Active Grants
The following is a list of active projects that have been funded by the HMSA Foundation. Grants are listed alphabetically by organization.

Alliance for Drama Education
Nutrition and Fitness for Life
Educational performing arts programs aimed at Kaneohe and Kalihi districts which highlight the importance of balancing nutrition and fitness
9 months; ends 06/30/07; $7,000; ID#020612

Aloha Medical Mission
Expanding and Strengthening AMM's Honolulu Clinic
To expand and strengthen the clinic
3 years; ends 06/30/08; $150,000; ID#020502

American Lung Association
Special Populations for Open Airways for Schools (OAS)
OAS is a "Best Practices" asthma management in-school program for asthmatic students ages 8 to 11. A new special population component reaches out to a critically underserved asthmatic group of children
1 year; ends 06/30/07; $12,000; ID#020607

Community Clinic of Maui
Patient Assistance Program
To hire a Patient Service Representative to help uninsured and underinsured patients access prescription medications through Pharmaceutical Patient Assistance Program
1 year; ends 07/31/07; $31,129; ID#030511

Community Links Hawaii
Management of Nonprofit Organizations in Hawaii
To provide administrative support services for new and small to medium sized nonprofit organizations in Hawaii
1 year; ends 10/25/07; $10,000; ID#030620

Domestic Violence Clearinghouse
Strategic Stewardship
To examine the issues of violence and the potential for their involvement in the community's prevention and intervention work
1 year; ends 10/25/07; $8,510; ID#030621

Hawaii Meals on Wheels
Computer Upgrade
To expand capacity and meet the needs of growing operations without a significant increase in staff size
1 year; ends 12/14/07; $15,000; ID#040618

Hawai`i Primary Care Association
Hawai`i Covering Kids
A four-year pilot projects in Kahuku and on the island of Kauai to establish seamless health insurance eligibility and renewal processes for Hawaii's children and youth
4 years; ends 6/30/06; $132,000; ID#020209

Hawaii Speed and Quickness
Refuse to Use and Refuse to Lose Program
To utilize athletics as a meaningful pathway and prevention instrument that draws youth into mentoring activities that address the root causes of adolescent risk in a structured afterschool-based program.
7 months; ends 7/14/07; $49,800; ID#040613

Hawaii State Consortium for Integrative Health Care
Stop Hawaii Obesity Project
To support the publication of a report entitled, "Best Practices in Integrative/Complimentary Medicine in Treating Obesity"
1 year; ends 6/30/07; $6,000; ID#OI-020601

Hawaiian Islands Hospice Organization
Advance Care Planning: A Statewide Consumer Engagement Project
A statewide initiative to increase advance care planning (ACP) and completion of advance directive through training of health professionals in ACP education and facilitation; consumer engagement activities; and dissemination of advance directives
1 year; ends 3/31/07; $75,000; ID#010602

Maui AIDS Foundation
Hawaiian Community Case Management Program
To provide funds for case management and psych/social support to Native Hawaiian individuals and families who are HIV infected or have AIDS
1 year; ends 6/30/05; $10,000; ID#020426

National Kidney Foundation
Hawaiian Style Renal Cookbook, A Guide to Eating Healthy for our Family and Friends on Dialysis
Test and certify renal recipes that reflect Hawaii's ethnic population; and launch a cookbook distribution campaign
1 year; ends 10/31/05; $20,000; ID#010411

Office for Social Ministry
Mobile Care Health Project
To provide primary dental care to the low-income uninsured and underinsured on the Islands of Hawaii through fully-equipped mobile units
1 year; ends 6/30/05; $50,000; ID#020405

Ohana Makamae, Inc.
Culturally Relevant Approaches to Substance Abuse
To combine Western and Hawaiian healing and treatment modalities for individuals and families dealing with substance abuse
1 year; ends 6/30/05; $13,000; ID#020404

Pacific Basin Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
Hawaii TBI Evaluation Program
To evaluate programs that provide and expand services to persons with traumatic brain injury
3 years; ends 6/30/06; $40,000; ID#010109

Sisters Offering Support
Outreach Services
To provide education, prevention and intervention services to women and youth who are incarcerated and/of in residential treatment facilities
1 year; ends 12/31/05; $5,000; ID#040403

The Poliokekoa Advocacy Group
Huaka'i Ka Pu'uwai (Journey of the Heart)
A guide for families from Hawaii going to children's hospital in San Diego, California for cardiac care
1 year; ends 03/31/06; $7,000; ID#010507

The Salvation Army, Hawaiian & Pacific Islands Division
Partners for a Healthy Tomorrow
To provide extensive substance abuse treatment and counseling to homeless women ages 18 and older, who are living at the Institute for Human Services
1 year; ends 6/30/05; $51,000; ID#020413

University of Hawai`i, Dept. of Kinesiology & Leisure Science
Reduction/Prevention of Childhood Obesity in Hawai`i
A study to evaluate and assess physical activity programs throughout the nation that are effective in reducing and preventing obesity in the children of Hawai`i
3 years; ends 6/30/05; $317,285; ID#C020007

Winners at Work
Healthy for Life
Obesity prevention through exercise and nutrition for individuals with developmental disabilities
1 year; ends 12/31/05; $30,000; ID#040416