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under AS 47.27.050, the Department of Health may award and administer Alaska Native family assistance grants in accordance with this section. Unless specified otherwise in this section, the provisions of AS 47.27.010 — 47.27.085 do not apply to grants under this section or to an Alaska Native family assistance program operated under such a grant. To be awarded a grant under this section, an applicant shall (1) meet the requirements of AS 47.27.070; (2) have received approval for, and have agreed to operate, a federally approved tribal family assistance plan in this state; (3) agree to operate the plan approved under this section on a state fiscal year basis; and (4) meet the other requirements of this section. (b) If an organization intends to apply for a grant under this section, the organization shall first submit to the department a letter of intent along with a copy of the proposed federal tribal family assistance plan that will be submitted to the federal government for approval. The organization shall make its submission to the department at least six months before the proposed effective date of the federal tribal family assistance plan. The department shall review the submission and notify the organization of significant deficiencies that would make the organization ineligible to be considered for an Alaska Native family assistance grant without significant changes to the federal tribal family assistance plan regardless of whether federal approval is received or whether federal grant money is awarded for implementation of that plan. The organization may make a supplemental submission to the department to resolve deficiencies noted by the department. If, after departmental review and supplemental revision, an organization's plan remains eligible for consideration for a grant award under this section, the department shall notify the organization that the organization may submit a proposal for a grant award after the organization has received notice of federal approval of the federal tribal family assistance plan and the pending award of federal grant money. The commissioner may waive the time deadline specified in this subsection if the commissioner (1) enters into a joint planning agreement between the department and the organization; or (2) finds good cause and the waiver is in the state's best interest. (c) If the department awards a grant under this section, the grant must be in an amount that (1) for the first fiscal year under the plan accepted by the department, represents a fair and equitable portion of the state appropriations for the state public assistance program administered under this chapter intended to serve the state residents who will be served by the plan; and (2) for the second and subsequent state fiscal years under the plan accepted by the department, represents a fair and equitable portion of state appropriations made for public assistance programs that is allocated for Alaska Native family assistance grants to be awarded under this section in order to serve the state residents who will be served by the plan; if the money is not allocated for these grants, the amounts shall be made in the same manner as described in (1) of this subsection. (d) For an organization to be eligible to be awarded a grant under this section, the organization's proposal must include (1) documentation that the organization (A) has received federal approval of its federal tribal family assistance plan to operate a tribal assistance program in this state; and (B) will receive a grant directly from the federal government to implement the federal tribal family assistance plan;