Hawaiʻi Relief Program Information

Nā nīnau nīnau nīnau nīnau a ke Aupuni Hawaiʻi – Program Relief Program

Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo TANF- Polokalamu ʻEhā Mahina

  • Aloha Kakolika Hawaiʻi, i ka hui pū ʻana me ke Keʻena ʻOihana Kānaka o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi, ke hāʻawi nei i ke kōkua hale i nā poʻe noi kūpono e loaʻa ana ka pilikia kālā. ʻO kēia papahana no nā ʻohana me nā keiki hilinaʻi a i ʻole kekahi i ko lākou ʻekolu trimester o ka hāpai ʻana. 
    • ʻO ka papahana a puni ka mokuʻāina e hoʻolako a hiki i ʻehā mahina o ka uku hale a me nā pono no nā ʻohana me kahi keiki hilinaʻi a hiki i 300% FPL. 
    • ʻOi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka loaʻa kālā ma mua o SNAP a ʻaʻole i kaupalena ʻia i ka poʻe i loaʻa 
  • Waiwai Waiwai o Maui, ma ka hui pū ʻana me ke Keʻena ʻOihana Kanaka o Hawaiʻi, e hāʻawi a hiki i ʻehā mahina o ke kākoʻo TANF no nā uku hale a me nā pono no nā ʻohana kūpono i loaʻa i hoʻokahi keiki hilinaʻi ma ko lākou ʻohana a aia i loko o ka pilikia kālā a i ʻole ka pilikia.

Hawaiʻi Food Bank- State $2 miliona infusion pilikia ma ka Mokuʻāina no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka koi nui: 

Kākoʻo Pani Aupuni – Hawaiʻiʻi Waihona ʻai 

  • ʻO ka hui ʻana ma waena o Hawaiʻi Foodbank a me kāna mau hoa ʻelua – Maui Food Bank a me The Food Basket- e hōʻoia i ka hiki ʻana i ka mokuʻāina. 
  • Ma waena o lākou, ua hui pū nā waihona meaʻai nui ʻekolu me ka ʻoi aku o 500 mau hui hoa a me nā waihona meaʻai a lākou e hoʻohana ai e hōʻoia i ka hiki ʻana o ka meaʻai i kēlā me kēia kihi o ke kaiāulu. 
  • He mea koʻikoʻi ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kākoʻo i ka Hawaiʻi Foodbank a me kāna mau hoa no ka mea ʻo ka hapa nui o nā keʻena e hāʻawi ana i ke kōkua meaʻai ma Hawaiʻi e loaʻa ana i ka meaʻai no ka hāʻawi ʻana ma o ka pūnaewele hoʻolaha o Hawaiʻi Foodbank. 

Hawaiʻi Emergency Food Benefit

Current SNAP recipients will receive a one-time credit of $250 per person on their EBT card. This benefit can be used for food purchases and will appear by mid-November.

ʻO ka Hawaiʻi Emergency Food Benefit (HEFB) he pōmaikaʻi meaʻai hou i kākoʻo ʻia e ka mokuʻāina i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia mai ka pōmaikaʻi Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). E hāʻawi ʻo HEFB i ka pōmaikaʻi o $250 i kēlā me kēia kanaka i loko o ka hale. Kāohi ʻia ka HEFB no ke kūʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai a me nā mea kūʻai ma nā wahi kūʻai kūʻai e ʻae i nā kāleka Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT).

He pono SNAP anei ka HEFB?

ʻAʻole. He pōmaikaʻi meaʻai kākoʻo aupuni hou ʻo HEFB, ʻokoʻa a ʻokoʻa mai SNAP. Eia nō naʻe, e hoʻohana ʻo HEFB i ka mīkini EBT like me SNAP a e hoʻohana ʻia no ke kūʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai a me nā mea kūʻai ma nā wahi kūʻai kūʻai e ʻae i ka EBT.

Pono au e noi no HEFB?

ʻAʻole. ʻAʻohe kaʻina noi no HEFB. Hāʻawi ʻia nā pōmaikaʻi i nā ʻohana kūpono ma o kā lākou kāleka EBT. E hōʻike koke ʻia nā kikoʻī kikoʻī kūpono ke hoʻopau ʻia nā kikoʻī o ka papahana.

I ka manawa hea e hoʻopuka ʻia ai nā pono HEFB?

Manaʻo ʻo DHS e hāʻawi ʻia nā pōmaikaʻi HEFB i nā ʻohana kūpono i ka waena o Nowemapa.

Pehea au e aʻo hou ai?

Ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia nei nā kikoʻī hou aku e pili ana i ka HEFB. Ke hoʻopau ʻia nā kikoʻī, e kau ʻia lākou ma ka pūnaewele DHS ma https://humanservices.hawaii.gov a kaʻana like ʻia ma o nā hoʻolaha lehulehu. E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomau i ka nānā ʻana i ka pūnaewele DHS no nā mea hou i nā pule e hiki mai ana.

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