From Hawaii New Now 9/18/2025
Partners in Development Foundation (PIDF) serves thousands of keiki and caregivers, but its president and CEO, Shawn Kanaʻiaupuni, said Hawaiʻi nonprofits are bracing for $45 million in potential cuts next year.
PIDF said the Family-Child Interaction Learning Funding in Hawaiʻi comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s Native Hawaiian Education Program which has been “zeroed out” by the Trump administration’s proposed budget.
“Those dollars are at great threat right now and potentially won’t exist next summer, by next summer so it’s pretty significant,” said Kanaʻiaupuni.
“I’m calling it a cliff, pretty significant funding cliff that we’re looking at,” she added.
Read more: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/09/19/nonprofit-warns-native-hawaiian-education-funding-program-has-been-zeroed-out/