OIA Announces $2.2 Million in FY 2025 Funds for Four Atoll Healthcare in the Marshall Islands

WASHINGTON – The Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) has announced $2,240,225 in fiscal year 2025 Technical Assistance Program funding to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Ministry of Health and Human Services for the Four Atoll Section 177 Healthcare. Funds will support primary and special healthcare services in the RMI for communities of the four nuclear-affected atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap and Utrik.

“We continue to support healthcare for families and communities from the four nuclear-affected atolls,” said Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen G. Cantor. “This special funding is an ongoing part of the legacy we share with the Marshall Islands.”

This funding has been provided early to ensure that there is no lapse in critical healthcare services, however, the application season for fiscal year 2025 TAP funding remains open until March 12, 2025. Applications may be submitted at grants.gov, search assistance listing number 15.875.

The Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs and the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) carry out the Secretary of the Interior’s responsibilities for the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Additionally, OIA administers several discretionary grant funding programs to the Insular Areas and oversees federal assistance under the Compacts of Free Association to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

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