FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 24, 2025 HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Human Services (DHS) is reminding Med-QUEST families that they may receive a $50 incentive for each child who completes a well-child examination through the Hawai‘i Child Wellness Incentive Program (HCWIP). HCWIP is a pilot program enacted by the Hawai‘i State Legislature under Act ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 17, 2025 HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Human Services (DHS) is reminding households to use their Hawaiʻi Emergency Food Assistance Program (HEFAP) benefits before they expire on December 31, 2025. Families who received the $250 per person HEFAP benefit, which appears on their EBT card and is separate from regular ...
Read More DHS REMINDS HOUSEHOLDS TO USE THE 0 HEFAP FOOD SUPPORT FUNDS BEFORE YEAR-END
DHS is notifying the public about a possible scam. What happened? A few SNAP recipients reported that they received a voicemail or text message that seems like a scam. Was the voicemail from a real person or a recorded message? Not a real person, an automated recording. How many people reported this possible scam? Three ...
Read More Scam Alert: DHS Receives a Few Reports of Suspicious Automated Messages to SNAP Recipients – 11/14/2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 9, 2025 The statement below is attributable to Joseph Campos II, deputy director of the Department of Human Services: “Due to the uncertainty surrounding the Supreme Court pause and the use of federal dollars, the state can assure you that on Monday, November 10, your EBT card will have the state ...
Read More STATEMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES ON SNAP BENEFITS – 11/9/2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 8, 2025 HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Human Services (DHS) is providing an update for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients amid continued uncertainty surrounding federal SNAP funding and the Supreme Court’s temporary pause on full benefit payments. We understand that there are questions regarding whether some SNAP recipients may ...
Read More DHS ISSUES UPDATE ON SNAP BENEFITS AND THE HAWAI‘I EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
UPDATE – November 10, 2025 The Hawaiʻi Emergency Food Assistance Program (HEFAP) provided $250 per person in state funds to help families during this period of uncertainty. The HEFAP benefit has issued and should be available on EBT cards starting November 10, 2025. HEFAP benefits are restricted for the purchase of food. This support is ...
Read More Hawaiʻi Emergency Food Assistance Program FAQs: state-sponsored 0 per person to purchase food
For Immediate Release October 24, 2025 HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Human Services (DHS) is sharing guidance on the temporary suspension of November 2025 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit issuances resulting from the ongoing federal government shutdown. DHS understands the hardship this may cause for families, kūpuna and individuals across Hawaiʻi and is ...
Read More HAWAIʻI DHS PROVIDES GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT FOR HOUSEHOLDS AFFECTED BY FEDERAL SHUTDOWN SUSPENSION OF SNAP BENEFITS
SNAP UPDATES – November 7, 2025 SNAP benefits are available for use on a household’s Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card for those who were approved for November 2025. Hawaiʻi moved forward to issue the full amount for federally funded SNAP benefits earlier today in accordance with the November 6, 2025, order from the District Court ...
Read More INFORMATION ABOUT IMPACTS ON SNAP BENEFITS AMID THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
HIDOE News Release in partnership with DHS HONOLULU – Over 200 participants in the 33rd annual White Cane Walk were decked in a black T-shirt featuring the words “Never Back Down,” designed by Waipahu High School student Jayzen Carlos, who won the first-ever T-shirt design contest for the event. The event — which was organized ...
Read More Waipahu High School student creates winning T-shirt design for annual White Cane Walk event
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 17, 2025 HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Human Services (DHS) is mobilizing to support communities ahead of new federal work requirements for SNAP recipients, effective November 1, 2025. These requirements stem from a federal law passed this year and are not a state-initiated measure. DHS affirms its commitment to helping ...
Read More FEDERAL SNAP WORK REQUIREMENT CHANGES TO BEGIN – Department of Human Services Offers Guidance and Resources