Since late 2022, paperwork processing failures at the agency left thousands of vulnerable Alaskans without food aid for months at a time.
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Another Domino’s is coming to Juneau
The city’s planning commission unanimously granted a conditional-use permit for the construction of the restaurant in the Valley.
State launches new online application for food assistance as work to address backlog continues
It’s part of the state’s effort to revamp the food assistance system to speed up application processing, as some Alaskans have waited months for their benefits.
With bison herds and ancestral seeds, Indigenous communities embrace food sovereignty
Native Americans are returning to raising buffalo and plants that tribes have grown for millennia. It’s a way to reconnect with historic traditions, and to bring healthy eating to their communities.
Alaskans again wait months for food stamps; workers union blames policy choices
The state got the backlog down to 6,000 people in August, but it has swollen to more than 12,000 since.
A new SNAP backlog leaves 12,000 Alaskans waiting for food stamps
More than 12,000 Alaskans have pending applications for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as SNAP, with some dating as far back as July.