#federal emergency management agency hawaii

$48M in federal aid to assist Hawaiʻi with COVID-19 surge staffing

The state’s request for surge medical staffing was updated to 955 clinicians to address the recent spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations because of omicron.

Hawai‘i Secure Additional Week of Federal Unemployment Benefits 

This adds one additional week of a $300 plus-up for various types of unemployment benefits on top of the three weeks initially approved by Federal Emergency Management Agency on August 29.