Federal Grant Award Summary

The State of Alaska Department of Health received a SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) 50% Operational Grant totaling $1,016,460 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (CFDA 10.561). The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, funds operational costs for Alaska's SNAP E&T program, which provides workforce development and training services designed to help Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants achieve economic self-sufficiency. The 50% operational structure indicates shared funding responsibility between federal and state resources for administrative and program delivery expenses.

The State of Alaska Department of Health sub-awarded portions of this funding to six non-profit organizations to deliver direct SNAP E&T services across the state: Frontier Community Services Inc., Mat SU Youth Housing (operating as My House), Downtown Soup Kitchen, Goodwill Industries of Lane and South Coast Counties, Covenant House Alaska, and Catholic Social Services Inc. These sub-awardees provide employment readiness training, job search assistance, career training, case management, supportive services, and wraparound support services such as housing and emergency assistance to SNAP participants with barriers to employment, including homeless youth, veterans, and other vulnerable populations in Alaska.