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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At the height of the food stamp backlog last November, pro bono attorneys and other volunteers at Alaska Legal Services got more than 600 requests in one month from Alaskans seeking a fair hearing ...

About 12% of the state’s population, or 92,100 people, receive food stamps in Alaska. The average payment ... After eight, the program adds a maximum of $281 for each additional member.

At the end of April, the agency reported a backlog of 10,598 initial applications and recertification requests. [Alaska food banks still 'inundated' as state works to fix food stamp backlog ...

"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 ...