7 AAC 45.545 - Method of payment
(a) Only the division of the department that
is responsible for administering the ATAP program under this chapter may
authorize payment of ATAP benefits.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this
section for cash assistance, and in
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AAC 45.258(g) for PASS I child care
assistance, ATAP payments are made by state warrant mailed directly to the
caretaker relative with whom the eligible dependent child is living using the
address where the recipient customarily receives mail or by electronic transfer
of funds to the caretaker relative's personal financial account or electronic
benefit transfer (EBT) account with the state's financial EBT agent. In order
to ensure proper delivery of the payment to an assistance unit, the department
may issue the payment to
(1) a protective
payee as provided for in this chapter;
(2) an individual at a different address, if
requested in writing by the caretaker relative or the caretaker relative's
authorized representative;
(3) the
recipient, in care of a department office, if there has been a serious problem
of theft or nondelivery of mail and there is no other individual available to
receive the payment; or
(4) a
second individual who is authorized to receive an ATAP payment, if requested in
writing by the caretaker relative or the caretaker relative's authorized
representative.
(c) An
individual prohibited from serving as a protective payee under
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AAC 45.590(e) may not serve as a
voluntary payee under this section.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this
chapter, an individual may not receive cash assistance concurrently from more
than one department assistance program, or concurrently from more than one
federal cash assistance program. A recipient may not receive benefits in the
same month from more than one of the following cash programs: ATAP; SSI; or
APA. A recipient may be a payee for more than one program as long as the
recipient's needs are considered in only one program.
(e) The department will not
(1) issue payments in care of a
creditor;
(2) forward a payment
from one address to another;
(3)
determine that delivery is to be made to any other person, or place
restrictions upon its delivery, except as provided in this chapter;
or
(4) place restrictions or
conditions on how the payment is spent.
(f) ATAP warrants must be endorsed by the
payee.
(g) ATAP payments are made
on a monthly basis until the department finds that an assistance unit is no
longer eligible or until the assistance unit requests an end to assistance.
Except for corrective payments, a single payment for full payment for a month
will be issued on or before the first day of each month.
(h) The department will proportionately
reduce payments to all recipients if it determines that the money appropriated
to finance ATAP payments is insufficient to cover the full amount of ATAP
payments authorized by the department.
(i) The department will stop payment on an
ATAP warrant that was not received by the recipient, stolen from or lost by a
recipient, or destroyed after receipt by a recipient. The department will not
(1) reimburse any entity, including a
recipient, a business, or a financial institution, that cashes a warrant for
which the department has issued a stop payment order; or
(2) replace a recipient's benefits if the
recipient cashed an ATAP payment warrant and the cash was lost or
stolen.
Notes
Authority:AS 47.05.010
AS 47.27.005
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