We are proud to announce the release of the 2003 Welfare Status Report, covering the first five years of welfare reform in Alaska. This report, along with the previous reports are also available for viewing on the DPA Publications page.
Click to read the 2003 Welfare Status Report (pdf).
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Nearly identical to a plan put forth by President Bush, the GOP legislation passed by a 230-192 vote, largely along party lines. It would renew a 1996 welfare overhaul that allowed states to impose tough new rules and helped spark a massive reduction in welfare rolls.
Editor's Note: The Senate must still pass a similar bill for these rules to become law, and the President must sign it. View the full story by clicking here.
National totals for fiscal year 2002 show recipient caseloads ended the year at 4,995,719 -- decline of 6.2 percent since the end of previous fiscal year and a decline of 59.2 percent since August of 1996, when the TANF law went into effect. Additionally, families receiving TANF benefits declined 3.9 percent to 2,024,691 since the end of the previous fiscal year. Overall, since the TANF legislation was enacted in August of 1996, the number of families receiving TANF assistance has dropped by 54.1 percent, according to statistics from HHS' Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
Full report: TANF Fifth Annual Report to Congress
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the release of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Fifth Annual Report to Congress. The report, covering fiscal year 2001, highlights the status of the TANF caseloads, work participation rates, state expenditures, characteristics of TANF recipients, and other state policies.
DHSS Commissioner Names Three Division Directors
(Juneau)
Here are links to the current Food Stamp reinvestment modules. You can review the modules, however, logging and tracking are not enabled yet. Please feel free to take a look. If you have any questions please contact Curtis Nelson, the coordinator for this project.
This module, in four parts is essentially done. The forth section, the assessment piece, is waiting for the login and tracking features before we make it available.
The following Manual changes have been posted to DPAweb. ATAP Manual Change 7, Food Stamp Manual Change 9, and Child Care PASS I Manual Change 2.
Welcome to the new DPAweb intranet website.
We have made several changes to the design and layout of this website to make it easier for DPA staff to access the online resources that are available.
If you are used to using the old DPAweb navigation on the left hand side of the website, we have kept most of the options that were available in the new menu.
We welcome your comments and suggestions on the new DPAweb and how we can improve it to work best for DPA staff. E-mail Clay Butcher with your comments.
The goal of the website is to provide a portal for DPA staff to reach the resources that they use on a regular basis, and to have an automated news function to simplify the distribution of news to DPA employees.
We have created a simple overview of the new DPAweb to get you started. Click this link to view it: How to use DPAweb.