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Trustees defer decision on $140,000 Mahiʻai Micro Fund rollover
Summary
Trustees deferred a vote on reauthorizing and reallocating $140,000 in FY2024 grant carryover for the Mahiʻai Micro Fund after debate over whether Grants or Strategy & Implementation should administer the work and whether a native CDFI should be contracted to distribute awards.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Budget and Finance Committee on April 23 deferred action on an item to carry over $140,000 in fiscal year 2024 grant carryover funds and reallocate them from the grants program budget to the Strategy and Implementation (SNI) budget for execution of the Mahiʻai Micro Fund.
The request was presented by a staff member identified as Poni, who said the project had been approved by the board in May 2024 but that a project request (PR) was not properly executed and the funds were never attached. Poni told trustees she sought the roll-over and reallocation so SNI could run an RFP and execute the micro‑grant program more quickly than Grants could, given Grants’ staffing shortages. "I really just feel…
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