The Maui News

Maui County is seeking grant proposals from nonprofit and for-profit organizations that plan to offer programs or services in social welfare, youth services, alcohol and substance abuse, homelessness, youth centers or animal management.

The application period for county Department of Housing and Human Concerns fiscal year 2025-26 grants opened Tuesday and will continue until 4:30 p.m. Aug. 31, according to a county news release. No late submissions will be accepted.

Funding periods will be for fiscal year 2025, which spans July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, as well as fiscal year 2026, which runs from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.

Grant fund categories include acculturation; affordable rental housing; early childhood programs; food, shelter and safety; health, human services and education; homeless programs; self-sufficiency programs; substance abuse prevention and treatment; youth centers and programs; and animal management, including sheltering, enforcement and spaying/neutering. This does not include feral animal control programs; additional requirements for qualifications are online.

Application forms and instructions are found on the department’s Grant Management Division website at www.mauicounty.gov/252/Grants-Management-Division.

For more information on the grant application process, contact the Grants Management Division at (808) 270-7807.