The promotion of the program comes after Kawerak employees noticed that more families with children started applying to the general assistance program.
NOME, Alaska - Due to the delays in state public assistance, Kawerak Incorporated, a non-profit consortium of 20 Alaskan Native tribes in the Bering Sea region is stepping up to remind tribal members of its The program usually serves mostly single persons without dependents, but a rise in family applicants appeared to coincide with the SNAP benefit delays, Kawerak’s vocational rehabilitation and wellness services director Sara Lizak said.
“I really hope that the state is able to resolve their understaffing issue soon, because it puts a strain on our program staff when we have to pick up so many, so many families and serve them — when the state has this obligation but isn’t serving them,” Lizak said. “When you cut budgets this drastically to services that are directed to the most needy in our state — families that have fallen on hard times — you can’t expect that there won’t be any backlash or problems,” Lizak said.
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