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Hawaiʻi joins multistate lawsuit over federal suspension of SNAP benefits

Benefits are expected to run out nationwide this weekend due to the ongoing government shutdown.

SNAP benefits to be suspended next month due to federal government shutdown, affecting 18,000 in Maui County

The Food and Nutrition Service notified states Friday that all November SNAP benefit allotments are suspended until sufficient federal funding is appropriated or the agency issues updated direction. 

Hawaiʻi Disaster SNAP program launches Sept. 18, 2023

The Hawai‘i Department of Human Services will launch the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) on Sept. 18, 2023, through Sept. 23, 2023, for households directly impacted by the Aug. 8 wildfires in Kula and Lahaina on Maui.

Connors Joins Effort to Continue Food Assistance

Hawaiʻi Attorney General Clare E. Connors joined a group of 20 Attorneys General and New York City in a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from eliminating food assistance for nearly 700,000 Americans.

Hawaiʻi Attorney General Defends SNAP Benefits

Hawaiʻi Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined 21 states and territories in opposing an effort to end SNAP benefits.

New System Significantly Improves Public Assistance Turnaround

A new system to handle processing of public assistance is achieving “same-day” results for the public, according to the state’s Department of Human Services.