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of the unpaid balance that the household owes the department for previously awarded heating assistance to which the household was not entitled. The department will use this method of recoupment of overpayments only if the household has not responded to the department’s request for repayment or the household defaults on its repayment agreement. (q) Notwithstanding (a) — (p) of this section, heating assistance is subject to the availability of state money appropriated each year. If insufficient money is appropriated, each applicant that is a household with a gross monthly income that is no more than 225 percent of the Alaska poverty level will be served on a first-come, first-served basis subject to the availability of money for benefits. If the department determines, after the close of the application period set out in 7 AAC 44.210(c), that available money exceeds the total amount that can be expended, the department may distribute all or part of the surplus on a pro rata basis to households that have been determined eligible to receive assistance under this section. (Eff. 8/12/2008, Register 187; am 11/22/2008, Register 188; am 10/1/2009, Register 191; am 10/1/2010, Register 195; am 11/5/2011, Register 200; am 12/27/2017, Register 224) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.25.624
AS 47.25.622 AS 47.25.625 7 AAC 44.350. Time frame for assistance payments. (a) The heating assistance program begins awarding payments under 7 AAC 44.210 on the first state business day in November of each year. (b) Expedited eligibility determination and assistance payment awards under 7 AAC 44.220(d) begin on the first state business day in November of each year and run through April 30 of the following year. (c) If a disaster occurs in an area where the household is located, the department may begin issuing heating assistance payments before November 1 if the governor has issued a disaster proclamation and the disaster has increased the need for heating assistance to the household. (d) The department will make the payment of subsidized rental housing utility deposits, under 7 AAC 44.290 throughout the year. (Eff. 8/12/2008, Register 187; am 11/22/2008, Register 188; am 12/27/2017, Register 224) Statutory Authority: