Apply for relief or donate. Temporarily overwhelmed with applications so check back soon. Will update if it changes and I catch it.
Apply for relief or become a donor
Not yet in Honolulu, but a great project.
We are facing an unprecedented emergency, unlike anything this country has experienced. Beyond the health impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus, our economy has ground to a halt — schools and businesses are closed, travel is restricted, and restaurants face an uncertain future. Traditional safety nets like school feeding programs, childcare services, and senior centers are struggling to stay open.
The reality is stark, but simple: Millions of Americans are out of work and struggling to put food on the table for their families.
But this moment is not without hope. We will get through this, and World Central Kitchen has seen what’s possible as we’ve fought on the front lines in Japan and California deploying systems to deliver meals to quarantined cruise ship passengers. Our Relief Team is now serving nearly 100,000 meals every day across the country, and we need you. Together, #ChefsForAmerica can make sure nobody is left behind.
Key funding for the Aloha State includes:
$1.25 billion to help fund state and county government response efforts;
$1.14 billion in estimated unemployment assistance;
$1.24 billion in estimated direct cash payments to Hawai‘i residents;
$130 million in estimated funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP);
$53 million to support local schools and colleges during the pandemic;
$11 million for Hawai‘i’s community health centers;
$8 million in Community Development Block Grants;
As the COVID-19 situation intensifies daily, Hawaii Foodbank is facing an unprecedented challenge of providing food for people affected by the pandemic while continuing to meet the nutritional needs of 1 in 8 Hawaii residents already struggling with food insecurity. As governments at the local, state, national and global levels are escalating measures to protect public health, we are evolving our contingency plans accordingly.
A portal of help and support to the culinary, foodservice, and hospitality industries. More than 100 new resource links added this week!
We’re providing cash assistance to restaurant workers, car service drivers, delivery workers, personal service workers and more who need the money they aren’t getting to survive. Please help!
Not in Honolulu yet, but perhaps soon if you know a restaurant owner willing to take this on! Due to the closure of restaurants across America, thousands of restaurant workers have an urgent need for assistance. Independent restaurants are at the center of the vibrant growth in America. For the past decade, we have relied on the convivial and dynamic hospitality of the independent restaurant scene to make this a city that we are incredibly proud of. Restaurant workers need your help more than ever. It is vital that we offer relief to those in need, so after this crisis restaurants can return to their full vibrancy.
In partnership with @makersmark and @leeinitiative @chefedwardlee we have turned restaurants across the country into relief centers with local chefs for any restaurant worker who has been laid off or has had a significant reduction in hours and/or pay. We are offering help for those in need of food and supplies. Each night, we will pack hundreds of to-go meals that people can come to pick up and take home.
Includes several more relief funds for restaurant workers and their children, Crucial resources for immigrants, both documented and undocumented, health info, explanations of Gov't resources, unemployment resources, news and information on the impact of Covid 19 on the restaurant sector's workers. GEM of a resource.
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC) is asking for disaster relief for the workers it represents, but its aid program is on hold since they were overwhelmed with applications, so I would consider donating to Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation Covid Fund instead until ROC resumes direct aid. I will change this as soon as I find out they are back on track.
Temporarily on hold, but they promise to be back. They were overwhelmed by applications.In the meantime, you can apply for relief now if you are a restaurant worker at Southern Smoke (serves all states, not just in the South).
Application for emergency Covid 19 relief funding for individual restaurant workers. The application is for all states, not just southern ones, and the detailed information is required by Federal regulations, not an info grab as far as I can tell.
They are promising 0% interest loans for restaurant workers as soon as they are able to set them up and will inform via their newsletter first. Sign up here.
Support restaurant workers and restaurants if you can afford a donation, as they are one of the hardest hist sectors of the economy.
This is different from other maps in an important way: The map and the tables below give the per capita infection rate instead of the raw numbers. HI is doing well so far, but the situation is more volatile because we are an island, as anyone who knows the colonial history of the Islands can attest, so things can turn for the worse much more dramatically than on a large landmass. This appears to be continuously updated so far and free from the Post's paywall.
The important part to understand: the cloth covering is not intended to protect the wearer but to prevent the spread of the virus from the wearer to others.
It noted the face coverings could be made at home at a low cost....people should not get a false sense of security from wearing masks. She emphasized they are no substitute for social distancing and frequent hand-washing. People need to continue to stay at least six feet away from other people, she said.
Nothing for Hawaii yet, although we are well-known for imposing burdens on the most vulnerable populations (consider the detestable harassment of houseless people). Maybe we can Get Hawaii on their radar?
The escalating public health and economic crisis wrought by COVID-19 is unlike anything in modern U.S. history. The worst harms of this crisis are falling heavily and disproportionately on the most vulnerable people in our country, especially people living paycheck-to-paycheck and people in the criminal justice system.
A recession is underway. People are losing their jobs and most low-paying jobs cannot be done remotely. Families are unable to pay their rent, buy food, or afford medical care — and they need their cars to access these basic necessities while social-distancing. In the midst of this crisis, paying fines and fees or accumulating additional court debt should be the last thing a family worries about.
People who are incarcerated are particularly vulnerable to the virus. The conditions in jails and prisons, coupled with the age and health of the incarcerated population, make the virus extremely dangerous. In response to the crisis, many jurisdictions have terminated in-person visitation between incarcerated people and their friends and families, yet continue to charge exorbitant rates for phone calls, emails and other vital forms of communication.
During the last recession, state and local governments dramatically increased the number and amount of fines and fees imposed on people for minor traffic and municipal code violations, misdemeanors and felonies in order to fill budget gaps. That regressive system of taxation continues to cause enormous harm in economically vulnerable communities, and particularly communities of color. Those communities suffered most in the last recession and will suffer again in this one. They cannot bear this unfair burden. State and local governments and courts should work to eliminate fees, make fines fair and proportionate, and never use fines and fees to balance their budgets.
In light of this ongoing national emergency, state and local governments and courts should make immediate changes to their criminal, traffic and municipal ordinance fines and fees policies to (1) increase public safety and health, (2) ensure that fines and fees are not a barrier to people’s basic needs throughout this emergency, and (3) promote the resiliency of our communities.
Below are evidence-based policies that jurisdictions around the country should take to help stem this public health and economic crisis.
Limited Federal Relief from Student Loan Debt.
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Info for all of US, illegally occupied and otherwise (is there an otherwise?): Bottom line for HI: Court; Public Safety Officer per Governor's Declaration HI Public Safety Sheriff Statement 031720: 3/17/20 Execution of Eviction Orders Halted Until Further Notice (Public Safety); The Hawaii Department of Public Safety Sheriff Division is suspending all eviction activities as part of the Department’s COVID-19 response efforts.