In the hardest months of winter, thousands of Alaskans are waiting for food stamps as overdue applications going back half a year pile up.
The state has only processed applications from September, state health department commissioner Heidi Hedberg said. There are still 900 food stamp applications that remain from October, and no estimate for how many applications were received in November, December, or January.
Hedberg told the Anchorage Daily News last month that while some…
