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Thanks to inflation, an economic downturn and natural disasters, more families are struggling to afford healthy groceries. To help states with the recent influx of SNAP applications, Rep. Don Bacon...

About 37% of Alaska’s Medicaid recipients were procedurally disenrolled in the first four months following a pause during the pandemic.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program application backlog has finally been cleared by Alaska's Division of Public Assistance.

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Health Department officials say they are ‘sounding the alarm’

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Department of Health, Division of Public Assistance (DPA) has cleared the backlog of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applications and recertifications submitted prior to June 2023.

Officials from Alaska’s Division of Public Assistance said its staff worked through the backlog of applications for food aid that stressed Alaska families for more than a year. But that success came at the cost of what officials are calling a “new” backlog.

Alaska’s Health Department works through one food stamp backlog only to confront another — there are 6,000 Alaskans waiting for food aid.

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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Department of Health has announced the successful completion of a measure aimed at alleviating the strain on Alaska's food banks.