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AK Stat § 47.25.001 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 1. Day Care Assistance and Child Care Grants.|Sec. 47.25.001. Powers and duties.

(a) The department shall (1) implement and administer a program to assist in providing day care for the children of low and moderate income families according to the requirements of AS 47.25.001 - 47.25.095; (2) establish standards of eligibility for day care benefits; (3) contract for the care of children of eligible families; (4) establish procedures to periodically review the needs of families receiving day care benefits; (5) provide notification to the local government body of the request for a contract with a day care facility. (b) The department may (1) adopt regulations necessary for the performance of its duties under AS 47.25.001 - 47.25.095; (2) contract with other entities to perform duties of the department under AS 47.25.001 - 47.25.095 within an area specified by the department; within an area, the department shall give higher priority to contracting with municipalities than with other organizations.
AK Stat § 47.25.011 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 1. Day Care Assistance and Child Care Grants.|Sec. 47.25.011. Administrative costs of program contractors.

To defray administrative expenses, a contractor under AS 47.25.001(b) may only retain $1,000 or 12 percent, whichever is greater, of the day care assistance program funds it receives from the department under the contract.
AK Stat § 47.25.021 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 1. Day Care Assistance and Child Care Grants.|Sec. 47.25.021. Conditions of receipt of benefits.

Benefits may be paid for the care of children of a low or moderate income family only if a parent or guardian, because of the day care, is freed to work or to seek work or to attend school. Benefits may not be paid for the care of children of a family where one parent or guardian is not working, actively seeking work, or attending school and is physically and mentally capable of caring for the children.
AK Stat § 47.25.031 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 1. Day Care Assistance and Child Care Grants.|Sec. 47.25.031. Eligibility of families for benefits.

The department shall determine the eligibility of families for day care benefits on the basis of the following factors: (1) income of the family including salary, alimony, child support, retirement benefits, social security, and any other source of income; (2) number of children in the family; (3) whether there is one parent or guardian solely responsible for the care of the family.
AK Stat § 47.25.041 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 1. Day Care Assistance and Child Care Grants.|Sec. 47.25.041. Contributions by parent or guardian.

The department shall develop a sliding fee scale based on the factors listed in AS 47.25.031 for purposes of determining the amount to be contributed by the parent or guardian for child care. The contribution of the parent or guardian shall be paid to the day care facility.
AK Stat § 47.25.051 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 1. Day Care Assistance and Child Care Grants.|Sec. 47.25.051. Placement; payment by state.

(a) Parents or guardians shall select the day care facility for the care of their children. (b) Benefits shall be paid by the department directly to the municipality or organization contracting with the day care facility.
AK Stat § 47.25.071 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 1. Day Care Assistance and Child Care Grants.|Sec. 47.25.071. Child care grant program.

(a) A child care grant program is established in the department to provide state assistance in the operation of child care facilities. The department shall provide grants for the operation of child care facilities, including private nonprofit child care facilities. Participation in the program is optional. (b) To qualify for a grant under (a) or (d) of this section, the child care facility must (1) be currently licensed under AS 47.32 and applicable municipal licensing requirements; (2) participate in the day care assistance program under AS 47.25.001 - 47.25.095; and (3) provide care under a payment system as provided in (g) of this section. (c) A grant under (a) of this section may not exceed $50 per month for each child the child care facility cares for, or for each full-time equivalent, as determined by the department. The grant shall be adjusted on a geographic basis by the same factor as funding for a school district is adjusted in AS 14.17.460. (d) In addition to the grants provided in (a) of this section, the department may, subject to appropriations for that purpose, provide by grant or contract for the education and training of child care employees or administrators. To receive a grant or contract under this subsection or to participate in a training program under this subsection, the child care facility must meet all the requirements of (b) of this section. (e) An application for a grant under this section shall be made in the form established by the department. (f) A grant under (a) of this section shall be made monthly or quarterly and shall be based on the monthly average daily full-time equivalent enrollment in the child care facility. If the method of payment for the grant is other than monthly, it shall be at the request of the child care facility with the approval of the department. Based on criteria established by the department, the department may make quarterly advance payments. (g) Each child care facility receiving a grant under (a) or (d) of this section shall assure that at least 15 percent or one of its child care spaces receiving subsidy under this section, whichever is greater, will be made available, if requested, to children eligible for day care assistance under AS 47.25.001 - 47.25.095, whose parents or guardians wish to pay for care based on attendance only. (h) The department shall, in consultation with interested child care providers and parents, adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of this section.
AK Stat § 47.25.095 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 1. Day Care Assistance and Child Care Grants.|Sec. 47.25.095. Definitions for day care assistance and child care grant programs.

In AS 47.25.001 - 47.25.095, (1) “child” means a person below 13 years of age, or a minor who has a developmental disability; (2) “child care facility” means an establishment licensed as a child care facility under AS 47.32, including day care centers, family day care homes, and schools for preschool age children, that provides care for children not related by blood, marriage, or legal adoption to the owner, operator, or manager of the facility; (3) “day care” means the care, supervision, and guidance of a child or children unaccompanied by a parent or legal guardian on a regular basis for periods of less than 24 hours a day; (4) “day care facility” means a center or home licensed in accordance with the provisions of AS 47.32 as a child care facility or recognized by the federal government for the care of children; (5) “department” means the Department of Health and Social Services; (6) “developmental disability” means a disability under which a person is incapable of self-care, as verified by a physician or licensed or certified psychologist who has examined the person.
AK Stat § 47.25.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.120. Eligibility for assistance.

Financial assistance may be given under AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300, so far as practicable under the conditions in this state, to a needy person who is eligible under the regulations of the department.
AK Stat § 47.25.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.130. Amount and type of assistance.

(a) The amount of assistance for a needy person shall be determined by the department with regard to the resources and needs of the person and the conditions existing in each case. Where possible, assistance shall be sufficient to provide the applicant with reasonable subsistence according to standards of assistance established by the department. However, the amount of assistance for subsistence needs may not exceed $120 a person a calendar month. (b) The department may enter into competitively awarded group service agreements with providers, and may require needy persons under AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300 to obtain services from these designated providers.
AK Stat § 47.25.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.140. Residents of public institutions.

(a) Payment under AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300 may not be made to or on behalf of an individual who is a resident of a public institution, except as a patient in a public medical institution, or an individual who is a patient in a public or private institution for tuberculosis or mental disease. A resident of a public institution who is otherwise eligible to receive an allowance under AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300 may apply for the allowance instead of the support and maintenance provided in the public institution. (b) In this section, “public institution” does not include the Alaska Pioneers' Home or the Alaska Veterans' Home.
AK Stat § 47.25.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.150. Application for assistance.

A person requesting assistance shall apply for it, either personally or through another person, upon forms furnished and under regulations adopted by the department.
AK Stat § 47.25.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.160. Investigation of applicant.

The department shall promptly investigate each applicant to determine the applicant's eligibility.
AK Stat § 47.25.170 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.170. Granting of assistance.

Upon the completion of its investigation, the department shall decide whether the applicant is eligible for and should receive assistance promptly under AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300, the amount of assistance, the manner of paying or providing it, and the date on which the assistance shall begin. The department shall notify the applicant of its decision.
AK Stat § 47.25.180 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.180. Appeal.

An applicant whose application is not acted upon or is denied, discontinued, or modified by the department shall be granted an opportunity for fair hearing before the office of the administrative hearings (AS 44.64.010). The hearing shall be held within a reasonable time after demand for it. The conduct of the hearing shall be governed by the regulations adopted for that purpose by the department.
AK Stat § 47.25.190 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.190. Payment to guardians.

When a guardian is appointed by the court for a person receiving assistance, the department may pay the assistance to the guardian.
AK Stat § 47.25.195 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.195. Payment to facilities for treatment of needy persons.

(a) The department may make payments to a health facility for the treatment of a needy person. (b) Except as provided in (e) of this section, a health facility receiving a payment under this chapter is subject to the requirements of AS 47.07.070 - 47.07.075. (c) Except as provided in (e) of this section, if insufficient money is appropriated to fund medical assistance under AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300 when taking into consideration projected use and the health facility payment rates established in accordance with (b) of this section, the department may, by regulation, establish at any time in the fiscal year a prospective pro rata reduction of the facilities' established payment rates that will be paid by the department for services provided by facilities under AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300. (d) Notwithstanding (a) - (c) of this section, the department may enter into agreements with a facility to provide services at a payment rate lower than the rate established in accordance with (b) of this section, except that the department may not enter into an agreement with an assisted living home to provide services at a daily reimbursement rate lower than $70. (e) Notwithstanding other provisions of this section and the provisions of AS 47.07, if the assistance provided to a needy person under AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300 includes the initiation or continuation of placement of the person in an assisted living home at the state's expense, the department's minimum daily reimbursement rate to the assisted living home for the person is $70. This minimum rate is not subject to reduction under (c) of this section. The department may, under its regulations and under the procedures of AS 47.07.070 - 47.07.075, provide for a daily rate higher than $70 if the care provided to the needy person in the assisted living home justifies the higher reimbursement. A daily rate higher than $70 for assisted living homes may be reduced under (c) of this section, but not below $70. (f) For purposes of this section, (1) “assisted living home” means an assisted living home licensed under AS 47.32; (2) “health facility” includes a hospital, skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, rehabilitation facility, inpatient psychiatric facility, home health agency, rural health clinic, and outpatient surgical clinic.
AK Stat § 47.25.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.200. Review of eligibility.

Assistance grants under AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300 shall be reviewed by the department as frequently as it considers necessary, and the amount of assistance may be changed or entirely withdrawn if the review of the circumstances warrants this action.
AK Stat § 47.25.205 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.205. Priority of general relief medical assistance.

If the department finds that the cost of medical assistance for all persons eligible under AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300 will exceed the amount allocated in the state budget for that assistance for the fiscal year, the department shall eliminate coverage for medical services in the following order: (1) treatment of speech, hearing, and language disorders; (2) optometrists' services and eyeglasses; (3) occupational therapy; (4) emergency dental services for adults; (5) prosthetic devices not including dentures; (6) medical supplies and equipment; (7) physical therapy; (8) outpatient laboratory and outpatient x-ray services; (9) ambulatory surgical center services; (10) nonemergency medical transportation; (11) outpatient physician services; (12) outpatient hospital services; (13) intermediate care facility services; (14) skilled nursing facility services; (15) emergency medical transportation; (16) pharmaceuticals; (17) inpatient physician services; (18) inpatient hospital services.
AK Stat § 47.25.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.210. Alienation and attachment.

Assistance granted under AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300 is inalienable by assignment or transfer and is exempt from garnishment, levy, or execution as provided in AS 09.38 (exemptions).
AK Stat § 47.25.220 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.220. State's claim for assistance.

The total amount paid in assistance to a recipient constitutes a claim against the recipient and the recipient's estate. On the death of a person receiving assistance, the total amount paid as assistance shall be allowed by the court having jurisdiction over the estate.
AK Stat § 47.25.230 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.230. Persons liable for support and burial.

Every needy person shall be supported while living and upon dying, shall be given a decent burial by the spouse, children, parents, grandparents, grandchildren, or siblings of the needy person, if they, or any of them, have the ability to do so, in the order named. Every designated person who fails to support the needy person when directed by the department to do so, or fails to give the needy person a decent burial shall reimburse the state or a municipality for the funds expended by either the state or a municipality for the relief or burial of the needy person, and these sums with interest and costs may be recovered by the state or a municipality of the state in a civil action.
AK Stat § 47.25.240 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.240. Action against person liable for care of recipient.

If, during the continuance of an allowance, the department ascertains that a person liable for the support of the recipient of assistance is able to provide the necessary care and support of the recipient, and the person liable for the care and support of the recipient fails or refuses to support and care for the recipient, the state has a claim for the assistance against the person liable for it. This claim may be enforced by civil action brought in the name of the state by the attorney general against the person liable for the recovery of the amount of money, with interest, paid to the recipient, together with the costs and disbursements of the action.
AK Stat § 47.25.250 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.250. Temporary relief.

When a needy person is not entitled to assistance under AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300 and has no relatives in the state liable for support under AS 47.25.230 and 47.25.240, the needy person may receive temporary assistance in the form and amount which the department considers necessary. Temporary assistance for needs other than transportation and medical care may not exceed $120 per person per month.
AK Stat § 47.25.252 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.252. Discretionary assistance.

When a needy person is not entitled to assistance under AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300, the needy person may receive assistance in the form and amount that the department considers necessary.
AK Stat § 47.25.260 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.260. Recovery and disposition of allowances improperly granted.

If the department finds that a general relief allowance has been improperly granted, it shall investigate, and if it appears from the investigation that the assistance was improperly granted, the department may cancel the allowance and notify the recipient of the cancellation. The state then has a claim against the person who received the improper allowance. The claim may be enforced by civil action in the name of the state by the attorney general to recover the amount paid to the person, with interest, together with the necessary costs of the action.
AK Stat § 47.25.265 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.265. Cancellation of disbursements.

(a) Disbursements issued to a general relief assistance recipient after the date of death of the recipient shall be canceled. (b) General relief assistance disbursements made before the death of the recipient but not collected by the recipient before death shall be canceled, unless claimed by the authorized representative of the estate of the recipient within 90 days after the date of death. (c) The state is not liable to the estate, heirs, or creditors of the deceased general relief assistance recipient for payment on disbursements canceled under (a) and (b) of this section.
AK Stat § 47.25.270 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.270. Agreements with federal government.

The department may enter into agreements, arrangements, or contracts with any federal agency, department, or official under which funds made available to the federal agency, department, or official may be transferred to the department and spent in accordance with AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300 for assistance to needy persons.
AK Stat § 47.25.290 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.290. Penalty for violation.

A person who violates a provision of AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both.
AK Stat § 47.25.300 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 2. General Relief Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.300. Definitions.

In AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300, (1) “assistance” means financial assistance to or on behalf of a needy person, including subsistence (food, shelter, fuel, clothing, and utilities) and transportation, medical needs (including, but not limited to, hospitalization, nursing, and convalescent care), burial, and other determined needs; (2) “department” means the Department of Health and Social Services; (3) “needy person” means a needy resident of the state who is not eligible for aid from another public agency or department providing similar services in the state; (4) “public medical institution” means a public hospital or medical institution, except an institution for the treatment of tuberculosis or mental disease.