Some Alaska Native Elders must choose between keeping their corporation shares or accepting federal assistance. New legislation would change that.
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Some Alaska Native Elders must make the tough choice of whether to give their Native corporation shares away to be eligible for federal programs like SNAP. A piece of federal legislation would exclude settlement trust benefits from counting against their eligibility for some federal programs.
Some Alaska Native Elders must choose between keeping their corporation shares or accepting federal assistance. New legislation would change that.