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SUMMARY:OHA Committee on Budget and Finance (BF)
DESCRIPTION:Council: Office of Hawaiian Affairs Budget & Finance Committee\n\nOfficial Notice: https://calendar.ehawaii.gov/calendar/meeting/77713/details.html\n\nCOMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FINANCE (BF)
\n                                     DATE:      Wednesday\, August 26\, 2026
\nconclusion of the OHA Committee on Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment (BAE) Meeting
\n                           PLACE:       Remote Meeting by Interactive Conference Technology Viewable at www.oha.org/livestream OR Listen by phone: (213) 338-8477\, 
\nWebinar ID: 936 9808 4887
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\nThis meeting can be viewed via livestream on OHA’s website at www.oha.org/livestream or listened to by phone using the call-in information above. Additionally\, this meeting can be viewed live on ʻŌlelo Community Media https://olelo.org/. A physical meeting location\, open to members of the public who would like to provide oral testimony or view the meeting\, will be available at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817.
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\nAGENDA
\nI.     Call to Order
\nII.     Approval of Minutes
\nA.      July 29\, 2026
\nIII.     New Business
\nA.     Action Item BF #26-17:  Approval of OHA funding for Hoʻākoakoa Lāhui event sponsorship awards for the following organizations and events for Fiscal Year 2027\, Quarter 2:
\n1.  Hooulu Ike Center for Hula and Mele – ʻAʻa I Ka Hula Competition
\n2.  Waiʻanae Economic Development Council – Waiʻanae Moku Made\, Business Resource Hub
\n3.  Kīpahulu 'Ohana\, Inc. – 2nd Annual Kipahulu Makahiki
\n4.  Oʻahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association Hawaii – Molokai Hoe
\n5. Makaha Hawaiian Civic Club – Royal Order of Kamehameha\, Na Wahine O Kapuaiwa - 2026 Kuapapa
\n6.  Papahana Kuaola – Hana Lima: ʻĀina Based Service-Learning Day at Waipao
\n7.  Keiki O Ka ‘Āina Family Learning Centers – Kēhau (Morning Dew) 30-Years of Hawaiian Education: Reflections and New Beginnings
\n8.  Consortium for Hawaiʻi Ecological Engineering Education dba Mālama ʻĀina Foundation – Ka Ulu Ana
\n9.  Hawaiʻi Wildlife Center – Hawaiʻi Island Festival of Birds
\n10. Nā Kama Kai – The 10th Annual Nā Kama Kai Keiki Surf Kontest at Mākaha
\n11. 'Ohana Ho'opakele – Kulani Makahiki
\n12. Hawaiʻi Farmers Union Foundation – 2026 Hawaiʻi Farmers Union 16th Annual State Convention: Mahiʻai Makahiki
\n13. Acton Digital Inc – Fourth Annual Keiki Rise Showcase
\n14. Mālama Loko Ea Foundation – Lā Kūʻokoʻa at Loko ea
\n15. Hana Laulima Lahui O Kau Inc – Hana Laulima Lahui O Kaʻu Hawaiian Cultural Festival
\n16. Pacific Cancer Foundation – 17th Annual Paddle for Life - Voyage to Lāna‘i
\n17. Hāpunaleo – MeleCraft Music Mentorship Program
\n18. Tulipa Style – He Lei No Kaiona Hula Festival
\n19. Worker Against the Recidivism Rate (dba WATRRS Group) – WATRRS Group Halloween Night
\n20. Sacred Light Ohana – ALA PILI: Global Residency (Community Panel)
\n21. INAMONA – Kānaka Actor’s Pū Paʻakai
\n22. Hawaiian Islands Land Trust – Mālama 'Āina Kākou 2026
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\nB.   Action Item BF #26-18:  Approval of OHA institutional participation and funding not to exceed $75\,300 for a ten-person Hawaiʻi delegation to the International Network of Indigenous Health Knowledge and Development (INIHKD) – Reclaiming Indigenous Ecologies of Love for Future Generations (RIEL) Conference in Rarotonga\, Cook Islands\, November 9–13\, 2026.
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\nC.  Presentation by OHA Administration: Kūlana ʻĀina FY26 End-of-Year Implementation Report — Administration will provide an update on FY26 implementation\, beneficiary reach and outcomes\, key learnings\, and program refinements informing continued implementation in FY27.
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\nD.  Action Item BF #26-19:  Authorize the release of Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 funds totaling $442\,600 for continued implementation of OHA’s Kūlana ʻĀina Food Systems & Workforce Program pursuant to the FY 26–27 Biennium Budget.
\nIV.     Adjournment
\nIf you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability\, please contact Keola Fong at 808-626-5484 or by email at keolaf@oha.org as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request\, this notice is available in alternate/accessible formats.
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\nPublic Testimony will be called for each agenda item and must be limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda. Hawai‘i Revised Statutes\, Chapter 92\, Public Agency Meetings and Records\, prohibits Board members from discussing or taking action on matters not listed on the meeting agenda.
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\nThe board packet will be available for the public to inspect at OHA’s main office located at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817 no later than three full business days before the meeting.
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\nThe board packet will also be made available on OHA’s website https://www.oha.org/bf as soon as practicable thereafter.
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\nIn the event that the livestream public broadcast is interrupted and cannot be restored\, the meeting may continue as audio-only through the phone number and Webinar ID provided at the beginning of this agenda.
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\nMeeting recordings will be made available on OHA’s website https://www.oha.org/about/leadership/board-of-trustees/ as soon as practicable after the meeting.
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\nTestimony can be provided to the Board of Trustees either as:
\n(1)  written testimony\; or
\n(2)  live\, oral testimony online\, by telephone\, or at the physical meeting location during the remote meeting.
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\n(1)      Persons wishing to provide written testimony on items listed on the agenda should submit testimony via email to botmeetings@oha.org or via postal mail to Office of Hawaiian Affairs\, Attn: Board of Trustees Meeting Testimony\, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.\, Suite 200\, Honolulu\, HI 96817. Testimony is requested to be received at least twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled meeting to allow board members with sufficient time to review the testimony before the meeting.
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\nPlease note that all written testimony will be posted on OHA’s meeting website. Please omit or redact any personal information (e.g.\, name\, email address\, phone number\, home address\, or materials) that you do not want to be disclosed publicly online
\n(2)      Persons wishing to provide oral testimony online during the remote meeting\, please use the link below:
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\nWebinar ID: 936 9808 4887
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\nhttps://zoom.us/j/93698084887
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\n(*if you are unable to link directly\, copy and paste in search)
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\nTo provide oral testimony online\, you will need:
\n(a)              computer or mobile device to connect to the virtual meeting\;
\n(b)              internet access\; and
\n(c)               a microphone to provide oral testimony.
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\nPersons wishing to provide oral testimony by telephone during the remote meeting may dial the phone number listed at the beginning of this agenda and enter the corresponding Webinar ID. Telephone participants will be able to provide oral testimony during the meeting.
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\nPersons wishing to provide oral testimony at the physical meeting location can sign up the day of the meeting at the physical meeting location.
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\nIf you willfully disrupt the meeting\, support staff will remove you from the Zoom meeting. You can continue to view the remainder of the meeting on the livestream or by telephone\, as provided at the beginning of this agenda.
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\nOral testimony online\, by telephone or at a physical meeting location will be limited to five (5) minutes.
LOCATION:Remote Meeting by Interactive Conference Technology and In-person Meeting at OHA Mauli Ola Boardroom Nā Lama Kukui 560 N. Nimitz Hwy. Honolulu\, HI 96817 viewable at https://www.oha.org/livestream OR Listen by phone: (213) 338-8477 Webinar ID: 936 9808 4887
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