(a) If
appropriations for assistance under
AS
47.45.301-
47.45.309 and
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that assistance in a fiscal year, the department will take the following
actions to reduce or eliminate the cash assistance benefit available to a
recipient for that fiscal year:
(1) the
department will first reduce in equal amounts the cash assistance benefit paid
to each individual whose household income is above 100 percent, but does not
exceed 175 percent, of the annual federal poverty line described in
AS
47.45.302(a)(4);
(2) if the department reduces the benefit
amount to $0 for individuals under (1) of this subsection and appropriations
are still insufficient, the department will next reduce in equal amounts the
benefit paid to each individual whose household income is above 75 percent, but
does not exceed 100 percent, of the annual federal poverty line described in
AS
47.45.302(a)(4);
(3) if the department reduces the benefit for
each individual in (1) and (2) of this subsection to $0 and appropriations are
still insufficient, the department will next reduce in equal amounts the
benefit paid to each individual whose household income does not exceed 75
percent of the annual federal poverty line described in
AS
47.45.302(a)(4).
(b) If the department reduces benefits under
(a)(3) of this section, the department may close the program to new applicants
for a time period not longer than the end of the current fiscal year to prevent
additional benefit reductions to individuals whose household income does not
exceed 75 percent of the annual federal poverty line described in
AS
47.45.302(a)(4).
(c) Before making any benefit reductions
under (a) of this section, the department will notify all individuals currently
receiving benefits under
AS
47.45.301-
47.45.309 and
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AAC 47.599 of the amount of the
reduction.
