Behchokǫ̀ family cut off income assistance say they are out of options

It makes me sad and I get hurt. I can’t what a asking. I can’t do it because we both can’t read and write and it sometimes they tell us to download this on a computer. My wife is not going to go. We don’t have a computer, we don’t have Internet. She’s not going to sit down and go on a computer download this catch. It’s hard for her to use her to use computer. She can’t do that at all. Dryneck says he isn’t completely sure how they got cut off. He was told by NWT Income Assistance he was being investigated for undeclared income for last year. After his wife worked as a janitor a handful of times for the cliche government when they tried to remedy the situation, he says the department was unhelpful and didn’t understand the gravity of his situation. I don’t know what the care means. I don’t know what the clear means. They explained to us, but we don’t know what it means. We have no education, me and my wife, but they don’t help us. They don’t explain nothing to us, Dryneck says His father pulled him out of school in the third grade due to his blindness. His disability makes it difficult to understand his finances. And now we’re just sitting at home here, three of us in a big home that my mom and dad left me don’t know what to do. We’ll start making fun. We’ll stop fooling around because we’re not getting anywhere or anything. We can’t go to you owner for food bank, because when we’re not local, that’s what it was. And there’s no food banks here in Michigan. There’s nothing. There are many problems. Janeway Alan Armstrong is MLA for Montfi. She says Dryneck’s situation is very common in Bechico. She says there’s not enough programs there for disabilities, saying everything is in Yellowknife. CBC News reached out to Bechico and Clecho chiefs to know more about available help for people like Christopher, but didn’t receive a response. When Dry Neck can apply in three months time, it might be easier. The Income Assistance Office says they’ll improve the program for people with disabilities. This summer, the department told CBC News users will require less paperwork and will be able to apply on an annual basis. Robert Holden, CBC News, Yellowknife.