Monthly cash payments could boost disaster survivors. A Maui nonprofit tries it out
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Mari Younger poses for a portrait on the balcony of her converted hotel room where she lives after being displaced by the Maui fires two years prior, in Kihei, Hawaii, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Dry goods purchased with support from a monthly cash assistance program sit in the converted hotel room where Mari Younger lives after being displaced by the Maui fires two years prior, in Kihei, Hawaii, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Nicole Huguenin, executive director of Maui Rapid Response, a nonprofit supporting Maui fire survivors with cash assistance, organizes canned food at the organization's warehouse in Kahului, Hawaii, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Supplies are stored inside the warehouse of Maui Rapid Response, a nonprofit supporting Maui fire survivors with cash assistance, in Kahului, Hawaii, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Mari Younger pets her cat Stella inside her converted hotel room where she lives after being displaced two years prior by the Maui fires, in Kihei, Hawaii, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)
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Mari Younger poses for a portrait on the balcony of her converted hotel room where she lives after being displaced by the Maui fires two years prior, in Kihei, Hawaii, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)
