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• A caretaker relative refuses or voluntarily separates from suitable employment without good cause. The family is ineligible for ATAP benefits for one month for the first offense, six months for the second offense and 12 months for any subsequent offenses. • The family caretaker is an unmarried minor parent not living with a parent or in another approved, adult-supervised setting. • The family includes an adult who intentionally transfers a resource to become eligible. The family may lose eligibility for up to 12 months, depending on the value of the transferred resource. The Division applies sanctions and penalties regarding ATAP benefits to an adult member of the family when: • An adult member of the family incurs an administrative fraud penalty. These penalties result in a six-month disqualification of the offender for the first offense, 12 months for the second, and permanent disqualification for any subsequent violation. • The family caretaker is an unmarried minor parent not attending high school or other equivalent training program. The penalty removes the minor parent from the payment calculation which reduces the family’s payment until they comply with educational attendance requirements. • The family includes an adult who is not a US citizen or qualified alien under 8 U.S.C. 1612-1614. • An adult member of the family refuses without good cause to comply with the FSSP, work activity, or child support enforcement cooperation requirements. The maximum payment amount for that family’s size is reduced by 40% for the first four months. After a home visit is attempted and a determination is made that the health, safety and well-being of the children in the family will not be significantly jeopardized by further reduction, the penalty amount may increase to 75% for the next four months. Thereafter the penalty may result in a full family sanction and the family will be ineligible for assistance. The penalty ends whenever the family demonstrates good cause or comes into compliance with requirements. • Effective July 1st, 2016, the Division exercised its option established in Section 115(d)(1)(A) of PL 104-193. If the family includes an adult who committed a crime on or after August 22, 1996, which results in a federal or state felony conviction for possession, use, or distribution of a controlled substance (not including alcohol or tobacco) they are ineligible for ATAP unless they are meeting one or more of the conditions listed below: 1. Is satisfactorily serving, or has successfully completed, a period of probation or parole. 2. Is in the process of serving, or has successfully completed mandatory participation in a drug or alcohol treatment program. 3. Has taken action toward rehabilitation, including participation in a drug or Alaska TANF State Plan P lan Effective December 31, 2025 9 | P a g e