{"id":6873,"date":"2022-09-19T12:55:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T22:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/?p=6873"},"modified":"2025-09-15T14:25:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T00:25:52","slug":"governor-ige-declares-fourth-emergency-relief-period-to-address-food-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/governor-ige-declares-fourth-emergency-relief-period-to-address-food-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Ige declares fourth emergency relief period to address food insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6879 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/files\/2022\/09\/gov-seal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"121\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DAVID Y. IGE<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>GOVERNOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Governor Ige declares fourth emergency relief period to address food insecurity <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>DHS continues to advocate for food security with feds<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sept. 19, 2022<\/p>\n<p>HONOLULU \u2013 Gov. David Ige signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/governor.hawaii.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2209072-ATG_Fourth-Emergency-Proclamation-Related-to-SNAP-signed.pdf\">fourth emergency proclamation<\/a> to allow the continuation of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) emergency allotment benefits in line with the federal COVID emergency. The disaster emergency relief period continues through November 18, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFood insecurity is just one of the lingering effects of the pandemic, and SNAP benefits provide Hawai\u02bbi families with nutritious food,\u201d said Gov. Ige. \u201cIt\u2019s important for families to reach out so they can get the help they need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The SNAP program provides crucial food and nutritional support to qualifying low-income and needy households, and those making the transition from public assistance to self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n<p>In Hawai\u02bbi, the Department of Human Services (DHS) Benefit, Employment &amp; Support Services Division (BESSD) administers the program and remains committed to providing food security for individuals and families in Hawai\u02bbi.<\/p>\n<p>SNAP is managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is the largest food nutrition assistance program in the country. DHS reminds the public that the federal government requires recipients of SNAP and Financial Assistance Programs (FAP) to recertify, or renew, their eligibility annually (for most households) to receive continued benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Households are now able to upload required documents at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pais-benefits.dhs.hawaii.gov\/\">https:\/\/pais-benefits.dhs.hawaii.gov\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, renewal interviews should be completed via telephone, and recipients needing assistance with this process or information about the status of their recertification should call the Public Assistance Toll Free Information Line at 1-855-643-1643.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amanda Stevens<\/p>\n<p>Public Information Officer<\/p>\n<p>Department of Human Services<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:astevens@dhs.hawaii.gov\">astevens@dhs.hawaii.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cindy McMillan<\/p>\n<p>Communications Director<\/p>\n<p>Office of the Governor<\/p>\n<p>Office: 808-586-0012<\/p>\n<p>Mobile: 808-265-7974<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:cindy.mcmillan@hawaii.gov\">cindy.mcmillan@hawaii.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR Governor Ige declares fourth emergency relief period to address food insecurity DHS continues to advocate for food security with feds FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 19, 2022 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[221,122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2020-covid19","category-emergency-proclamations"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11571,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6873\/revisions\/11571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}