FEMA will conduct eligibility reviews by mid-September, after which survivors who have registered for FEMA assistance and whose homes are deemed uninhabitable, may remain in a hotel until they find their own housing solution or do so with the help of a dedicated caseworker.
On Aug. 8, the heads of the Maui and Hawaii Emergency Management Agencies were busy attending an annual conference on how to respond to disasters from the Pacific's top officials, but unbeknownst to the 74 attendees at the time, Maui was burning.
Aweau most recently served with the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a senior advisor for the Interagency Recovery Coordination and Community Planning and Capacity Building cadre that responded to disasters nationwide.