STATE OF ALASKA

Department of Health and Social Services

Division of Public Assistance

TRANSMITTAL NUMBER:   MC #56

MANUAL:  Adult Public Assistance

DATE:  September 3, 2019

We are making several changes to incorporate new policy, clarify existing policy, and align policies within our program policy manuals. Other changes are either technical in nature or clarifications that are the result of policy questions or suggestions from the field.

Highlights of these policy revision are described below.  If you have any questions, contact the Policy and Program Development Team at dpapolicy@alaska.gov.

480-1 H    Interim Assistance Reviews

• Added new subsection explaining how Interim Assistance reviews are handled

482-1        Underpayments

• Clarified that a corrective payment will be issued if the cumulative amount underpaid is over $25