Alaska gives food stamp recipients’ personal information to federal officials

A staffer at Foodland IGA in Juneau scans groceries on Friday, February 10, 2023. (Photo by Tasha Elizarde/KTOO)
Following a request by the federal government, the state of Alaska has turned over the personal information of roughly 70,000 Alaskans enrolled in the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps.
As first reported by NPR, the federal government normally collects information to determine a SNAP applicant’s financial eligibility for th