6 AAC 94.120. Grant eligibility

(a) Subject to (b) of this section, to qualify for a grant under 6 AAC 94.100 - 6 AAC 94.180, an individual or family member applicant

(1) must have an income for 1998, or, if applying for assistance due to the Norton Sound fisheries failure, for 1999, that meets the income eligibility criteria in 6 AAC 94.125; the income of a family member applicant is the income of that member's family;

(2) must be unable to purchase essential items or services in an eligible expense category under 6 AAC 94.130;

(3) must apply to all applicable available government disaster assistance programs for assistance to meet a necessary expense or serious need, and be determined not qualified for that assistance, or demonstrate that the assistance received does not satisfy the total necessary expense or serious need;

(4) may not have previously received or refused assistance from other means for all or part of the specific necessary expense, or serious need, for which application is made;

(5) must agree to refund to the division any part of a grant made for which assistance from other means is received, or which is not spent as identified in the grant award document;

(6) must be a citizen of the United States or an alien with resident alien or refugee status; and

(7) if applying for assistance due to the 1998 Western Alaska fishery disaster, must be able to document that the individual or family member applicant is in one of the following categories:

(A) a holder of a commercial fishing salmon permit to fish in the disaster area in 1997 or 1998;

(B) an employee of a salmon cannery or salmon processor in the disaster area

(i) during the 1998 fishing season; or

(ii) in 1997, who was unemployed in 1998 due to the disaster;

(i) that vessel fished in the disaster area;

(ii) the crew member was employed in that capacity by a holder of a commercial fishing salmon permit to fish in the disaster area; and

(iii) the crew member held a valid crew member license as required under AS 16.05.480 and 5 AAC 39.110; however, an applicant who did not hold a 1997 or 1998 crew member license but held such a license in 1996 may qualify for a grant under 6 AAC 94.100 - 6 AAC 94.180 if the division determines that based on the geography of where the applicant lives, and the type of fishery, the applicant had good cause not to purchase a crew member license in 1997;

(D) a subsistence user of Yukon River drainage salmon stocks in 1998 who

(i) because of the low salmon runs, caught or received less than half the salmon that the user or the user's family usually eats; and

(ii) is a resident living along the Yukon or Koyukuk River, or is a resident of one of the following communities: Alakanuk, Alatna, Allakaket, Anvik, Arctic Village, Beaver, Bettles, Birch Creek, Central, Chalkytsik, Chevak, Circle, Eagle, Eagle Village, Emmonak, Evansville, Fort Yukon, Galena, Grayling, Holy Cross, Hooper Bay, Hughes, Huslia, Kaltag, Kotlik, Koyukuk, Manley Hot Springs, Marshall/Fortuna Ledge, Minto, Mountain Village, Nulato, Pilot Station, Pitka's Point, Rampart, Ruby, Russian Mission, Scammon Bay, Shageluk, Sheldon Point, St. Mary's/Andreafsky, St. Michaels, Stebbins, Stevens Village, Tanana, Venetie, or Wiseman;

(8) if applying for assistance due to the 1999 Norton Sound fishery failure, must be able to document that the individual or family member applicant is in one of the following categories:

(A) a holder of a commercial fishing salmon permit to fish in Norton Sound in 1999;

(B) an employee of a salmon cannery or salmon processor in Norton Sound

(i) during the 1999 fishing season; or

(ii) in 1998, who was unemployed in 1999 due to the disaster;

(i) that vessel fished in the disaster area;

(ii) the crew member was employed in that capacity by a holder of a commercial fishing salmon permit to fish in the disaster area; and

(iii) the crew member held a valid crew member license as required under AS 16.05.480 and 5 AAC 39.110; however, an applicant who did not hold a 1999 crew member license but held such a license in 1998 may qualify for a grant under 6 AAC 94.100 - 6 AAC 94.180 if the division determines that based on the geography of where the applicant lives, and the type of fishery, the applicant had good cause not to purchase a crew member license in 1999;

(D) a subsistence user of Norton Sound salmon stocks in 1999 who

(i) because of the low salmon runs, caught or received less than half the salmon that the user or the user's family usually eats; and

(ii) is a resident of a community in an area in which the Department of Fish and Game closed or restricted subsistence salmon fisheries in 1999, including Nome, Solomon, Teller, Brevig Mission, Golovin, and White Mountain.

(b) In addition to meeting the requirements of (a) of this section, an individual or family member applicant must submit a grant application as follows in order to qualify for a grant:

(1) family members who meet the eligibility criteria in (a)(1) - (6) of this section and who are eligible under (a)(7)(A), (B), or (C), or (a)(8)(A), (B), or (C), of this section are each eligible to apply for a grant;

(2) a family that has one or more members who meet the eligibility criteria in (a)(1) - (6) and either (a)(7)(D) or (a)(8)(D) of this section is eligible to submit one application for the entire family;

(3) an eligible individual or family member applicant is eligible to apply for only one grant under this chapter even if the applicant is a member of more than one of the categories in (a)(7) or (a)(8) of this section.

History: Eff. 2/18/99, Register 149; am 6/26/99, Register 150; am 3/16/2000, Register 154; am 4/8/2000, Register 154; am 8/10/2000, Register 155; am 9/11/2000, Register 156; am 1/14/2001, Register 157

Authority: AS 26.23.020

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