers, funders and communities.
Ending: Trustees asked staff to coordinate the dashboard work closely with communications and IT, to document vendor deliverables and to return with a more detailed integration plan and timeline.
