Congress approves $62.5 million for native Hawaiian programs
AP reports:Congress has approved a federal budget bill that allocates $62.5 million for Native Hawaiian education, housing and healthcare, Hawai'i's congressional delegation said yesterday.
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The new bill includes:
- Nearly $34 million for Native Hawaiian education programs under the No Child Left Behind Act.
- Nearly $14 million for health-care under the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act.
- Nearly $9 million for Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grants.
- Nearly $6 million through the Native Alaskan/Native Hawaiian Institutional Aid provision of the Higher Education Act.
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- February 17, 2007 at 08:19 AM