Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance
Chapter 45 - Alaska Temporary Assistance Program
7 AAC 45.285 - Availability of resources to dependent child

(a) In determining eligibility for ATAP benefits, the department will include a resource in the determination only if the resource is actually available to meet the needs of the dependent child.

(b) If real property owned by an applicant has a value in excess of the resource limit, the applicant is eligible for ATAP benefits only if the applicant provides verification that the property is not available to meet the needs of the dependent child because

(c) An Alaska permanent fund dividend, plus accrued interest, that is held in trust by the State of Alaska for a child in the legal custody of the department is an unavailable resource; it becomes an available resource when released to the child or the child's caretaker relative.