Plaintiffs say they waited an unlawfully long period of time for food aid and asked the court to order the state health department to obey federal deadlines.
U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason is considering a case that asks the court to make sure the state issues food stamps on time after years of chronic delays. She heard oral arguments Thursday in Anchorage.Thousands of Alaskans waited months for federal food aid last year because the state’s Division of Assistance had accumulated a The case was delayed for a year and a half because the court granted the state a series of stays to allow it to work on its problems.
“If we are depriving poor folks, if we are depriving the indigent of their chance to simply get a bite to eat, well, that’s a harm that we cannot repair in the future, even with back benefits,” he said. Harrison also said that a preliminary injunction would not solve the issue of delays in application processing that the state is already working to solve.
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