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 ... Program, formerly known as food stamps.

Alaskans applying for food stamps for the first time will now be able to access an online application as part of an effort to improve efficiencies at the Alaska Division of Public Assistance ...

Now the division has to resume its usual checks to make sure people still qualify — while it manages a backlog of food stamps and other public assistance applications. Alaska turned in a plan to ...

It’s been nearly six months since the Alaska Division of Public Assistance first began to fall behind on processing federal food stamp applications, leaving thousands of Alaskans still waiting ...

More Alaskans will be able to access food stamps following lawmakers’ vote to expand eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday night. Alaska will join 42 other ...

Participation in SNAP in Alaska grew by more than 45% over the last year, according to federal data that measured from March 2023 to March 2024. It was the biggest increase in food stamp program ...

"which measures how accurately a state agency processes federal benefits," underscores the Alaska Division of Public Assistance's year-long struggle to process applications for food stamps and ...