This months galaxy of stars shine brightly from the city of lights. Co-workers, partner agencies, and clients all describe them as: professional, timely, respectful, friendly, courteous, efficient, dedicated and caring. Each carries a caseload of 1,200-1,400 clients and they maintain their goal of working all applications within 72 hours. And if you haven't been to one of their potlucks you're missing out! "Aloha Friday", is another popular inner office celebration and the way they end their weeks island style. Who are these group of DPAStars?

The Program Integrity & Analysis unit split the District Office Performance Measures report into a timeliness report and an accuracy report. We split the report because the data for timeliness and accuracy are available at different times in the month.

The Work Services Handbook is finally here!

The Work Services Handbook is an online document designed as a resource for case managers and other workers who provide Work Services to Temporary Assistance clients. The Work Services Handbook can be viewed here.

Once again it's time for DPA stars. Given the incredible hard work going into our quality initiatives by staff all over the state and the stellar performance being seen in the plummeting reduction in the foodstamp error rate, DPA is quickly becoming a galaxy! So, plucked from the growing DPA constellations, here are our DPA Stars...

(Juneau) - Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Commissioner Joel Gilbertson today announced that Alaska, working in concert with Vermont, Michigan, Nevada, and New Hampshire, has established the nation's first multi-state prescription drug purchasing pool to save money on Medicaid drug costs and protect access to care. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson approved the plan today for the drug purchasing pool. Hawaii has also applied to join the multi-state pool.