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AK Stat § 47.25.435 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 3. Adult Public Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.435. Exclusion of income.

Notwithstanding the provisions of AS 47.25.430 - 47.25.615, if the applicable provisions of 42 U.S.C. 301 - 1397f (Social Security Act), as amended, permit, in determining the need of an applicant for, or a recipient of, an assistance grant under AS 47.25.430 - 47.25.615, the department shall exclude from the computation of the applicant's or recipient's income the amounts specified in 42 U.S.C. § 1382a(b), as amended, amounts specified in regulations adopted to implement the supplemental security income provisions of federal law, and any amounts specified by the department by regulation so long as exclusion of those amounts is not in conflict with federal law.
AK Stat § 47.25.440 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 3. Adult Public Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.440. Application for assistance.

A person requesting assistance shall apply for it, either personally or through another, upon forms furnished and under regulations adopted by the department.
AK Stat § 47.25.450 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 3. Adult Public Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.450. Investigation of applicant.

Upon application, the department shall investigate promptly and record the circumstances of each applicant to determine the facts supporting the application and other information required by the department.
AK Stat § 47.25.455 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 3. Adult Public Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.455. Interim assistance.

(a) The department shall pay at least $280 a month to a person eligible for assistance under this chapter while the eligibility of the person for benefits under 42 U.S.C. 1381 - 1385 (Title XVI, Social Security Act, Supplemental Security Income Program) is being determined. Payments in excess of $280 a month may be made under this section if the department determines that money is available for excess payments. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the department may not make monthly payments in excess of the total amount of state and federal monthly payments to which the person would be entitled if the person is determined to be eligible for benefits under 42 U.S.C. 1381 - 1385. (c) A person applying for assistance under this section shall, as a condition of eligibility for assistance, agree to repay the state for assistance granted upon the person's receipt of a benefit under 42 U.S.C. 1381 - 1383 for a month in which the person received interim assistance under this section. The monthly repayment required by this subsection may not exceed the amount of assistance that the person received under 42 U.S.C. 1381 - 1383 for that month. (d) Beginning the first full month after a person is determined to be eligible for assistance under 42 U.S.C. 1381 - 1383, the department shall terminate interim assistance to that person under this section and begin payments to the person under AS 47.25.430.
AK Stat § 47.25.460 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 3. Adult Public Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.460. Award, reduction, termination, and appeal.

(a) Upon completion of the investigation, the department shall promptly decide whether the applicant is eligible for and should receive adult public assistance, the amount of it, the manner of paying it, and the date on which it starts. The department may make additional investigation that it considers necessary and shall make its decision as to the granting of assistance and the amount and nature of assistance as is justified and in conformity with AS 47.25.430 - 47.25.615. The department shall notify the applicant of its decision in writing. (b) Assistance under AS 47.25.430 - 47.25.615 is subject to review. If a recipient of adult public assistance or the spouse of a recipient with whom the recipient is living acquires nonexempt property exceeding resource limitations, or income sufficient to maintain the recipient properly, then the assistance granted to the recipient shall either be terminated or reduced to an amount reflecting the reduced need as determined by the department in accordance with applicable regulations. Upon review, the department may, after having provided opportunity for a hearing under (c) of this section, change the assistance granted or terminate it entirely if it finds that the circumstances are changed sufficiently to warrant this action. (c) A recipient whose award is proposed to be modified or terminated, or an applicant whose application is denied by the department, shall be granted an opportunity for a hearing before the office of administrative hearings (AS 44.64.010). The hearing shall be held promptly after a request for hearing is made. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with regulations adopted by the department. (d) Each award shall be paid on a monthly basis. In case it is impracticable by reason of slow or interrupted means of communication for a disbursement covering a month's assistance to reach the recipient in due course, the department may transmit disbursements covering assistance for future months and may deliver all of them to the recipient at one time.
AK Stat § 47.25.470 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 3. Adult Public Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.470. Payment when recipient incapacitated.

If a person receiving assistance is incapable of self-care or care of the funds granted under AS 47.25.430 - 47.25.615, the department may direct the payment of the funds to the recipient's legally appointed guardian or to another person as designated by the department for the recipient's benefit.
AK Stat § 47.25.490 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 3. Adult Public Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.490. Imprisoned recipients.

If a recipient is convicted of a crime or offense, and punished by imprisonment, payment may not be made during the period of imprisonment, and the department may, in its discretion, declare the assistance forfeited.
AK Stat § 47.25.500 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 3. Adult Public Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.500. Recovery of assistance improperly granted.

(a) If the department has reasonable grounds for believing that assistance was improperly granted, it shall investigate and document the grounds in the case file, and, if it appears as a result of the investigation that assistance was improperly granted, it may, after providing an opportunity for a hearing, terminate or reduce assistance and notify the recipient to that effect. The department shall continue the payment of benefits pending the hearing. The state has a claim against a person who received an improper amount of assistance. The claim may be enforced by an action instituted 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. (b) If the department finds that recovery would work a financial hardship on the recipient to the extent that the health and well-being of the recipient would be threatened or that the costs of recovery would exceed the amount of assistance improperly granted, it shall waive recovery or reduce the amount to be recovered.
AK Stat § 47.25.515 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 3. Adult Public Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.515. Cancellation of disbursements.

(a) Disbursements issued to a recipient of assistance under AS 47.25.430 - 47.25.615 after the date of death of the recipient shall be canceled. (b) Assistance disbursements issued before the death of the recipient but not collected 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 assistance recipient for payment on disbursements canceled under (a) or (b) of this section.
AK Stat § 47.25.520 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 3. Adult Public Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.520. Leaving the state.

(a) A person receiving assistance who leaves the state may not receive assistance during the absence. (b) This section does not apply to a recipient who temporarily leaves the state for (1) medical treatment; (2) a vacation, business trip, or other absence of less than 30 days unless the time is extended in specific cases by the department; (3) vocational, professional, or other special education of more than 90 days if a comparable program is not reasonably available in the state; or (4) postsecondary education.
AK Stat § 47.25.530 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 3. Adult Public Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.530. Reports by department.

The department shall make reports in detail that are required of it by the governor or by the federal government or a federal agency.
AK Stat § 47.25.550 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 3. Adult Public Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.550. Alienation and attachment.

Assistance granted under AS 47.25.430 - 47.25.615 is inalienable by an assignment or transfer and is exempt from garnishment, levy, or execution as provided in AS 09.38 (exemptions).
AK Stat § 47.25.575 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 3. Adult Public Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.575. Property taken under eminent domain powers.

If a recipient's property is taken for urban renewal or other public purposes and the recipient expresses an intent to purchase a personal dwelling, the proceeds that are paid the recipient as a result of the taking shall be paid by the taking authority into an escrow account under escrow instructions approved by the department. If the proceeds are paid into such an account and are applied by the recipient within one year to the purchase of a personal dwelling, the proceeds may not cause a reduction of the amount of assistance to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled. The department shall inform the recipient of the provisions of this section at the time of the taking.
AK Stat § 47.25.580 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 3. Adult Public Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.580. Action against person liable for care of recipient.

If during the continuance of assistance the department finds 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, then the state has a cause of action for the assistance against the person liable for it. The action may be 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. The amount collected shall be paid to the Department of Revenue.
AK Stat § 47.25.590 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 3. Adult Public Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.590. Policy and purpose of AS 47.25.430 - 47.25.615.

(a) It is the policy of the state and the purpose of AS 47.25.430 - 47.25.615 to cooperate and coordinate with the United States government and its agencies in providing for and administering the laws of the federal and state governments having for their purpose adult public assistance for residents of this state. (b) The purpose of AS 47.25.430 - 47.25.615 is to furnish financial assistance as far as practicable to needy aged, blind, and disabled persons, and to help them attain self-support or self-care.
AK Stat § 47.25.595 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 3. Adult Public Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.595. Transfer of funds.

The department may enter into contracts or arrangements 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 47.25.430 - 47.25.615.
AK Stat § 47.25.610 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 3. Adult Public Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.610. Penalty for violations.

A person who violates a provision of AS 47.25.430 - 47.25.615 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
AK Stat § 47.25.615 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 3. Adult Public Assistance.|Sec. 47.25.615. Definitions.

In AS 47.25.430 - 47.25.615, (1) “aged” means 65 or more years of age; (2) “assistance” means money payments to or medical care on behalf of, or any type of remedial care recognized by the department on behalf of, needy aged, blind, or disabled persons who are 18 or more years of age and residents of the state; (3) “blind” means having no vision or having vision that is so defective as to prevent the performance of ordinary activities for which eyesight is essential; (4) “department” means the Department of Health and Social Services; (5) “disabled” means being unable to engage in substantial gainful activity by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or that has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months; (6) “public institution” means a governmentally owned establishment that furnishes food, shelter, and some additional treatment or services to 16 or more persons; (7) “public medical institution” means a public hospital or a public institution providing medical care, except an institution for the treatment of mental disease.
AK Stat § 47.25.621 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 4. Alaska Affordable Heating Program.|Sec. 47.25.621. Alaska affordable heating program.

(a) The Alaska affordable heating program is established in the Department of Health and Social Services to provide expanded eligibility for Alaska residents for home heating assistance, to the extent funds are available in the Alaska affordable heating fund. (b) The Alaska affordable heating program established under this section is in addition to the federal low-income heating and energy assistance provided under 42 U.S.C. 8621 - 8629 (Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981), as amended, and implementing regulations. (c) The Alaska affordable heating fund is established as a separate fund to be managed by the Department of Revenue. The fund consists of appropriations made to it. Interest earned by the fund may be appropriated to it. The Department of Health and Social Services shall use money in the fund for Alaska affordable heating payments.
AK Stat § 47.25.622 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 4. Alaska Affordable Heating Program.|Sec. 47.25.622. Duties.

The Department of Health and Social Services shall (1) administer the Alaska affordable heating program provided under AS 47.25.621; (2) adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to carry out the purpose of the program; (3) coordinate payments among other heating assistance programs to avoid duplication of payments.
AK Stat § 47.25.624 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 4. Alaska Affordable Heating Program.|Sec. 47.25.624. Appeal rights.

Except as provided in AS 47.25.626(e), an individual who receives a determination from the department that denies, limits, or modifies home heating payments under AS 47.25.621 - 47.25.626, other than a determination based on insufficient funding of the program, may request a hearing before the office of administrative hearings (AS 44.64.010) under regulations adopted by the department.
AK Stat § 47.25.625 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 4. Alaska Affordable Heating Program.|Sec. 47.25.625. Ability to recover or recoup improper home heating assistance payments.

An individual is liable to the department for the value of assistance improperly paid under AS 47.25.623 if the improper payment was based on inaccurate or incomplete information provided by the individual. In a civil action brought by the state to recover from the individual the value of the assistance improperly paid, the state may recover from the individual the costs of investigation and prosecution of the civil action, including attorney fees as determined under court rules.
AK Stat § 47.25.975 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 5. Food Stamp Program.|Sec. 47.25.975. Food stamp program.

(a) The department is authorized to implement the food stamp program. (b) Householders determined by the department to be eligible for assistance under the food stamp program may obtain food stamp allotments; however, under regulations adopted by the department, a householder may receive all or part of the value of the food stamp allotment in the form of a wage subsidy under AS 47.27.025(e) if (1) the householder is a member of a family eligible for the Alaska temporary assistance program under AS 47.27; and (2) the department determines that the wage subsidy authorized under this subsection would aid the householder in the successful completion of the family self-sufficiency plan under AS 47.27.030. (c) Food stamp allotments, other than a wage subsidy authorized under (b) of this section, shall be used to purchase food from retail food stores that have been approved for participation in the food stamp program. Eligible households living in certain remote areas shall be permitted to purchase certain items of hunting and fishing equipment for the purpose of procuring food for the household, except firearms, ammunition, and other explosives, in accordance with regulations that the Secretary of Agriculture adopts.
AK Stat § 47.25.980 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 5. Food Stamp Program.|Sec. 47.25.980. Duties of department.

(a) The department shall (1) adopt regulations necessary to carry out the food stamp program; (2) cooperate with the federal government and do all things necessary to continue state eligibility under the food stamp program; (3) comply with the requirements of 7 U.S.C. 2011 - 2036 (Food Stamp Program). (b) The department may designate and change areas in the state in which the food stamp program shall be carried out.
AK Stat § 47.25.985 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 5. Food Stamp Program.|Sec. 47.25.985. Violations; penalty.

(a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if the person (1) knowingly acquires, possesses, uses, alters, or transfers food stamp allotments in violation of AS 47.25.975 - 47.25.980 or the regulations adopted under AS 47.25.980; (2) presents food stamp allotments or causes them to be presented for payment or redemption knowing them to have been transferred, received, altered, or used in a manner violating AS 47.25.975 - 47.25.980 or the regulations adopted under AS 47.25.980; (3) knowingly acquires, uses, alters, or transfers a wage subsidy authorized under AS 47.25.975(b) in violation of AS 47.25.975 - 47.25.980, AS 47.27.025(e), or the regulations adopted under AS 47.25.980 or AS 47.27.025(e). (b) Upon conviction a person shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
AK Stat § 47.25.990 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 25. Public Assistance|Article 5. Food Stamp Program.|Sec. 47.25.990. Definitions.

In AS 47.25.975 - 47.25.985, (1) “department” means Department of Health and Social Services; (2) “food” means any food or food product for human consumption except alcoholic beverages and tobacco and includes seeds and plants for use in gardens to produce food for the personal consumption of the eligible household; (3) “food stamp allotments ” means any coupon, stamp, electronic benefit, or type of allotment issued under 7 U.S.C. 2011 - 2036 (Food Stamp Program); (4) “food stamp program” means the federal food stamp program authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2011 - 2036.
AK Stat § 47.27.005 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 27. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program|Article 1. Administrative Provisions.|Sec. 47.27.005. Duties of the department.

The department shall (1) administer the Alaska temporary assistance program by providing cash assistance, diversion payments, and self-sufficiency services to needy children and their families under this chapter and, if appropriate, by establishing regional public assistance programs to provide effectively for varying conditions in regions of the state designated by the department; (2) establish, by regulation, program standards for incentives to work, incentives for financial planning, cash assistance, diversion payments, self-sufficiency services, and other opportunities to develop self-sufficiency; (3) prepare, submit to the federal government, and amend, if necessary, a state plan designed to ensure that federal money is available to the state for the operation of the program set out in this chapter to provide cash assistance, diversion payments, and self-sufficiency services to needy children and their families consistent with the state objectives identified in (2) of this section; (4) adopt methods of program administration to ensure consistency with the federal requirements under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program; (5) make reports regarding the program to the federal government as required under federal law, in the form and containing the information required, and comply with the provisions that the federal government determines are necessary to ensure correct and verifiable information on the program; (6) provide to the legislature an annual executive summary of the information required to be reported to the federal government under (5) of this section; (7) conduct studies and research in order to evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of the state program; and (8) adopt regulations and take action to implement, interpret, and administer the provisions of this chapter.
AK Stat § 47.27.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 27. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program|Article 2. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program.|Sec. 47.27.010. Eligible families.

The following families may apply under the Alaska temporary assistance program: (1) a single parent who has the physical custody of one or more related dependent children; (2) a caretaker of one or more dependent children who is a relative to at least the fifth degree; (3) a woman in the last trimester of pregnancy; (4) a two-parent family with physical custody of one or more related dependent children.