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Consider
Direct Deposit!
It's safe, secure, and convenient. You can receive your Public Assistance
benefits easily and quickly through Direct Deposit. Sign
up using this form!
  2003
Welfare Reform Status Report
Read the latest information about the successes and savings during
five years of welfare reform in Alaska. It's all in the 2003 Welfare
Reform Status Report (pdf file, 252k).
(get
acrobat reader)
Job Start
- Money for your Business!
Employers get a steady source of cash to expand their business –
our clients get a paycheck instead of a welfare check!
Facing
the Final Countdown: A Study of Long-term Temporary Assistance Recipients
The Division of Public Assistance (DPA) collaborated with the UAA
Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies on this study, which describes
the characteristics of families who are at highest risk of reaching
the 60-month limit on benefits. (press
release)
 Find
out if you're eligible for Food Stamps! Try our new Food
Stamps Eligibility Calculator! Just answer a few short questions.
It only takes a minute!
 The
Government may owe you money!!
If you work hard but earn a low-income, you may get a tax refund
using the Earned Income Tax Credit. 
(radio ad)
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