The director of the state’s Division of Public Assistance says in the past few months, the situation has improved considerably.
Alaskans who sued the state last year over long wait times for food assistance are asking a federal judge to order the state to speed up processing.
“This is a very, very significant crisis,” she said. “I have done a number of cases related to timeliness litigation, and I have not sort of seen a crisis of the proportion that we have seen in Alaska.”Now, attorneys in the case are asking the judge for a preliminary injunction that would order the state to process applications in line with federal requirements. That’sA court order could help the state obtain waivers from federal requirements that may slow processing down, Akhtar said.
But the director of the state’s Division of Public Assistance, Deb Etheridge, said that over the past few months, the situation has improved considerably. Etheridge says as of March, the state was processing about 90% of its applications by federal deadlines. As of early May, she said there were just 50 SNAP applications or recertifications lingering beyond the 30-day deadline.
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