A year after state funding cuts caused Lynn Canal Counseling to fold into Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, another Haines nonprofit is stretched thin from the blowback.

Margaret Sebens of Southeast Alaska Independent Living said her caseload has doubled since Lynn Canal Counseling merged with SEARHC in the fall of 2015.

SAIL is seeing a big increase in referrals and people needing case management, Sebens said.

“I have definitely been experiencing a big influx and…