Field Services

Congratulations to three bright stars that shine at their work, and win our glowing admiration. These luminaries do light up our working days. Thank you for your great work and many contributions to the Division of Public Assistance.

-- Jim Dalman, Acting Director

Currently, all DPA jobs on Workplace Alaska are posted on the DPAweb intranet under "DPA Recruitment" on the right side menu column. To improve the division's ability to announce employment opportunities within the division, these openings will also be posted on the DPA Recruitment page of DPAweb. The broadcast method may still be used to draw attention to specific employment opportunities, but DPAweb will now be a one-stop location for job or transfer opportunities.

As many of you know, DPA launches a yearly EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit) campaign to help raise awareness of the benefits of the EITC as well as the Advance EITC. Similar to past efforts, we will once again focus our marketing towards informing Public Assistance recipients of tax credit opportunities.

Here is a brief summary of the Division's campaign activities for 2004:

Preparation for implementation of Semi-Annual Reporting on January 1, 2004 is well underway. Training officially started on Monday of last week. The trainers have been busy presenting training on-site at local offices, and they have a tight schedule in order to finish prior to the holiday season. Policy staff are busy finalizing forms and notices, and compiling a list of Q&A’s from the training sessions. Additionally, Systems Operations is working on getting the system supports in place.

Broadcast to all DPA staff from the Semi-Annual Reporting Project Design Team

As part of our continuing effort to keep you informed of the progress of
the Semi-annual Reporting project (known currently as Simplified
Reporting), this broadcast explains why we chose to request a waiver to
act on all changes. As for the name change, there has been considerable
work done to outline the policies that will guide this new way of
working, and we have realized that the term "simplified" is a bit
misleading.

Fairbanks News Miner Nov. 4, 2003
by Spc. George Kyriakeas, 20th Public Affairs Detachment

FAIRBANKS -- A reservist deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and State of Alaska employee presented to his employer a certificate of appreciation from the Employer Support of Guard and Reserve Program Friday.

Capt. Michael Pauling, who works with the Adult Public Assistance Office of Fairbanks Division of Public Assistance gave a "My Boss is a Patriot Award" to his supervisor, Mary Lou Jorrisen.

As many of you know, every year DPA launches an EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit) campaign to help raise awareness of the benefits of the EITC as well as the Advance EITC. As in the past, we will once again focus our marketing efforts toward informing Public Assistance recipients of tax credit opportunities.

As noted in Jim Dalman