Hawaii News

Hawaiʻi's Physician Shortage Hits Maui Hardest

Dec 23, 2024 - Describes how wildfires in August 2023 have contributed to worsening physician workforce shortages in rural Maui County, Hawai'i. Notes that housing shortages and the rising cost of living have led many healthcare workers, including physicians, to consider moving. Highlights a variety of recruitment efforts including workforce rental housing and a state loan repayment program.

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FNS: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Thrifty Food Plan Cost Adjustment for the Price of Food in Hawaii Federal Register

Dec 3, 2024 - Notice of proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) proposing updates the methodology for calculating the cost adjustment in the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) for Hawaii. The proposed change to determine the cost adjustment would incorporate food prices from throughout the State of Hawaii rather than from Honolulu alone, ensuring that SNAP benefit allotments better reflect food prices faced by participants throughout the State of Hawaii. Comments are due by February 3, 2025.

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