| The University of Hawaii—Kapi'olani Community College (KCC) intends to use its Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities (AN/NHIAC) grant to renovate and connect culinary and continuing education classrooms to create the Kapahulu Learning and Outreach Center. The center will be energy efficient, environmentally friendly, healthy, and include elements of visibility and universal design. The renovation and construction will enable KCC faculty and service-learning students and Kapahulu Center staff to deliver comprehensive programs and services to increase and improve: economic security and self-sufficiency; housing stability; financial literacy, financial planning, and entrepreneurship; public safety; computer and Internet literacy and expertise through courses and ongoing tutoring; reading, math, and science proficiency outcomes for diverse youth from Title 1 schools; health and fitness indicators through exercise physiology education; completion of Science Technology and Engineering and Math (STEM) and other Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs, and provide job placement services; integration of the programs developed from grants obtained from the U.S. Department of Education’s Title III program, U.S. Department of Labor, Corporation for National and Community Service, and National Science Foundation with Kapahulu community development; and the capacity of the college for research, assessment, evaluation, and planning for sustainability and improvement.
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