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NEWS RELEASE – DHS ANNOUNCES SNAP REPLACEMENT BENEFITS FOR MOLOKAʻI HOUSEHOLDS AFFECTED BY PLANNED POWER OUTAGES
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NEWS RELEASE – DHS ANNOUNCES SNAP REPLACEMENT BENEFITS FOR MOLOKAʻI HOUSEHOLDS AFFECTED BY PLANNED POWER OUTAGES
Posted on Oct 2, 2026 in Main, Newsroom
STATE OF HAWAIʻI
KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI
JOSH GREEN, M.D.
GOVERNOR
KE KIAʻĀINA
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
KA ʻOIHANA MĀLAMA LAWELAWE KANAKA
JOSEPH CAMPOS II
DIRECTOR
KA LUNA HOʻOKELE
TRISTA SPEER
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
KA HOPE LUNA HOʻOKELE
LORI-LEI APONTE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
KA HOPE LUNA HOʻOKELE
DHS ANNOUNCES SNAP REPLACEMENT BENEFITS FOR MOLOKAʻI HOUSEHOLDS AFFECTED BY PLANNED POWER OUTAGES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 2, 2026
HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Human Services (DHS) is announcing that Molokaʻi Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households affected by planned outages may apply for replacement SNAP benefits for anticipated food spoilage.
Hawaiian Electric has announced that planned outages will occur from Oct. 3 through Oct. 8 as crews replace existing copper lines with aluminum conductors along East Kamehameha V Highway between Onioni Drive and Puʻu O Hōkū Ranch. These outages are required to safely complete ongoing grid‑hardening work on Molokaʻi.
To support households who may experience food spoilage during these outages, DHS received approval from the USDA Food and Nutrition Administration (FNA) to authorize replacement SNAP benefits.
Under standard federal rules, households have 10 days to apply after the date of food loss. SNAP participants requesting replacement benefits must submit a signed statement including:
Name of the SNAP participant
Date of food loss
Estimated value of food lost
Brief description of what occurred
Participant contact information
A sample statement is available on the DHS website, but applicants may submit their own written statement. Statements may be submitted to any DHS Processing Center statewide and a participant signature is required.
For more information, visit https://humanservices.hawaii.gov or call the Statewide Public Assistance Information Line at 1‑855‑643‑1643.
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