SHELTERS, HOUSING, and FINANCIAL AID

Over 2,900 individuals are sheltered at 12 hotel locations around Maui, in coordination with the American Red Cross (ARC). Nearly 170,500 meals have been served to date by the Salvation Army and ARC at shelters throughout the disaster response. The current shelter locations include:

• Hyatt Regency Maui - 200 Nohea Kai Drive., Lahaina
• Royal Lahaina - 2780 Kekaa Drive, Lahaina
• Honua Kai Outrigger - 130 Kai Malina Parkway, Lahaina
• Outrigger Kaʻanapali Beach Resort - 2525 Ka‘anapali Parkway, Lahaina
• Aston Ka‘anapali Shores – 3445 Lower Honoapi‘ilani Road, Lahaina
• Fairmont Kea Lani – 4100 Wailea Alanui Drive, Wailea
• Westin Maui - 2365 Kaanapali Parkway, Lahaina
• Aston Mahana at Ka‘anapali – 110 Ka‘anapali Shores Place, Lahaina
• Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort – 3550 Wailea Alanui Drive, Wailea
• Maui Beach Hotel – 170 West Ka‘ahumanu Ave., Kahului
• Maui Seaside Hotel - 100 W Kaahumanu Ave, Kahului
• Aston Maui Ka‘anapali Villas: 45 Kai Ala Drive, Lahaina

A non-American Red Cross Shelter is available at the Four Seasons Maui at 3900 Wailea Alanui Drive in Wailea. Individuals housed at this shelter are not included in the above statistic.

To qualify for shelter and financial assistance, you must first register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This can be done at a joint Disaster Recovery Center that operates daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the University of Hawai‘i Maui College, 310 W. Ka‘ahumanu Ave., Pilina Building, Kahului. You can also call 1-800-621-3362, visit disasterassistance.gov, or apply through the FEMA smartphone application.

An additional FEMA Disaster Recovery Center will fully open Friday, 8/25 at Hannibal Tavares Community Center, 91 Pukalani St. in Makawao. Similar services are available daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

To date, over 10,000 FEMA assistance registrations have been received, with nearly $13.2 million in federal housing and individual assistance provided.

The American Red Cross (ARC) is additionally offering financial assistance for survivors of the Maui wildfires whose primary residences were destroyed or sustained eligible structural damage. While over 1,000 survivors have been contacted, only 20% of those have responded. 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.

The State Department of Human Services announced an additional 250 Air BnB units are available to displaced residents or families on Maui for 21-day stays. Go to Lahaina Gateway Center, through 8/25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., to pre-register.

Landlords, management companies, and homeowners from across the state have offered to rent more than 900 houses, apartment units and rooms immediately to the thousands of Maui residents who lost their homes to the wildfires. For assistance call (808) 587-0469 weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or email hhfdcfirereliefhousing@hawaii.gov

Home, Business, Physical, and Economic Injury disaster loans are available from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as a result of impacts from the Maui wildfires. For more information, please visit sba.gov/hawaii-wildfires

Applicants may also call SBA’s Customer Service Center at (800) 659-2955 or email disastercustomerservice@sba.gov for more information on SBA financial disaster assistance.

Hawai‘i Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs will be temporarily waiving registration fees for businesses affected by the wildfires. The waiver is in effect through 12/31/2023, and applies to fees for obtaining certificates of good standing and copies of business registration documents filed with the division.

TRANSPORTATION

The Maui County Division of Motor Vehicles and Licensing office at 110 Ala‘ihi St. in Kahului will be open Saturday, 8/26. These weekend appointments are available from 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and are reserved for individuals completing a single transaction for themselves. Walk-ins will be available from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for wildfire survivors. To make an appointment, visit bit.ly/MauiDMVbooking

For more information, call (808) 270-7363.

The Maui Bus “West Maui Express” Route #29 will provide hourly service between Kapalua, the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center, and Ka‘anapali beginning daily at 5:30 a.m. For the exact route schedule, please visit www.mauicounty.gov/bus

or use the free Maui Bus app. The following Maui Bus routes are still suspended until further notice:

• Lahaina Islander #20
• Lahaina Villager #23
• Ka’anapali Islander #25
• West Maui Islander #28

The Maui County Department of Transportation also announced that all Maui Bus fares for the Maui Bus Fixed Route, ADA Paratransit, and Commuter Service have been suspended due to the ongoing emergency until further notice.

Maui Economic Opportunity Human Services and Maui Bus ADA Paratransit buses resumed trips to, from, and within West Maui. Buses will not be traveling to restricted areas. The Human Services system provides rides for low-income and rural residents, kupuna, youth, persons with disabilities and those living outside the paratransit service area without charge to doctor’s appointments, dialysis, youth centers after school, employment and other destinations. Human Services buses run 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday depending on destination and type of service. Paratransit buses run every day, including holidays, from 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., depending on the location, in conjunction with Maui Bus routes. Both services require riders to be registered and approved prior to making a reservation. Applications are found at https://www.meoinc.org; reservations can be made by calling (808) 877-7651.

A free Ka’anapali Circulator Shuttle is available for people who are staying at any of the American Red Cross hotel shelters in West Maui, including the Hyatt Regency Maui, Outrigger Ka’anapali Beach Resort, Royal Lahaina, Honua Kai and the Westin Maui in Ka’anapali. The circulator shuttle runs in a continuous loop and is available daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. It connects the shelters to various services located at the different hotels, including the Family Assistance Center, located at the Hyatt Regency Maui. The shuttle is being operated by Roberts Hawai‘i.

Effective 8/28, the Lana‘i ferry will be commence daily service connecting Ma‘alaea and Manele Bay, except for Sundays.

• Mondays & Fridays: departing 10 a.m. Ma‘alaea, 12 noon Manele
• Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays: departing 6:30 a.m. Ma‘alaea, 8:30 a.m. Manele, 3:30pm Ma‘alaea, 5:30pm Manele

8/25 will be the final day for the old schedule: departing Ma‘alaea at 1 p.m., Manele at 3 p.m. For more information please visit go-lanai.com

Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) and Federal Highway Administration are making $3 million available for recovery of West Maui infrastructure and traffic management, with a portion of this to be invested in a 30,000-foot dust screen around Lahaina, according to HDOT.

Late-night, vehicular access into Lahaina is limited to West Maui residents, first responders, and West Maui employees from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Evening roadblocks on Honoapi‘ilani Highway (Highway 30) are located at Ma‘alaea and Wahe‘e. All motorists may enter from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. The Maui Police Department will cite and tow vehicles parked at the Lahaina Bypass, where there are no-parking signs.

Uber is now working with the American Red Cross to provide rides (up to $40) to people in hotel shelters on Maui who do not have transportation options. To redeem the discount, riders must apply the promo code “MAUI23” in the Wallet section of their Uber app prior to requesting the ride, which is valid for UberX or UberXL.