Financial (Cash) Benefits

Self Help Information

• Department of Human Service: How to Apply for Cash Welfare Assistance GA/AABD PDF

  Information about the application process for GA/AABD. Content Detail

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  Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu

• Benefits Check Up

  Information on what benefits seniors may be eligible for. Requires filling out a form. Content Detail

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  National Council on the Aging

• Hawai`i State Department of Human Services (DHS)

  Link to DHS website. DHS is the state agency that provides food stamps, medical, and cash welfare benefits. Content Detail

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  Hawai`i State Department of Human Services (DHS)

• Real Choices Access

  This is a new Hawai`i-based initiative to give people of all ages who have a significant disability or long term illness more choice and the ability to make self-determined decisions in accessing services. Content Detail

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  Real Chioces Access

• Social Security Administration (SSA)

  The official website of the Social Security Administration. Social Security can provide you with disability, retirement, and survivor's benefits. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration (SSA)

• Social Security Benefits: Apply Online

  From this link you can apply for Social Security Administration Benefits online. These benefits include Social Security Disability (SSDI), Social Security Retirement, and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Survivors and Eligible Dependents VA Benefits

  This website contains information on a wide range of benefits for the surviving spouse, dependent children and dependent parents of deceased veterans and military servicemembers. Also includes links to other federal agencies and organizations that offer related benefits and services to survivors and dependents. Content Detail

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  Department of Veterans Affairs

• Welfare Law Center

  The Welfare Law Center works with and on behalf of low-income people to ensure that adequate income support -- public funding provided on the basis of need -- is available whenever and to the extent necessary to meet basic needs and foster healthy human and family development. Content Detail

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  Welfare Law Center