Almost 30,000 Navajo CARES Hardship Assistance applicants could be excluded due to missing records
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This April 23, 2020 photo shows a sign posted in Oljato-Monument Valley, Utah, saying the Navajo Monument Vally Tribal Park is closed, in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on the Navajo reservation. The reservation has some of the highest rates of coronavirus in the country. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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The Navajo Nation Office of the Controller said Thursday that nearly 30,000 who applied for the Navajo CARES Hardship Assistance Program could potentially not get help due to missing records.