Alaska Statutes Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions § 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 format specified in regulations adopted by the department. Regulations adopted under this subsection must establish an electronic application for the program and allow an applicant to submit an application in electronic format or in other formats required by state and federal law. 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. The electronic application must inform an applicant that a false statement made on the application will be investigated and is punishable under AS 11.56.210. In this subsection, “electronic application” means an application for benefits or renewal of benefits, whether the department exclusively administers the benefits or administers the benefits in coordination with another state agency or federal agency, electronically completed and submitted through the department's Internet website.

(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.