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Hawaii responses to the federal grant review process survey, 2021
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States employ a variety of processes to apply for and administer federal grants. Ballotpedia's 2021 state survey of the federal grant review process examined the general processes applied by the 50 states in order to seek and distribute federal funds.
Research from the Pew Charitable Trusts found that federal funds made up 32% (roughly $639 billion) of all state revenue in 2017, making them the second-largest source of state revenue behind state tax collections.[1] States direct federal funds to government programs related to education, healthcare, transportation, infrastructure, and other policies.[1]
This page features Hawaii's responses to Ballotpedia's 2021 survey.
Background
From August 5, 2021, to September 27, 2021, Ballotpedia staff contacted the executive and legislative budget offices of all 50 states via email and/or telephone to update a publicly available 2016 survey on state approaches to the federal grant review process.
Our staff contacted state officials with the following survey questions:
- Approval processes for federal grants
- What is your state’s process for federal grant applications and the approval process?
- What is your state’s approval process when the legislature is not in session?
- How does the legislature monitor the intent of federal grants? What legislative rules allow the state greater oversight of federal funds in the budgets?
- Contingency plans for the loss or decline of federal funds
- What is your state’s contingency plan in the case of a decline or loss of federal funds?
- Quality control processes for federal grants
- What is your state’s quality control process for tracking the effectiveness of federal funds?
- Does your state attempt to estimate the cost of federal fund requirements? If so, how?
- How does your state prioritize federal funds to best meet the needs of constituents?
- If your state doesn’t appropriate key federal funds like food stamps and unemployment benefits, are your state’s federal funds off-budget? How do you track this information?
Our staff also contacted state officials with the following two new survey questions regarding federal funds made available in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic:
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic funds
- Who has decision rights over American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State Fiscal Recovery Fund allocations in your state?
- Who has decision rights over Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund allocations in your state?
Hawaii 2021 survey responses
What is your state’s process for federal grant applications and the approval process?
“The State of Hawai‘i has two major processes to manage federal grants. One process is referred to as the ‘appropriated process” and the other is called the ‘non-appropriated process’. A description of the appropriated and non-appropriated process can be found at the State of Hawai‘i’s Department of Budget and Finance website: https://federalawards.hawaii.gov/sga/.
"The ‘appropriated process’ involves:
- Identifying major, recurring federal awards that can be expected to be received by Executive state departments and agencies from the federal government during the upcoming biennium budget period.
- Taking action to make sure major, recurring federal awards and other federal awards that can be reasonably be expected to be applied for or received during the upcoming biennium budget period are included in the Budget Bill and budgeted for at the program ID level.
- Assigning unique state appropriation account codes to each individual federal award (by federal award ID) for the upcoming fiscal year.
- Setting the lapse date of the appropriation account code to match the liquidation date of the federal award so that all revenue and expenditure information can be captured in a single state appropriation account.
"The ‘non-appropriated process is: Used for to apply for, receive, and expend an unanticipated federal grant.”
What is the approval process when the legislature is not in session?
“The approval process to apply for, receive, and expend an unanticipated federal grant is the non-appropriated process.”
How does the legislature monitor the intent of federal grants?
“Because most federal grants are appropriated in the budget bill, the Legislature can monitor the intent of federal grants through the appropriation process. The Legislature may also request information or hold a hearing on a particular federal grant to monitor or gain more information about how grant funds are used.”
What is your state’s contingency plan for state financing in the case of losses or decline in federal funds?
“In the short term, the state may decide to use state funds to continue a critical public service should there be a loss or decline in federal funds. In the medium to long term, it is ultimately up to the Legislature to decide to continue a program or not.”
Does your state attempt to estimate the cost of federal fund requirements? If so, how?
“No. We do not estimate the cost of federal fund requirements.”
How does your state prioritize federal funds to best meet the needs of constituents?
“The Hawai‘i State Legislature and Executive Department Heads, along with the Governor’s Office, and other interested parties, are in constant dialogue on how to prioritize the best use of federal funds for the maximum benefit of the public.”
If your state does not appropriate key federal funds like food stamps and unemployment benefits, are your state’s federal funds off budget? How do you track this information?
“The Hawai‘i State Legislature appropriates all federal funds.”
Who has decision rights over American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State Fiscal Recovery Fund allocations in your state?
“The Hawai‘i State Legislature has appropriated the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State Fiscal Recovery Fund allocations in Hawai‘i.”
Who has decision rights over Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund allocations in your state?
“The Hawai‘i Board of Education, the Department of Education, the Hawai‘i State Legislature, the public and the U.S. Department of Education all have a role in determining the use of Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief (ESSER) fund allocations in Hawai‘i.”
Other state survey responses
Click on a state below to view its responses to the 2021 survey on the federal grant review process:
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
See also
- State survey of the federal grant review process, 2021
- State responses to the federal grant review process survey, 2021
- State responses by question to the federal grant review process survey, 2021
- Federalism
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