OIA Press Releases (2020 to Present)

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Type

Grant Application Process Still Open for Insular Areas Funding

02/18/2021

Fiscal year 2021 grant applications will continue to be accepted for the Technical Assistance Program (TAP), the Maintenance Assistance Program (MAP), and the Coral Reef and Natural Resources (CRNR) Initiative through April 1, 2021.

Interior Announces $1,737,051 in FY 2021 Funding for the Four Atoll Healthcare Program in the Marshall Islands

02/12/2021

The fiscal year 2021 funding provided to the Four Atoll Healthcare Program will be used to support healthcare clinics on Majuro, Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap and Utrok that provide healthcare to approximately 20,000 people. Services include primary and ancillary healthcare services such as eye care, dental care, cervical screenings, and diabetes prevention and wellness education. 

Interior Awards $1,670,450 to Support Repatriation of Stranded Residents Back to American Samoa

02/12/2021

The funds will be used to purchase testing and cleaning supplies and provide overall support at the isolation and quarantine stage before departing Honolulu for the territory. The first repatriated group of 159 individuals arrived in American Samoa on February 5 and will remain isolated for fourteen days prior to being dismissed to their families.

Interior Provides $5,000,000 for the Trust Fund for the People of the Republic of the Marshall Islands

02/10/2021

Five Million dollars will be deposited to the Trust Fund for the People of the Republic of the Marshall Islands as provided by Congress for tax and trade economic compensation due to adverse financial and economic impacts under the Compact of Free Association, as amended, Public Law 108-188. 

Interior Transmits $16,718,000 to American Samoa for Fiscal Year 2021 Government Operations

02/10/2021

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) has transmitted $16,718,000 in grant funding to the American Samoa government to support the operations of the hospital, the community college, public schools, and the judicial system in the territory.

Interior Awards $1,033,100 to Mitigate COVID-19 Among Pacific Islanders in Hawai’i

02/09/2021

The Honolulu Civil Beat reported last November that Pacific Islanders in Hawai’i are more than twice as likely to die from or be hospitalized by the coronavirus than other racial and ethnic groups, after adjusting for age and gender, according to data from the Hawai’i State Health Department. The report indicated that Chuukese, Marshallese, and Samoans are among the most impacted.

Find OIA on Social Media

02/08/2021

Follow the Office of Insular Affairs on Twitter @InsularAffairs. Like and Follow us on Facebook at Insular Affairs and Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for OIA Conversations, video conversations to share more information about people, program, and issues of importance in the U.S. Territories and the Freely Associated States.

OIA Highlights Accomplishments for Insular Areas; Applauds Recent Legislative and Administrative Actions

01/19/2021

Medicaid Eligibility Restored for Pacific Islanders in the U.S. Simultaneously Provides Compact Impact Relief to Affected Jurisdictions; CARES Act Benefits Extended to CW-1 Workers in the CNMI; Philippines Now Deemed an H-2B Eligible Country for Workers; WHIAAPI Report Calls for Action to Improve Economic Livelihood of Pacific Islanders; U.S. Strategic Framework for Indo-Pacific De-Classified for Transparency with Allies and Partners in Region.

Accomplishments 2017 - 2021

01/14/2021

“Attached find our major Accomplishments from 2017-2021.  It touches on many of the things we have done to improve the lives of people and the environment in island communities and countries around the world.  I hope this list makes you proud – it should.  We could not have done this without the support of the Administration, the Secretary, and Congress,” Assistant Secretary Douglas W. Domenech. 

President Trump Signs Three Important Oceans-Related Bills Passed by Congress

12/23/2020

“These three pieces of legislation are the latest actions by President Trump to support ocean health and technology, all of which are critical to and complement the work that we do at the Department of the Interior with other federal partners in support of ocean, coastal, and marine resources health for the benefit of all Americans,” said Assistant Secretary Domenech.

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