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Gov. Josh Green plans to announce details of a new “recovery and humanitarian fund” for families that lost loved ones or were injured in the Aug. 8 Lahaina wildfire.

“Expect significant announcements from me in early November about funds for families who have lost a loved one or for individuals who were hurt in the fire physically,” Green said at a wide-ranging press conference Wednesday on Maui, joined by Maui Mayor Richard Bissen and the American Red Cross and Federal Emergency Management Agency.

“We are putting together a coalition to get them resources, hopefully in a much more expedited way, so that they don’t have to wait for a long period of litigation,” Green said. “We know that there are going to need to be settlements, there have been tragedies. We want to be compassionate. So we will look at this as a recovery and humanitarian fund for those who suffered the greatest.”

Green plans to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House next week, along with meetings with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Hawaii’s Congressional delegation.

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