Department of Human and Social Services
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG has confirmed it will issue $6.4 million in Summer Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (Summer P-EBT) starting January 18, 2023.
Gov. Lemanu P. S Mauga announced on Monday that the Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) will start issuing Summer P-EBT to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Reserving front row seats on sixty-one aiga buses for residents with special needs, including senior citizens along with day care centers operating 24-hours a day, are two of the new programs that Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga shared with lawmakers during his...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a press release issued by the Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS), director Muavaefa’atasi John E. Suisala announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS), approved ASG’s request to issue temporary monthly emergency...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Human and Social Services is working with its authorized vendors for the food stamp program, as well as wholesalers, to ensure that store shelves remain well stocked when DHSS starts issuing vouchers for the federally-funded Additional Supplemental...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Employees of the Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) lined the streets in front of the DHSS headquarters in Utulei yesterday morning, for a special “wave” to culminate Red Ribbon Week 2019 in American Samoa.
The Red Ribbon campaign is a national initiative to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A ‘war of words’ erupted in the House chamber yesterday after a hearing with officials from the Dept. of Human and Social Services (DHSS) to discuss food stamp issues.
DHSS director, Muavaefa’atasi John Suisala and his deputy director appeared to testify on the issue,...