Hawaii Department Of Labor & IND

Hawaii Department Of Labor & IND, doing business as Hawaii Office Of Community Services, operates as a recipient of federal grants (100% of recent awards) and is a subordinate entity of the State of Hawaii. The organization does not compete for federal contracts; instead, it administers federal grant programs focused on nutrition assistance, community services, refugee resettlement, and energy efficiency for low-income populations across Hawaii.

The Hawaii Office of Community Services serves as the state administering agency for multiple U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service programs and the Department of Health and Human Services. Its primary capability portfolio centers on the administration and delivery of nutrition benefits and emergency food assistance to eligible populations. Representative grant work includes a $5.22 million Community Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.569) from the Department of Health and Human Services, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027, which funds comprehensive anti-poverty and community development services through networks of community action agencies; a $387,203 Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program award (CFDA 10.576) from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, dated October 1, 2025, providing benefits to low-income seniors to purchase fresh, locally grown produce from farmers' markets and community-supported agriculture programs; a $338,872 Commodity Supplemental Food Program award (CFDA 10.565) from USDA Food and Nutrition Service for the same period, distributing nutritious USDA Foods to eligible elderly persons aged 60 and older; and a $221,251 Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Administrative Costs award (CFDA 10.568) for fiscal year 2025–2026, funding storage and distribution infrastructure while requiring that at minimum 40 percent of the administrative grant be made available to emergency feeding organizations.

Customer concentration is overwhelming within the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, which accounts for approximately 54 awards across the recent portfolio. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families places awards for refugee cash and medical assistance (block grants) and Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) programs. The organization also receives formula grants from the Department of Energy for the Weatherization Assistance Program, which funds whole-house retrofits—including HVAC repair or replacement, insulation, air sealing, and lighting replacement—for low-income households in Hawaii, with recipients saving an average of over three hundred dollars annually on energy costs after weatherization.

Activity has declined modestly from fourteen awards in 2022 to one award through June 2026, though this reflects the shift toward multi-year formula grant vehicles with longer performance periods rather than annual recompete cycles. Eleven awards reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. The organization holds no federal contract IDVs, GWACs, BPAs, or parent vehicles; all awards are direct federal grants to Hawaii as the state administering agency. The Hawaii Office of Community Services operates no subcontractor relationships and does not sub-award federal contracts; it serves as a direct recipient that administers programs and contracts with approximately 650 subrecipient community-based organizations—nonprofit organizations, local units of government, and tribes—for on-the-ground service delivery.