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VIII. ADMINISTRATION 21. ALASKA STATUTE State statute requires the Division to: • Provide assistance with basic living expenses and self-sufficiency services to needy children and their families; • Determine program standards that provide recipients with incentives to work, participate in financial planning, and opportunities to develop self-sufficiency; • Prepare a state plan to submit to the federal government to assure that federal money is available to the state for operation of ATAP; • Administer the program to assure consistency with federal requirement; • Report to the federal government and state legislature information required to comply with any provisions the federal government determines necessary to ensure correct and verifiable information on the program; • Conduct studies and research in order to evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of the state program; and • Adopt regulations and take actions necessary to implement, interpret, and administer ATAP. 22. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ADMINISTRATION OF TANF The Department of Health (the Department) administers ATAP through the Division of Public Assistance (the Division). The organizational structure of the Department and the Division with primary responsibility for the administration of ATAP is attached as an appendix. 23. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT The State funds a range of activities to meet Alaska’s TANF Maintenance of Effort (MOE) requirements. For the purpose of claiming MOE, Alaska’s defines a child as any individual under the age of 19 and families whose income is at or below the Alaska PASS Child Care Assistance Program income limits. Additionally, a child can be temporarily absent from their own home or the home a relative for up to 180 days. A. The following programs are state funded, providing assistance to households with an eligible child: • Monthly cash assistance payments and child support pass through payments. • Childcare provided to ATAP families participating in work, education, training, or other activities included in the Family Self-Sufficiency Plan. • NFAP grants to eligible Tribal Organizations that administer their own federal TANF or Native Employment Works (NEW) Program, supporting basic assistance payments and other allowable expenditures eligible as MOE. • A percentage of the Department’s administration costs for activities as described in this plan. Alaska TANF State Plan P lan Effective December 31, 2025 26 | P a g e