夏威夷州推出停摆救济组合：食品券家庭每人250美元应急款，另设1亿美元住房援助计划
美国夏威夷州州长 Josh Green 10月30日宣布一套州级救济组合，应对联邦政府停摆与食品券（SNAP）中断对本州家庭的冲击。组合的核心是「夏威夷紧急食物援助计划」：州府将向每个符合资格的食品券家庭成员发放250美元应急款，11月总支出约4,220万美元，无需另行申请，随电子福利卡（EBT）系统发放。州府说明，这笔钱是州政府单独出资的救济，并非食品券本身；四口之家合计可领1,000美元。
第二项是「夏威夷救济计划」：州府动用1亿美元联邦贫困家庭临时援助（TANF）资金，为有子女的困难家庭提供最长四个月的房租与水电费援助，10月29日起开放申请，不要求申请人必须是食品券领取者。Kauaʻi、Oʻahu 与夏威夷岛的居民经夏威夷天主教慈善会申请，Maui、Molokaʻi 与 Lānaʻi 的居民经 Maui Economic Opportunity 申请。
此外，夏威夷原住民事务办公室拨出610万美元，援助面临食物、公用事业或住房困难的原住民家庭；州府另向全州食物银行拨款200万美元维持运营，并拨50万美元给「农场到家庭」计划采购本地农产品。需要食物或申请信息的居民可拨打 211 转介至本地资源；全州华人家庭如在食品券领取名单内，同样自动纳入250美元应急款发放范围。
资料来源：夏威夷州州长办公室官方发布。
Hawaii Rolls Out Shutdown Relief Package: $250 Emergency Payment per SNAP Household Member, Plus $100 Million Housing Assistance Program
Hawaii Governor Josh Green announced a coordinated package of state relief actions on October 30 to protect island families from the impacts of the federal government shutdown and the disruption of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. At its center is the Hawaii Emergency Food Assistance Program: the state will issue a $250 emergency relief payment for each eligible individual in a SNAP household, at a total cost of $42.2 million in November, with no application required. The payments flow through the same EBT card system as SNAP but are a separate, state-funded benefit; a household of four receives $1,000.
A second program, the Hawaii Relief Program, launched with $100 million in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funding, provides up to four months of housing and utility assistance for families with children facing financial hardship. Applications opened October 29, and families do not need to be SNAP recipients to qualify. Catholic Charities Hawaii administers the program on Kauai, Oahu and Hawaii Island, while Maui Economic Opportunity serves Maui, Molokai and Lanai.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has also committed $6.1 million in emergency relief for Native Hawaiian families facing food insecurity, utility loss or housing instability, and the state is directing $2 million to Hawaii's food banks plus $500,000 for the Farm to Families program to purchase locally produced food. Residents seeking food or application information can call 211 for referrals to nearby resources.
Source: Office of the Governor of Hawaii.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：夏威夷州州长 Josh Green 官方肖像。2022年，CC BY-SA 4.0，经Wikimedia Commons。 / Official portrait of Hawaii Governor Josh Green, 2022, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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