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AK Stat § 47.27.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 27. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program|Article 2. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program.|Sec. 47.27.020. Application requirements.

(a) An applicant under the Alaska temporary assistance program shall complete an application in writing, or by electronic means, and in a form specified by the department. The applicant must be a pregnant woman or an individual who has physical custody of the dependent child or children. The application must be complete and must provide all of the information about the family and the child or children that is requested by the department. The applicant shall provide all supporting documentation for verification that the department determines to be necessary to establish eligibility. (b) On the application, each applicant shall attest to whether the family, at any time, has received cash assistance or self-sufficiency services from another state program that was established with federal money under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program and whether the family has ever been disqualified from receiving cash assistance or self-sufficiency services under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program for the period for which the application has been submitted. (c) An applicant shall agree to cooperate with the department to establish a family self-sufficiency plan and to participate in work activities when assigned by the department. (d) An applicant shall acknowledge the assignment of support rights as required by AS 47.27.040(a) and shall agree to cooperate with the child support services agency of the Department of Revenue to the extent required under AS 47.27.040(b). The applicant shall agree to report all child support payments received directly by the family, during or for a period for which the family is receiving cash assistance under this chapter, to the department within 15 days after receipt of those payments. (e) An applicant shall update the information requested in the application at regular intervals as established by the department in regulation. The department may conduct reviews of an application and audit the information provided as necessary to determine eligibility.
AK Stat § 47.27.027 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 27. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program|Article 2. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program.|Sec. 47.27.027. Assistance to minors.

(a) If an applicant under AS 47.27.020 is not married, is under the age of 18, and has not been previously emancipated under AS 09.55.590, the applicant must (1) live in a home maintained by the applicant's parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative, unless the applicant establishes that there is good cause, as established by the department in regulation, to waive this requirement; if the department waives this requirement, the applicant must live in an approved, adult-supervised, supportive living environment; (2) agree that cash assistance on behalf of the applicant's family may be paid to the applicant's parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative, or, if applicable, to the adult head of the adult-supervised, supportive living environment in which the applicant resides; and (3) maintain attendance in a secondary school or other appropriate training program unless the applicant has a high school diploma or general equivalent diploma. (b) The department shall reduce the cash assistance for which an assistance unit is otherwise eligible under this chapter if a minor parent in the assistance unit fails, without good cause, to meet standards of adequate levels of school attendance, as defined in regulations of the department. The reduction under this subsection shall be achieved by disregarding the needs of the person who failed to meet the school attendance standards. The person's needs shall be disregarded until the minor parent complies.
AK Stat § 47.27.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 27. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program|Article 2. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program.|Sec. 47.27.030. Family self-sufficiency services.

(a) A participant in the Alaska temporary assistance program shall cooperate with the department, or its designee, to develop and sign a family self-sufficiency plan that includes (1) the steps the family will take towards the self-sufficiency of the family; (2) the self-sufficiency services the department will provide to assist the family to attain self-sufficiency; (3) specific benchmarks to indicate the steps toward successful completion of the family plan; (4) a statement that the family may be subject to reductions in cash assistance or self-sufficiency services or other sanctions if the family fails to comply with the family plan; and (5) a statement that describes the necessary conditions and the steps that must be taken to renegotiate the terms of the family plan. (b) The family self-sufficiency plan must set a time period for the achievement of self-sufficiency from cash assistance under the Alaska temporary assistance program. Initially, that time period may not provide for any more than a total of 60 months of cash assistance under the Alaska temporary assistance program even though the family may eventually be eligible for an exemption under AS 47.27.015(a)(1). Unless the members of the family who are not dependent children are all exempt under AS 47.27.035(b) - (d), the time period for receiving cash assistance may not exceed a cumulative total of 24 months unless each nonexempt person is in compliance with the work activity assignment made under AS 47.27.035. (c) A family is exempt from the requirement that the family have a self-sufficiency plan under this section if the family (1) does not include a needy adult; or (2) [Repealed, § 3 ch 75 SLA 2001.]  (3) is receiving a diversion payment under AS 47.27.026. (d) The department may provide only self-sufficiency services to a family that no longer qualifies for cash assistance due to employment, a family that is disqualified from receiving cash assistance under AS 47.27.015(a)(1), (c), or (g), or a family that qualifies for cash assistance but requests only self-sufficiency services. Self-sufficiency services that are made available to a family under this subsection shall be based on a determination of need established by the department in regulation. If a family receives only self-sufficiency services, the department may waive the self-sufficiency plan requirements specified in (a) and (b) of this section.
AK Stat § 47.27.035 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 27. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program|Article 2. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program.|Sec. 47.27.035. Participation in work activities.

(a) An Alaska temporary assistance program participant shall, after the participant's family has received a cumulative total of 24 months of cash assistance or sooner if assigned to do so by the department, participate in work activities as assigned by the department or its designee in order for the family to continue to receive cash assistance or self-sufficiency services from the department under the Alaska temporary assistance program, unless the participant is exempt from the work participation requirements under one or more of the exemptions set out in (b) - (d) of this section. (b) A parent or caretaker with a dependent child of up to 12 months of age may be exempt from work participation requirements for up to 12 months, as established in the family self-sufficiency plan. (c) A parent or caretaker may be exempt from work participation requirements in the family self-sufficiency plan if (1) the parent or caretaker is providing home care for a child who is experiencing a disability or a related, disabled person who requires 24-hour care; (2) the parent or caretaker establishes an inability to participate for medical reasons supported by documentation from a physician or other licensed medical professional; (3) the participation would impose an unreasonable hardship on the family; or (4) there is a dependent child in the home that has not yet attained six years of age and the parent or caretaker demonstrates an inability to obtain needed child care because appropriate child care is not available. (d) The department may not require a person to participate in work activities under (a) of this section (1) if the person is the sole custodial parent for a child under six years of age unless the department agrees to pay for the costs of child care determined by the department to be necessary for the person's participation; and (2) unless the department agrees to pay for transportation expenses determined by the department to be necessary for the person's participation in the activity. (e) A participant in work activities under this section is not a state employee for purposes of AS 39.25 (State Personnel Act). (f) A participant in work activities under this section is not considered an employee of the state or other public employer for purposes of AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 (Public Employment Relations Act) nor shall any provision of a collective bargaining agreement entered into under AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 be construed to interfere with the department's authority to assign participants to work activities as authorized under this section.
AK Stat § 47.27.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 27. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program|Article 2. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program.|Sec. 47.27.040. Assignment of support rights; cooperation with child support services agency.

(a) An Alaska temporary assistance program applicant is considered to have assigned to the state, through the child support services agency of the Department of Revenue, all rights to accrued and continuing child support, from all sources, that is due for the support of any individuals in the family for whom support is sought. The assignment takes effect upon a determination that the applicant's family is eligible for cash assistance under this chapter. Except with respect to the amount of any unpaid support obligation accrued under the assignment, the assignment terminates when the family ceases to receive cash assistance under the Alaska temporary assistance program. (b) An Alaska temporary assistance program participant shall cooperate with the child support services agency of the Department of Revenue in establishing paternity or establishing, modifying, or enforcing a child support order requiring the payment of support by the noncustodial parent for a dependent child for whom Alaska temporary assistance program cash assistance is received. The child support enforcement agency shall determine whether the participant is in good faith compliance with the requirements of this subsection and shall inform the Department of Health and Social Services of its determination. The Department of Health and Social Services shall establish whether the participant has good cause for refusing to cooperate. (c) The department may distribute to an Alaska temporary assistance program participant $50 per month from a monthly child support payment, or the amount of the child support payment if it is less than $50, received by the child support services agency for the support of a child for whom Alaska temporary assistance program cash assistance is paid.
AK Stat § 47.27.045 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 27. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program|Article 2. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program.|Sec. 47.27.045. Alienation and attachment.

Cash assistance granted under this chapter is inalienable by assignment or transfer and is exempt from garnishment, levy, or execution as is provided in AS 09.38.
AK Stat § 47.27.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 27. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program|Article 2. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program.|Sec. 47.27.050. Grants and contracts for services.

(a) The department may contract with or award grants to qualified entities in the state to administer an Alaska temporary assistance program or a distinct part of the Alaska temporary assistance program. The department may establish standards for the administration of services under the grant or contract, including fees to be charged to applicants for or recipients of those services. (b) Contracts authorized under this section are to be administered in accordance with AS 47.05.015. Grants authorized under this section are to be awarded using requirements, established in regulation, that are substantially similar to those set out in AS 47.05.015 for contracts. (c) This section may not be construed to expand the powers of a municipality. (d) In this section, “qualified entities” include municipalities, other political subdivisions of the state, nonprofit corporations formed under AS 10.20, churches and religious organizations, and incorporated and unincorporated businesses operating within the state that meet the requirements established by the department in regulation.
AK Stat § 47.27.055 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 27. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program|Article 2. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program.|Sec. 47.27.055. Agency collaboration.

(a) The department shall coordinate with other state agencies that provide assistance, benefits, or services to applicants that are eligible for and to participants in the Alaska temporary assistance program in order to facilitate the application for and delivery of assistance, benefits, or services to promote family self-sufficiency. Subject to appropriations, state agencies may locate their facilities and operations near each other in order to improve service delivery. (b) The department may provide information received under this chapter to other state agencies in order to facilitate the delivery of services. Information received from an applicant for or participant in the Alaska temporary assistance program shall be treated as confidential by all state agencies that share the information under this section and is not open to public inspection or copying under AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.125. Misuse of public assistance lists or information is punishable as a violation of AS 47.05.030. (c) Departments in the executive branch shall cooperate in fulfilling the purposes of this chapter, including, subject to appropriations, the establishment of temporary positions that will provide job opportunities for families participating in the Alaska temporary assistance program. Temporary positions established for this purpose are in the exempt service under AS 39.25.110 but are not subject to AS 39.25.195. An individual participating in the Alaska temporary assistance program who holds a temporary position established for purposes of this subsection is not a public employee for purposes of AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260.
AK Stat § 47.27.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 27. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program|Article 2. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program.|Sec. 47.27.060. Job development.

The department may establish cooperative agreements with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Department of Education and Early Development, and Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, and with other public or private sector organizations for the purpose of developing job, training, and educational opportunities for families eligible for cash assistance or self-sufficiency services under this chapter.
AK Stat § 47.27.065 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 27. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program|Article 2. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program.|Sec. 47.27.065. Federal-state cooperation.

In the administration of this chapter, the department shall cooperate with the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and shall take actions necessary to comply with the requirements of federal law to obtain public assistance block grants or other federal assistance available for the purposes of this chapter. The department shall make reports in the form and containing the information required to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The department may cooperate with federal agencies charged with the administration of the federal public assistance block grants and other financial assistance.
AK Stat § 47.27.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 27. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program|Article 2. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program.|Sec. 47.27.070. Alaska native organizations' family assistance programs.

(a) The department may coordinate only with the following Alaska Native organizations, as designated under federal law, in the development of family assistance programs: (1) Arctic Slope Native Association; (2) Kawerak, Inc.; (3) Maniilaq Association; (4) Association of Village Council Presidents; (5) Tanana Chiefs Conference; (6) Cook Inlet Tribal Council; (7) Bristol Bay Native Association; (8) Aleutian and Pribilof Island Association; (9) Chugachmiut; (10) Tlingit Haida Central Council; (11) Kodiak Area Native Association; (12) Copper River Native Association; and (13) Metlakatla Indian Community of the Annette Islands Reserve; however, the department may cooperate with the Metlakatla Indian Community under this chapter only if the community waives any claim to sovereign immunity with respect to matters involved with the family assistance program. (b) The department may cooperate with the Alaska Native organizations named in (a) of this section to propose program criteria to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services in order to promote programs comparable to the state program in the same area. (c) [Repealed, § 1 ch 13 31 SLA 2020.]
AK Stat § 47.27.075 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 27. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program|Article 2. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program.|Sec. 47.27.075. Emergency account established.

There is established within the general fund the Alaska temporary assistance program emergency account. The account consists of appropriations that were made by the legislature from federal money available for cash assistance, diversion payments, and self-sufficiency services under this chapter, including lapsing money that was previously appropriated from federal money for the Alaska temporary assistance program, but that were not expended or obligated in the fiscal year for which they were appropriated.
AK Stat § 47.27.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 27. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program|Article 2. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program.|Sec. 47.27.080. Appeals; dispute resolution.

(a) An applicant or participant who receives a determination from the department that denies, limits, or modifies the cash assistance, diversion payment, or self-sufficiency services provided under this chapter may request a hearing before the office of administrative hearings (AS 44.64.010). The office of administrative hearings (AS 44.64.010) shall conduct the hearing under the regulations adopted by the department. The appeal is not subject to AS 44.62.330 - 44.62.630. (b) The department may require an applicant or participant to participate in an informal dispute resolution process before a formal hearing. The department may adopt regulations establishing the informal dispute resolution process.
AK Stat § 47.27.900 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 27. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program|Article 5. General Provisions.|Sec. 47.27.900. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “Alaska Native family assistance grant” means a grant under AS 47.27.200; (2) “Alaska Native family assistance program” means a program funded in part by a grant under AS 47.27.200; (3) “cash assistance” means assistance for basic living expenses provided under the Alaska temporary assistance program; “cash assistance” includes cash, vouchers, or third-party vendor payments; “cash assistance” does not include a diversion payment under AS 47.27.026 or self-sufficiency services; (4) “child care assistance” means payments made by the Department of Health and Social Services or the Department of Education and Early Development to Alaska temporary assistance program participant families or to providers for the care of children of the participant families; (5) “child support” includes court-ordered or administratively ordered child support, medical support, and spousal support; (6) “child support services agency” means the child support services agency in the Department of Revenue; (7) “commissioner” means the commissioner of health and social services; (8) “department” means the Department of Health and Social Services; (9) “dependent child” means an individual who (A) has not attained (i) 18 years of age; or (ii) 19 years of age and is a full-time student in a secondary school or in the equivalent level of vocational or technical training; and (B) is not an applicant under AS 47.27.020; (10) “diversion payment” means a diversion payment paid under AS 47.27.026; (11) “federally approved tribal family assistance plan” means a plan that meets the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 612 and has been approved for financing through a tribal family assistance grant directly from the United States Department of Health and Human Services; (12) “self-sufficiency services” means work-related services, community service work referrals, child care assistance, emergency assistance, service vouchers, equipment vouchers, work stipends, transportation assistance, wage subsidies, and other work supports and services determined by the department in regulation to promote family self-sufficiency; (13) “work activities” includes job readiness assessments, on-the-job training, education and vocational training, job sampling, job search requirements, subsidized and unsubsidized work, and community work service.
AK Stat § 47.27.990 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 27. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program|Article 5. General Provisions.|Sec. 47.27.990. Short title.

This chapter may be cited as the Alaska temporary assistance program.