Find Resources for the Maui Wildfire Relief
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If you are with a nonprofit organization seeking funding, please complete our short application. If you have any questions on the application or our grants process, please email our HCF team at mauistrong@hcf-hawaii.org.
HCF is seeking funding requests for the Maui Strong Fund that have clear alignment with coordinated efforts on the ground on Maui. Requested fund amounts should align with the capacity of the organization to manage the grant funds (i.e., the organization has sufficient staff, accounting procedures, experience with programming, etc.). Independent efforts or self-deployment from neighbor islands or out-of-state organizations that have not been requested by Maui-based communities will likely not be funded. Read Maui Strong Funding Opportunity for detailed instructions on how to apply for a grant from the Maui Strong Fund.
501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply for financial resources from the Maui Strong Fund.
Non-501(c)(3) organizations are encouraged to find an existing 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization to serve as fiscal sponsor, and submitted projects must be charitable in nature. Individuals are not eligible to apply.
To apply for funding, please log in or register for an account to the Grants Portal. If you need assistance, please view our Applicant User Guide, Frequently Asked Questions, How-To Videos, and/or submit a support ticket.
HCF staff will review applications weekly. Applicants should receive a status update or decision from HCF staff within one to three weeks.
Maui Strong Fund Frequently Asked Questions
As of August 25, 2023, $67,559,959 has been donated to the Maui Strong Fund.
Click here to see the list of past Maui Strong Fund Grantees.
As of August 16, 2023, in little over a week after the devastating Maui wildfires, the Maui Strong Fund of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation has received $35M from over 125,000 donors in 40 countries to support Maui communities affected by the devastating wildfires. Their team has been working with partners on the ground to understand the evolving needs and deploy these funds quickly and for high impact.
Partners in this round of funding are providing a wide range of important services including:
- coordination and shipping of fresh food and goods from Moloka‘i farmers, hunters and fishers
- temporary shelter support
- rental deposits and assistance for transitional housing- support for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities- refrigerated trucks for food storage
- mobile clinics and traveling medical care
- gift cards to meet youth needs
- transportation coordination
- grief support, crisis intervention, mental health and well-being counseling
- gas and grocery gift cards
- standalone power stations
- internet access and mobile device charging
- emergency mobile pharmaceutical support
- vision clinics for those who need contacts or glasses replaced
- immigrant-focused services, including free green card replacement
- emergency shelter and feed for dogs, cats, and livestock that need temporary housing while displaced residents take care of other needs, and more.
If you have any questions about the application process, please email us at mauistrong@hcf-hawaii.org.
USDA offers programs that can help with wildfire recovery, as well as those that can help you manage risk on your operation.
Click here to see the USDA Wildfire Disaster Recovery assistance programs:
• The Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) provides emergency assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish. It covers losses due to an eligible adverse weather or loss conditions as well as expenses associated with transportation of water and feed to livestock. ELAP is not eligible on federally managed lands.
• The Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program provides financial assistance to producers of non-insurable crops to protect against natural disasters that result in lower yields or crop losses or prevents crop planting. Producers must have obtained NAP coverage for the crop year in which the loss occurs.
• The Tree Assistance Program provides cost-share assistance to replant or rehabilitate trees, bushes or vines lost during the natural disaster.
This program provides assistance for trees, bushes or vines not covered by the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program or crop insurance.
•The Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) provides benefits to livestock owners and contract growers who experience livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality caused by specific adverse weather, disease, or animal attacks.
• The Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) provides benefits for grazing losses due to wildfire. LFP benefits may also be available for loss of grazing acres due to wildfires on federally managed lands on which a producer is prohibited, by a federal agency, from grazing normally permitted livestock.
• Emergency haying and grazing of Conservation Reserve Program acres allows producers to graze livestock on lands enrolled in CRP, except for during primary nesting season.
• Livestock producers who have approved applications through the 2021 Livestock Forage Disaster Program for forage losses due to severe drought or wildfire will soon begin receiving emergency relief payments to compensate for increases in supplemental feed costs through the Farm Service Agency’s Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP).
• The Emergency Conservation Program and Emergency Forest Restoration Program provide financial and technical assistance to restore conservation practices like fencing, damaged farmland or forests.
• he Environmental Quality Incentives Program provides financial and technical assistance to implement conservation practices. Common practices to help recover from wildfire include installing erosion control measures, planting trees, thinning and removing damaged trees and reseeding and replanting riparian areas.
• The Emergency Watershed Protection Program– with recovery and floodplain easement options – provides personalized advice and financial assistance to relieve imminent threats to life and property caused by floods, fires, windstorms, and other natural disasters that impair a watershed.
• Farm Loans: USDA offers a variety of direct and guaranteed loans, including operating and emergency loans to eligible producers unable to secure commercial financing. Loans can help producers replace essential property, purchase inputs like livestock, equipment, feed and seed, cover family living expenses or refinance farm-related debts and other needs.
Learn about general eligibility for USDA’s disaster assistance programs: Disaster-Assistance-at-a-Glance Fact Sheet
For more information on USDA programs and how they can support, please contact the following or visit the Kahului Service Center at the address listed below.
Kahului Service Center
77 Hookele Street, 2nd Floor Kahului, HI 96732
Mr. Gerald Gregory
Natural Resources Conservation Service
gerald.gregory@usda.gov
(808) 214-1747
Ms. Nenita Acob
Rural Development
nenita.acob@usda.gov
(808) 871-5500 ext. 4
The Kāko‘o Maui Fund is a donation campaign to aid communities impacted by the Maui wildfires.
Currently the Kāko‘o Maui Fund is accepting funding applications from small businesses, non-profits, and community organizations. If you have been impacted and need support, please fill out the following form.
If you have any questions, please contact us at maui@hawaiiancouncil.org or (808) 596-8155.
Click here to apply and start a Kāko‘o Maui Support & Funding Application
Access services from federal, state and volunteer organizations, and apply for disaster recovery assistance. Survivors can speak to FEMA specialists, get assistance registering for disaster assistance, get in touch with voluntary organizations and have access to other federal and state resources.
Locations:
• University of Hawaii Maui College, 310 W. Ka‘ahumanu Ave., Community Services Building 205, in Kahului; open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
• Mayor Hannibal Tavares Community Center, 91 Pukalani St. in Makawao; open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
• Lahaina Civic Center gymnasium, 1840 Honoapiʻilani Highway in Lahaina, open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
Apply online at DisasterAssistance.gov. Contact: FEMA Helpline, 1-800-621-3362.
To date, nearly 10,000 FEMA assistance registrations have been received, with some $13.6 million in federal housing and individual assistance provided. If you did not apply for FEMA assistance yet are receiving communications from FEMA residents, please report potential fraud by calling the disaster fraud hotline at 1-866-720-5721.
The American Red Cross (ARC) is reaching out to FEMA registrants to offer financial assistance for survivors of the Maui wildfires whose primary residences were destroyed or sustained eligible structural damage. A response is required to receive these benefits, so those who applied for FEMA assistance are urged to respond to ARC contact attempts. These ARC contacts will not ask for personal information, with contact coming via email, text, or phone. If you have not been contacted, additional appointments will be made available, with scheduling details next week. For more information, call the American Red Cross at 1-800-733-2767.
Shuttles currently operating between Lahaina-area hotels and the Lahaina Disaster Recover Center.
U.S. President Biden approved the Small Business Administration (SBA) Disaster Loans for homeowners, businesses, and nonprofit organizations. These loans can help individuals and organizations repair or replace disaster-damaged property, inventory, and supplies. Homeowners and renters may also use SBA loans to repair or replace disaster-related damage to homes or personal property. As of 9/14/23, SBA has approved nearly $75 million in low-interest disaster loans for the wildfire disaster declaration.
Businesses that are suffering financially due to lack of tourism in “ALL” Hawaii counties may apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) to provide working capital loans to pay debts, salaries, rents etc.
Types of Loans:
• Home and Personal Property Loans: Homeowners may apply for up to $500,000 to replace or repair their primary residence. Renters and homeowners may borrow up to $100,000 to replace or repair personal property (such as clothing, furniture, cars, and appliances) damaged or destroyed in a disaster.
• Business Physical Disaster Loans: Businesses of any size and most private nonprofit organizations may apply for loans of up to $2,000,000 to repair or replace real property, machinery, equipment, fixtures, inventory, or leasehold improvements.
• Economic Injury Disaster Loans: Small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, and most private nonprofit organizations can borrow up to $2,000,000 to meet their obligations and pay their ordinary and necessary operating expenses if they are otherwise unable to do so.
• Military Reservists Economic Injury Loans: Eligible small businesses can borrow up to $2,000,000 to help meet ordinary and necessary operating expenses that it could have met but is unable to because an essential employee was called to active duty as a military reservist.
SBA Disaster Loan applications for physical damage must be filed by October 10, 2023. Economic injury loans are due May 10, 2024.
Before applying, individuals should register with FEMA by calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or visit DisasterAssistance.gov. After that, individuals can apply online using the SBA’s secure application. They may also mail completed loan applications to:
U.S. Small Business Administration Processing and Disbursement Center
14925 Kingsport Road Fort Worth, TX 76155
SBA representatives are available to provide face-to-face help with the application process at the following locations:
MAUI COUNTY:
• Hawaii Technology Development Corp. Maui Research Technology Center (MRTC) Business Recovery Center (Businesses Only)
Building # A, Suite 119 (Conference Rm.)
590 Lipoa Parkway, Kihei, HI 96753
Mondays - Fridays: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm HST, Saturdays: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm HST
• Lahaina Civic Center Disaster Recovery Center
1840 Honoapiilani Hwy (HI-30), Lahaina, HI 96761
Mondays – Sundays: 8:00 am – 7:00 pm HST
• Maui Resorts Rentals Portable Loan Outreach Center
30 Halawai Drive, Lahaina, HI 96761
Mondays – Saturdays9:00 am – 5:00 pm HST
• Mayor Hannibal Tavares Comm. Center Disaster Recovery Center (Lower Multi-Purpose Rm.)
91 Pukalani Street, Makawao, HI 96768
Mondays – Sundays: 8:00 am – 7:00 pm HST
• University of Hawaii Maui College Disaster Recovery Center (Individuals & Businesses):
Building 2205, Communications Services Rm
310 W Ka’ahumanu Avenue, Kahului, HI 96732
Mondays - Sundays: 8:00 am - 7:00 pm HST
HONOLULU COUNTY:
• Hawaii Foreign-Trade Zone No. 9 Business Recovery Center
521 Ala Moana Blvd, Suite #201, Pier 2, Honolulu, HI 96813
Mondays – Saturdays: 9:00am – 6:00 pm HST
KAUA'I COUNTY:
• Kaua'i Federal Credit Union Business Recovery Center
New community space in Kapa'a (former Otsuka Furniture building)
1624 Kuhio Highway, Kapa’a, HI 96746
Mondays – Saturdays: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
For more information please visit sba.gov/hawaii-wildfires.
Applicants may also call SBA’s Customer Service Center at 1-(800) 659-2955 or email disastercustomerservice@sba.gov for more information on SBA financial disaster assistance.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that Maui County is accepting applications for the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) to address damages from wildfires and high winds. ECP signup is open now and will end on October 17, 2023.
The approved ECP practices under this authorization include debris removal to address wildfire and high winds damage to eligible farmland, livestock fences and conservation structures and installations.
ECP assists producers with the recovery cost to restore the farmland to pre-disaster conditions. Approved ECP applicants may receive up to 75 percent of the cost of approved restoration activity. Limited resource, socially disadvantaged and beginning farmers and ranchers may receive up to 90 percent cost-share.
Producers with damage from such events must apply for assistance prior to beginning reconstructive work. FSA’s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and environmental compliance review process is required to be completed before any actions are taken. Submitting an application after reconstructive work has been completed may not qualify for ECP.
FSA county committees will evaluate applications based on an on-site inspection of the damaged land, taking into consideration the type and extent of the damage. An on-site inspection does not guarantee that cost-share funding will be provided.
The 2018 Farm Bill increased the payment limitation for ECP to $500,000 per disaster. The use of ECP funds is limited to activities to return the land to the relative pre-disaster condition. Conservation concerns that were present on the land prior to the disaster are not eligible for ECP assistance.
For more information on ECP, please contact the Maui County FSA office at 808-871-5500 ext. 2 or visit farmers.gov/recover.
For more information on government response and available resources visit https://www.usa.gov/hawaii-wildfires and https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4724.
Contact Farm Service Agency:
Mr. James Robello
Farm Service Agency
County Executive Director
James.robello@usda.gov808-214-1740
Mr. Darrin Vander Plas
Farm Service Agency
Manager, Farm Loan Programs
Darrin.vanderplas@usda.gov
808-214-1739
The nonprofit Binhi at Ani has announced the creation of a Tulong for Lahaina Fund to assist Lahaina residents.
“Tulong means help in the Tagalog and Ilokano languages,” said organization President Melen Agcolicol, who will lead the coordination. “And Binhi at Ani wanted to create a fund to help our kababayans, our fellow Filipinos, which comprise at least 40% of Lahaina town.”
The fund is designed to help residents that fall into one of three categories:
Binhi at Ani will award $750 to those who qualify in any of the categories listed above. The deadline to apply is Sept. 30, 2023. An applicant can qualify for only one category. The amount of awards will be based on the number of donations received. If more qualified applicants apply then there are funds available, it will be based on a first come, first served basis. Depending on funds received, applications received after the due date may be considered. All applications will be reviewed by a review panel independent of Binhi at Ani’s Board of Directors. Applications may be accessed at BinhiAtani.org.
Tax deductible donations can be made in a number of ways. Checks payable to Binhi at Ani and mailed to 780 Onehee Avenue, Kahului, Hawaiʻi 96732. Through Paypal via Binhi at Ani’s website: BinhiatAni.org/donate.
For more information, contact Melen Agcolicol at 808-205-7981 or melencopy@gmail.com.
This center assists business owners with SBA recovery programs and is open Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm and Saturdays, 10am-2pm.
SBA customer service representatives will be available to meet individually with each business owner. Information and details on the location of future business recovery centers is available by calling the SBA Customer Service Center at (800) 659-2955.
Monday - Fridays, 8am-5pm
Saturdays - 10am-2pm
Hawaii Technology Development Corporation
Maui Research Technology Center
Building #A, Ste. 119 (Conference Room)
Business Recovery Center in Kihei to help businesses impacted by the wildfires.
The nonprofit Binhi at Ani has announced the creation of a Tulong for Lahaina Fund to assist Lahaina residents.
“Tulong means help in the Tagalog and Ilokano languages,” said organization President Melen Agcolicol, who will lead the coordination. “And Binhi at Ani wanted to create a fund to help our kababayans, our fellow Filipinos, which comprise at least 40% of Lahaina town.”
The fund is designed to help residents that fall into one of three categories:
Binhi at Ani will award $750 to those who qualify in any of the categories listed above. The deadline to apply is Sept. 30, 2023. An applicant can qualify for only one category. The amount of awards will be based on the number of donations received. If more qualified applicants apply then there are funds available, it will be based on a first come, first served basis. Depending on funds received, applications received after the due date may be considered. All applications will be reviewed by a review panel independent of Binhi at Ani’s Board of Directors. Applications may be accessed at BinhiAtani.org.
Tax deductible donations can be made in a number of ways. Checks payable to Binhi at Ani and mailed to 780 Onehee Avenue, Kahului, Hawaiʻi 96732. Through Paypal via Binhi at Ani’s website: BinhiatAni.org/donate.
For more information, contact Melen Agcolicol at 808-205-7981 or melencopy@gmail.com.
Hawaii Rangeland Stewardship Foundation will be using their Hawaiʻi Wildfire Agricultural and Rancher Relief Fund to:
The Hawaii Cattlemen's Council is collecting data on impacts from the August 2023 fires on Maui and Hawaii Island. Please share as much information as you can so that we can advocate for recovery funding through supporting nonprofits and government agencies.
We understand that you may not have been able to fully assess your situation yet. If that is the case, any information you have right now will be helpful and we can gather details later when you have it.
Please fill out this form if you are a rancher or farmer that needs assistance.
The Hawaii Rangeland Stewardship Foundation's mission is to perpetuate sound stewardship of Hawaii's rangelands through advocacy and education.
If you’ve been affected by the Maui wildfires, the Kāko‘o Maui Relief & Aid Services Center is here for you. This resource hub will provide a collaborative and cultural approach to help those impacted by the wildfires access direct aid and services.
The hub will host both non-profit service providers and representatives from various agencies, on a rotating basis (updated Sept 8):
Imua Family Services – Provides quality care and community through keiki educational programs and other services focusing on Maui, Moloka‘i and Lāna‘i.
Hawai‘i Community Lending – Nonprofit mortgage lender, helping local and Hawaiian families. Currently running a Kanaka Anti-Displacement Fund to support the Native Hawaiian population facing challenges such as the Maui wildfire disaster.
Hawaiian Community Assets – Provides financial education, grants and loans. Operates Financial Opportunity Centers across the state.
Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation- Represents Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners, families and communities with various legal matters.
Legal Aid Society of Hawai‘i – Public interest, non-profit law firm dedicated to achieving fairness and justice through legal advocacy, outreach, and education for those in need.
Papa Ola Lōkahi – 501(c)(3) that embodies a holistic approach that brings together mind, body and spirit in the pursuit of optimum health and well-being for Native Hawaiians.
For more information, go to hawaiiancouncil.org/helpmaui/mauiresources
The hub is located at Maui Mall, between TJ Maxx and Subway. Entrance is on the street side facing Burger King:
70 E. Kaahumanu Avenue, Kahului, HI 96732
The Kāko‘o Maui Relief & Aid Services Center is located at Maui Mall daily 10am to 6pm.
The Hawai‘i Dept. of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) will be temporarily waiving registration fees for businesses affected by the wildfires. The waiver applies to fees for obtaining certificates of good standing and copies of business registrations documents filed with the division.
OFFER support or post a NEED for support or services in this local community disaster relief Facebook page. The purpose of this group is where we can have a "go to" hub to locally exchange information of supplies/help *needed* and services and help we can *offer* due to disasters on Maui.
This group will only help with YOUR help. Please SHARE this group. Invite people. Etc. Let's help our friends and families get their lives back!
✔️1. If you have something to *OFFER* (manpower, supplies, services, clean up, food, transportation, housing, etc) please start your post in ALL CAPS saying *OFFER*
✔️2. If you are in *NEED* of something (specific supplies, manpower, services, food, transportation, housing, etc) please start your post in ALL CAPS saying *NEED*.
✔️3. If you have an announcement of volunteer opportunities, meetings, new developments on Maui regarding the fire, legit donation websites, etc. Please start your post in ALL CAPS saying *ANNOUNCEMENT*
PLEASE try to keep to these categories so we can use this group to be as effective and helpful as possible
Please keep in mind whenever DONATING to ANY cause, please only donate items in clean, unstained, smell free and working conditions. It is disrespectful to think that anyone would want stained, smelly or broken items.
USDA offers a variety of programs to help farmers, ranchers, communities, and businesses that have been hard hit by natural disaster events. Below you’ll find available FSA programs; visit farmers.gov for additional USDA programs that can help agricultural producers recover.
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) offers numerous disaster assistance programs to cover crop and livestock losses, address farmland damage, and cover production and physical losses. For more information, individuals should visit the FSA’s Disaster Assistance Programs webpage and use FSA’s Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool to see which programs may be most relevant to their needs.
USDA's Disaster Assistance Programs include:
• Learn more about the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) – View and download the 2023 LFP Fact Sheet
• Learn more about the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
• Learn more about the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP)
• Learn more about the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) – Learn more about the ECP
• Learn more about the Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) – Learn more about the EFRP
• Learn more about the Noninsured Disaster Assistance Program – Learn more about the NAP
• Learn more about the Tree Assistance Program – Learn more about the TAP
The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) operates the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to help producers plan and implement conservation practices on land impacted by natural disasters.
USDA Rural Development can also support homeowners, businesses, and communities in recovering and rebuilding, especially in providing long-term support through repairing homes, essential community facilities, and rural water systems. For more information, individuals can review Rural Development’s disaster toolkit.
For more information on USDA programs and how they can support, please contact the following or visit the Kahului Service Center at the address listed below.
Vacant PO Boxes at Post Offices across Maui will be temporarily made available at no charge to Lahaina residents who lost their homes or their Lahaina Downtown Post Office PO Boxes. Qualifying residents may request their free PO Boxes at any Maui post office. The post offices with the largest available inventories of PO Boxes are the Lahaina Main Post Office and the Kahului Post Office.
To ensure that these free PO Boxes are taken only by Lahaina residents who lost their homes or PO Boxes, requestors will be asked to provide a photo identification and proof of their Lahaina residence.The PO Boxes will be provided without charge through the end of February 2024. This offer is limited to one free PO Box per affected Lahaina household.
USPS reminds displaced customers who would like to redirect their mail to new addresses to submit their USPS Change of Address (COA) requests as soon as possible. COA requests can be made online at bit.ly/USPSchangeaddress or a local post office. Lahaina postal customers can call the USPS Maui wildfire impact information line at (808) 423-6000 to hear a recording providing the latest service updates.
The Wailuku Post Office is no longer receiving or distributing mail for Lahaina residents. Lahaina residents who lost their homes, or live in areas which are currently inaccessible, may pick up their mail from the “dutch door” in the lobby of the Lahaina Main Post Office. Service will be available from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Photo identification is necessary for mail pick-up. The latest updates on mail service are available by calling a recording at 808-423-6000. The Lahaina Main Post Office is located at 1760 Honoapi‘ilani Highway.
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