Happy New Year to all! 2002 was a productive and fulfilling year for DPA. It brought us great positive change with enhancements to the Temporary Assistance Program through law and field-designed process improvements. The EOIP has brought us improved office organization and management, setting the stage for the performance improvements we

Anchorage K-Mart will no longer be accepting supportive service vouchers. They also have requested that any and all bills be paid in full by 2/22/03.

Due to the volume of benefits, it is taking more time to process the Medicaid and Chronic and Acute Medical Assistance (CAMA) coupons issued by the mid-month Med Regular/Immediate Med Run jobs. We will not be scheduling an Immediate Med run the day following this job in the future.

MANUAL CHANGE #25 AND REVISED NOTICES

Medical Assistance Manual Change #25 is back from the printers and is being
mailed to all district offices this week. This manual change includes new policies,
manual sections, clarifications, and technical corrections. A summary of changes
is listed in the cover memo with the manual change instructions.

Over the years, the Division has participated in the campaign to inform Alaskan workers about Earned Income Tax Credit. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a federal tax credit that can help many of our clients in their effort to become self-sufficient.