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The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded the Hawaii Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, $48.255 million on January 21, 2026, under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (CFDA 97.039) to fund disaster risk reduction and infrastructure resilience projects across Hawaii through September 30, 2026.

The award supports hazard mitigation initiatives including infrastructure protection and resilience projects across Hawaii's counties. The Civil Defense Division distributes funding to Hawaii's four counties, local governments, and nonprofit organizations as a pass-through entity to execute localized recovery projects and infrastructure hardening work. A sub-award of $197,222.04 was obligated on April 12, 2026, to the County of Kauai Planning Department for the Kauai Hazard Mitigation GIS Enhancement Initiative, which supports geographic information systems mapping and planning capabilities for hazard mitigation.

Performance occurs in Honolulu, Hawaii with work dispersed to sub-recipients across the state's counties. The Civil Defense Division, Hawaii's state-level emergency management agency, functions as the prime recipient under FEMA's primary grant portfolio, receiving federal resources for distribution to counties, municipalities, and nonprofits as part of its all-hazards emergency management capability.