1/16/26 Board of Trustees (BOT) Meeting

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees · January 17, 2026

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Opening remarks and community engagement

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Speaker 1 (OHA administration) reviewed OHA's commitment to transparent, island-wide outreach: livestreams, surveys and evolving slide decks; invited stakeholders to future meetings. Speaker 1 noted trustee Ahonai's point about meeting tenor and emphasized broader listening sessions.

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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees received a presentation from the Hawaiian Council on distribution of EOLA emergency assistance, debated reallocating funds between federal-employee and SNAP-targeted programs, and voted to approve funding for 262 additional federal applicants on the waitlist; trustees also approved several resolutions and procedural items.

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