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7 AAC 40.410. Joint assistance households. (a) If an applicant appears to be eligible for assistance under both this chapter and AS 47.25.310 — 47.25.420 or successor program’s statutes, the division will inform the applicant of each program. The applicant must choose the program in which to participate. If an applicant who receives assistance under AS 47.25.310 — 47.25.420 or successor program’s statutes chooses to receive assistance under this chapter, assistance under this chapter begins with the month that the applicant receives an SSI or Social Security Disability Insurance payment or the month that the division determines the applicant to be otherwise eligible for assistance under this chapter, whichever occurs earlier. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an applicant need not apply for SSI if doing so would result in termination of eligibility for assistance under AS 47.25.310 — 47.25.420 within the family unit. (Eff. 5/12/82, Register 82; am 10/10/96, Register 140) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.25.430 AS 47.25.460 7 AAC 40.420. Vocational rehabilitation referral. (a) A blind or disabled applicant for SSI referred by the Social Security Administration to the division of vocational rehabilitation of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development under 20 C.F.R. 416.212 is not eligible for assistance under this chapter if he or she refuses without good cause to accept vocational rehabilitation services offered to him or her. (b) An applicant for aid to the blind or aid to the permanently and totally disabled who is not eligible for SSI will be referred by the division to the division of vocational rehabilitation upon the initial determination of eligibility. The applicant is not eligible for assistance under this chapter if he refuses without good cause to accept vocational rehabilitation services offered to him. (c) In this section, “good cause” means that

(1) the applicant is receiving other rehabilitation services which can be expected to restore his ability to engage in substantial gainful activity;

(2) the applicant regularly attends a school, college, university, or course of vocational or