Find out about Compassion Capital capacity-building, grants

Hawai‘i Moving Forward, the state’s Compassion Capital program, will hold a series of informational meetings statewide in January to brief nonprofit, grassroots and faith-based organizations on its training and funding programs aimed at helping them increase their capacity to meet the needs of the state’s low-income and under-resourced populations.

Hawai‘i Moving Forward, a partnership of the University of Hawai‘i Center on the Family and Hawaiian Island Ministries funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will make workshops, technical assistance and grants available to organizations across the state. Funds will not be for direct social services but for increasing the capacity and sustainability of organizations.

The schedule of one-hour meetings:

• Kona – 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 5, at Central Kona Union Church, 81-6614 Mamalahoa Hwy.
• Hilo – 9 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 6, at Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, Mala Ikena Room, 71 Banyan Drive
• Kauai – 1:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 8, State Office Building, Second Floor Conference Room, 3060 Eiwa St.
• Maui – 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 10, Maui Community College, Laulima Room 225, 310 West Kaahumanu Ave.
• Oahu – 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 16, Central Union Church, Parish Hall, 1660 South Beretania St.

Registration is required as space is limited. For the Oahu, Kauai and Maui meetings, RSVP to Heather at trundle@hawaii.edu or (808) 956-0852. The Big Island meetings will precede a free workshop, “Culitivating a Cuture of Philanthropy.” For the Big Island meetings or to register for the workshop, RSVP to Hawaiian Island Ministries, (877) 998-9777 or info@himonline.org.