Alaska Statutes Title 47, Chapter 47.27, Article 02 - 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...
• Sec. 47.27.015 Disqualifying Conditions.
  (a) A family is not eligible for cash assistance under the Alaska temporary assistance program if the family includes an adult who(1) has received...
• 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...
• Sec. 47.27.025 Cash Assistance..
  (a) The department shall provide cash assistance to families that establish eligibility based on a determination of need that considers the family's available income,...
• Sec. 47.27.026 Diversion Payments.
  (a) The department may offer a lump-sum diversion payment in place of ongoing cash assistance to an adult applicant who applies under AS 47.27.020...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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,...
• 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...
• 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)...
• 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...
• 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...
• Sec. 47.27.085 Sanctions; Recovery of Costs.
  (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, the department shall reduce the amount of cash assistance provided to the family of an...

Last modified: November 15, 2016