ACA Navigator, Western SD Community Action
ʻO Judy McCarthy he mea hoʻokele Affordable Care Act (ACA) ma Western SD Community Action (WSDCA) mai ka makahiki 2015. ʻO ia ke kuleana no ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā lawelawe ʻike a me ke kākau inoa ʻana no nā mea kūʻai aku i makemake i ka ʻinikua olakino ma o ka Federal Health Insurance Marketplace. Ua lilo ʻo ia i ʻāpana o ka papahana Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), he hana hoʻolālā Internal Revenue Service e hāʻawi ana i ke kōkua ʻauhau kālā no nā poʻe haʻahaʻa a me nā ʻohana.
Ma mua o ka hele ʻana i WSDCA, he recruiter ʻo Judy ma ke keʻena waiwai kanaka ma Rapid City Regional Hospital no 21 mau makahiki. Ma hope o ka noho ʻana ma Aberdeen, mahiʻai ma Mt. Vernon, a nona ka hale ʻaina a me ka lawelawe ʻai ʻana ma Armor ʻoiai e hana ana ma ka Halemai ʻo Douglas County a hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻia ma ke ʻano he Kauka Lapaʻau ʻĀkau, ua neʻe ka ʻohana i Rapid City ma 1990.
Makemake ʻo Judy i nā pua a me ka mahiʻai ʻana, e ʻohi i ka lole (e lilo ia i mea hana i kekahi lā), e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he kākau ʻōlelo kālā o kāna hale pule, a hiki ke loaʻa ma ka lumi kuke. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia i kekahi mau makahiki ma ke ʻano he mea manawaleʻa no nā koho federal, mokuʻāina, a kūloko. Ke kōkua ʻole ʻo ia i nā kānaka, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ʻo ia e hauʻoli ana me kāna kāne ʻo Dave, ʻelua keiki kāne, ʻehiku moʻopuna, a me nā ʻohana nui a me nā hoaaloha.
