{"id":8199,"date":"2023-10-09T09:20:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T19:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/?p=8199"},"modified":"2026-09-15T11:49:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T21:49:52","slug":"news-release-deadline-for-private-nonprofit-groups-governments-to-apply-for-disaster-public-assistance-extended-to-october-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/news-release-deadline-for-private-nonprofit-groups-governments-to-apply-for-disaster-public-assistance-extended-to-october-25\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS RELEASE: Deadline For Private Nonprofit Groups, Governments To Apply For Disaster Public Assistance Extended To October 25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">October 9, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Release No. 2023-0030<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HONOLULU \u2014 The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) has extended the deadline until October 25 for private nonprofits and government organizations seeking public assistance funding for the Hawai\u2018i wildfire disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe extension gives applicants, including houses of worship, two more weeks to complete their requests,\u201d said James Barros, Administrator of the Hawai\u2018i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA). \u201cMany nonprofits have been deeply involved in the disaster response but they\u2019ve been too busy helping the people of Maui to apply for these federal funds; the extension gives them a bit more time to seek these vital resources.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The disaster declaration covering the August 2023 wildfires in Hawai\u2018i authorizes Public Assistance funding to reimburse and pay for protective measures and hazard mitigation, including fire mitigation and environmental and historic preservation projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Private nonprofit organizations \u2013 including houses of worship and community groups \u2013 may be eligible for financial reimbursement for emergency protective measures, debris removal or restoration of certain facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eligible organizations include those that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Have provided services during the wildfire disaster response, or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Want to participate in recovery\/mitigation efforts, including environmental and historic preservation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHI-EMA is the state agency that serves as the connection between FEMA and applicants for Public Assistance funds, and our personnel can answer questions about the types of expenses and projects that may be eligible,\u201d Barros said. \u201cBut the clock is ticking for applications.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about FEMA Public Assistance grants, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/assistance\/public\">https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/assistance\/public<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about applying for Public Assistance for the Hawai\u2018i wildfires disaster, contact Brian Fisher with HI-EMA\u2019s Resilience team at brian.j.fisher@hawaii.gov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"># # #<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Media contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adam Weintraub<br>Communication Director<br>Hawai\u02bbi Emergency Management Agency<br>adam.b.weintraub@hawaii.gov<br>808-620-5417<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 9, 2023 Release No. 2023-0030 HONOLULU \u2014 The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) has extended the deadline until October 25 for private nonprofits and government organizations seeking public assistance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"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":"8131,8238,3470,3388,3322,4476","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[355,340,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-355","category-2023-wildfires","category-news-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8199","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\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8199"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17025,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8199\/revisions\/17025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}