“We’ve heard stories of people eating dog kibble in the villages because they have no more food,” said August Amy, part of an ongoing effort to help Alaskans navigate the state's food-stamp backlog. (via AlaskaBeacon)
About a year ago, Jamilyn Fenn noticed she was helping a lot of elders in the Seward area repeatedly fill out applications for food stamp benefits. The elders thought their applications were getting denied, but really they were caught up in the state’s Fenn is a finance manager for the Qutekcak Native Tribe, but she’s also a pro-bono lawyer representative for Alaska Legal Services. She hasn’t passed the bar in the state.
“I brought one family $19,996 in back payments,” she said. “Back in April, it was the highest Alaska Legal Services has ever been able to get.”, but many Alaskans are still waiting. Fenn said she got five requests for a fair hearing on Tuesday alone. “We’ve heard stories of people eating dog kibble in the villages because they have no more food,” she said. “I’ve heard stories from various food banks of just having completely empty shelves.”
Amy said she’s helped about 30 families get food stamps since February. She said it’s both humbling and concerning. Some families even reach out to her afterwards. Sarah Carver, a senior attorney for Alaska Legal Services, said there are more than 200 volunteers throughout the state in dozens of communities, but a core group of about 10 of them managed most of the food stamp cases this year. She runs the Justice for All program that trains “Everything goes through Alaska Legal Services, but they are the person on the ground delivering the legal services, with us as backup,” she said.
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