Rep. Genevieve Mina, D-Anchorage, said the proposed policy change could increase retention in the Division of Public Assistance by reducing the caseload burden on each individual employee. (via AlaskaBeacon)
Bulk food purchased with the $1.68 million Gov. Mike Dunleavy put towards supporting food banks is staged for delivery in Food Bank of Alaska’s Anchorage warehouse on April 21, 2023.
“I think that broad-based categorical eligibility is a great approach to address a lot of the structural issues in the SNAP program in the long term,” Mina said. “It’s not going to be a fix for the current backlog that we’re facing. But even if we are able to remove one component of the application process, which is the asset test, I think that also will help folks at DPA and our eligibility techs be able to approve applications on a more streamlined basis.
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