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(a) Eligibility for General Relief and General Relief Medical assistance is based upon
(1) financial need;
(2) lack of prior or personal resources;
(3) age;
(4) residence in the State of Alaska at the time of application; proof of residence may be required;
(5) U.S. citizenship or status as a legal alien;
(6) for General Relief, immediate and specific need for subsistence items, such as rent, food, fuel, transportation, or burial; and
(7) for General Relief Medical assistance, immediate and specific need for medical care or transportation related to the provision of medical services.
(b) Registration for work with the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development and acceptance of any bona fide offer of employment is an eligibility requirement for General Relief. This requirement applies to all persons 18 through 59 years of age, except a person
(1) who has been determined by a physician to be mentally or physically incapacitated and whose incapacity prevents the person from engaging in gainful employment;
(2) who is attending high school full time; or
(3) who is needed in the home to care for a relative who has been determined by a physician to be mentally or physically incapacitated.
History: Eff. 3/23/78, Register 65; am 5/2/79, Register 70; am 5/24/80, Register 74; am 8/1/86, Register 99; am 12/28/86, Register 100
Authority: AS 47.05.010
Editor's note: As of Register 151 (October 1999), the regulations attorney made technical revisions under AS 44.62.125 (b)(6) to reflect the name change of the Department of Labor to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development made by ch. 58, SLA 1999 and the corresponding title change of the commissioner of labor.
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