Resources for Laid-Off and Displaced Workers
Information on Unemployment Insurance
- Handbook on Unemployment Benefits
- Filing for unemployment insurance ONLINE
Job Resources
- Hirenet Hawaiʻi-Largest job database for the state
- American Job Centers
Also find additional information in the following areas:
Confidential Counseling Retirement Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps)
Child Care Connection Hawaiʻi Med-QUEST (Healthcare Coverage) Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
Job Dislocation – Making Smart Financial Choices after a Job Loss Managing Job Loss & Financial Stress
DHS BENEFIT, EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION (BESSD)
BESSD is the largest division in the Department of Human Services. Staff and administrators provide a continuum of services, through nine programs that serve different populations, aimed at providing clients with monthly benefits to assist them with such essentials as food, shelter, and child care, as well as employment support and work-training and dependency diversion and prevention.
Making Home Affordable (MHA) is a free federal government program of the Departments of the Treasury and Housing and Urban Development designed to provide assistance to homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments.
