780-8 TO WHOM PAYMENT WILL BE MADE
In most ATAP cases, benefit payments will be made to the caretaker relative with whom the eligible children are living, even though the caretaker relative may not be included in the assistance unit. However, there are certain exceptions:
If the caretaker relative has failed to comply with work activity or CSSD cooperation requirements, a protective payee will be established.
An applicant or recipient can ask the caseworker to allow a second person, known as alternate or voluntary payee, to be able to receive and access the ATAP benefit. The parent or caretaker relative must make a signed, written request for an alternate payee. The caseworker has the right with prudent judgment to refuse such a request. This is done only for good cause, such as when the proposed payee is known to be unreliable, or is too young to administer the benefit. Supervisory approval is required on all payee decisions.
ATAP MS 780-9 C. below lists persons who cannot serve as protective payees, such as division employees and persons to whom the recipient owes money. These persons are also prohibited from serving as voluntary payees.
In rare circumstances, an individual may request that the Alaska Quest card be mailed in care of the DPA office. This may be done if:
This is the only way to be reasonably certain that the individual will receive the card (that is, there has been a serious problem of mail theft or delivery at the individual's mailing address and there is no one available to serve as "care of" or payee); and
The individual requests DPA to serve as "care of" in a written and signed request; and
The Regional Manager reviews the circumstances and approves the request.
Any Alaska Quest card received by a DPA office must be placed under locked controls and security, and the individual must sign a receipt to obtain the card.
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