Hawaii HUD CDBG-DR and FEMA Resources

Grantee website, Federal Register notices, and FEMA disaster declarations for the State of Hawaii.

The Hawaii resource page is the state entry in the WindRainFlood.Com Resources index. It links to the HUD CDBG-DR grantee information for the State of Hawaii, including the HUD Honolulu Field Office (which administers CDBG for the non-entitled counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui) and the County of Maui (direct grantee for the Maui wildfires CDBG-DR allocation). It also links to the Federal Register search URL for CDBG-DR notices that name Hawaii, and a live FEMA disaster declaration table, filtered by default to DR-type declarations for Hawaii over the last five years.

The page is designed so that a household, a business, or an oversight volunteer can locate the agency that administers the federal recovery grant, confirm the FEMA declaration number for their disaster, and search the declaration history for the state in one place.

Federal Register Published Notices for Hawaii

Federal Register Published Notices

Allocations for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery

Use the search button below to open the Federal Register search that names Hawaii and the HUD CDBG-DR program.

Search Hawaii Disasters

The Federal Register search opens in a new tab. It returns every HUD CDBG-DR notice that names Hawaii, including allocations, action plan approvals, and amendments.

FEMA Disaster Declarations for Hawaii

FEMA Funding Obligations reported the following Major Disasters for Hawaii between 2021 and 2026:

The table below loads live from the OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 API. Filter by disaster number, incident type, or date range using the search box above the table.

Loading FEMA disaster declarations for Hawaii...

Each declaration number in the table links to the FEMA disaster page for that declaration. For a wider search, open the full FEMA disaster declaration search for Hawaii:

FEMA Disaster Declarations between 2021 and 2026 for Hawaii

Hawaii HUD CDBG-DR Grantee

Hawaii has permanently elected not to participate in the State CDBG program. As a result, HUD's Honolulu Field Office directly administers the CDBG and CDBG-DR programs for the non-entitled counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui [citation:6][citation:12].

  • HUD Honolulu Field Office (Non-Entitled Counties)

  • County of Maui (Maui Wildfires CDBG-DR)

    • The County of Maui is the direct grantee for the $1.6 billion CDBG-DR allocation for the 2023 Maui wildfires [citation:1].
    • Maui Recovers

The grantee pages host the Hawaii action plan, the amendments, the allocation amounts, and the applicant portal.

The Three-Step Hawaii State Index Routine

A repeatable sequence that locates the Hawaii grantee, verifies the FEMA declaration, and tracks the assistance provided.

1

Locate the Hawaii Grantee

Your Action: Open the HUD Honolulu Field Office grant program website or the County of Maui CDBG-DR page from the Hawaii Grantee card on this page. Look for the Action Plan, Amendments, Programs, and Applicant Portal sections.

Why It Matters: The HUD Honolulu Field Office and County of Maui websites are the only places where the Hawaii household can read the current action plan, the current allocation, the current program rules, and the current status of an individual case.

2

Verify the Hawaii Declaration

Your Action: Use the FEMA declarations table on this page to confirm the declaration number, the incident type, and the incident period for your disaster. If you need a wider search, use the FEMA declarations reference link below the table.

Why It Matters: The declaration number appears on the FEMA determination letter and on many Hawaii program forms. Confirming it ensures your application is matched to the correct disaster.

3

Track the Hawaii Assistance

Your Action: Use the Federal Register search on this page to review every HUD CDBG-DR notice that names Hawaii. Use the HUD Exchange CDBG-DR link to confirm the current Hawaii allocation and published action plan. Save a copy of the current action plan, the allocation, and every decision letter.

Why It Matters: The public record is the document that supports an oversight request, a public comment, a legislative inquiry, or a formal appeal. Preserving the record is the first step in preventing obscured aid.

The Hawaii state index record produced here is the input to the Recovery Pathway cluster. The First Steps page shows how to use the state program record during the first week of recovery.

Glossary Term: Hawaii CDBG-DR Grantee

Definition: Hawaii has permanently elected not to participate in the State CDBG program. HUD's Honolulu Field Office directly administers CDBG and CDBG-DR for the non-entitled counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui [citation:6][citation:12]. The County of Maui is the direct grantee for the Maui wildfires CDBG-DR allocation [citation:1].

In Practice: HUD publishes the Hawaii program rules and Consolidated Plan requirements for the non-entitled counties. The County of Maui publishes its action plan, amendments, allocation amounts, and applicant portal for the wildfires allocation.

Why It Matters: These websites are the only public record of the Hawaii recovery program. Without them, Hawaii households cannot verify the program rules, the deadlines, or the case status.

Glossary Term: FEMA Disaster Declaration

Definition: A formal federal declaration by the President that a major disaster or emergency exists in a specified area and that federal assistance is authorized.

In Practice: The declaration records the disaster number, the state, the incident type, the incident period, and the designated counties. The declaration unlocks FEMA Individual Assistance, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation, and other federal programs.

Why It Matters: The declaration number appears on the FEMA determination letter and on most state and federal program forms. Without it, the household cannot verify eligibility or file a program application.

Case Origin: Why This Page Exists

After a presidentially declared disaster, federal recovery funding for Hawaii flows through FEMA and HUD. FEMA administers Individual Assistance and Public Assistance. HUD administers the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program. Because Hawaii has elected not to participate in the State CDBG program, HUD's Honolulu Field Office directly administers CDBG for the non-entitled counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui [citation:6][citation:12]. For the 2023 Maui wildfires, the County of Maui is the direct CDBG-DR grantee [citation:1].

This page traces to recurring Hawaii wildfire, hurricane, and flood events where Hawaii households could not locate the agency that administers the federal recovery grant or the current FEMA declaration for their county. The pattern was consistent: households that found the grantee website early in recovery completed the application faster and with fewer disputes than households that learned about the program after the application window had closed.

During the 2026 reorganization the recovery team found that the state recovery links, the FEMA declaration links, and the assistance matrix were documented on separate pages, and households could not see the full state record. The three were merged into this page, which carries the Hawaii grantee links, the Federal Register search, and a live FEMA declarations lookup in one place.

Key public access points for Hawaii:

  • HUD Honolulu Field Office CDBG page: the HUD-administered CDBG page for the non-entitled counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui.
  • County of Maui CDBG-DR: the direct grantee page for the Maui wildfires allocation.
  • Federal Register search: the search that returns every HUD CDBG-DR notice naming Hawaii.
  • FEMA Disaster Declarations: the federal database that records every Hawaii declaration by number, incident type, and incident period.
  • FEMA Active Disaster Search: the federal search that lists currently open Hawaii disasters.
  • HUD Exchange CDBG-DR: the federal program page that lists the Hawaii allocation and the published action plan.
  • openFEMA: the federal open data portal that publishes FEMA program data, declarations, and assistance records for Hawaii.

The method generalizes to any state or disaster because it depends on the public record that each grantee and each federal agency publishes. Any Hawaii disaster can be looked up through the search tools on this page, and any new declaration is picked up automatically from the OpenFEMA v2 API.

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