House Bill 79, containining millions in funding to address the state's backlog in food-stamp applications as well as a shortage of Nome and Bethel public defenders, is headed to Gov. Mike Dunleavy's desk. (via AlaskaBeacon)
Food banks have reported high demand, and three people from one rural village were hospitalized for malnutrition, a city administrator Shirley Young, director of communications for the Alaska Department of Health, said the new funding will pay for 30 additional long-term temporary workers, covers overtime for supervisors and supports a contract for 75 additional staff.
The bill also contains $4.7 million in additional immediate funding for the Office of Public Advocacy and the Public Defender Agency, two organizations that provide criminal defense attorneys to poor Alaskans., the Public Defender Agency warned that staffing shortages meant it would soon be unable to defend people accused of serious felonies in Nome and Bethel.
As much as $365 million could be needed to pay for state operations through June 30, the end of the fiscal year. “We know we are underwater,” said Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka and co-chair of the Senate Finance Committee. “We’re pretty confident that’s going to carry us through the end of the year,” he said of Monday’s vote.
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