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Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.27.005 AS 47.27.020 7 AAC 45.190. Applications from ATAP households. To the extent possible, the department will include in one ATAP payment all related individuals who are eligible for ATAP benefits and who reside together. (Eff. 8/5/92, Register 123; am 10/1/97, Register 143; am 1/7/2005, Register 173) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.27.005 AS 47.27.020 7 AAC 45.195. Mandatory filing unit. (a) Unless otherwise provided in this section, for the purposes of filing an application for ATAP assistance, the minimum mandatory filing unit must include the following individuals if they are living in the same household:

(1) the dependent child;

(2) the brothers and sisters of the dependent child who are themselves dependent children; and

(3) the parent or parents of the dependent child, even if a parent is temporarily living away from the home for a planned temporary absence, including employment, seeking employment, and military assignment. (b) Except as provided in (c) of this section, the department will deny an application that does not includes all individuals who are part of the mandatory filing unit or that fails to provide all of the information necessary for the department to determine each individual’s eligibility. (c) If the department is unable to determine whether a particular child should be included in the mandatory filing unit because of lack of verification of the relationship between the child and the caretaker relative, the department may proceed with providing benefits to other eligible children in the mandatory filing unit as long as the applicant is cooperating with the department in securing the necessary verification and is not attempting to exclude the child merely by