Forms

State heating assistance

Apply for HAP and other DPA benefits online

SNAP, ATAP, APA, Medicaid, Senior Benefits, GRA, HAP

$250 elder emergency help or $450 elder burial help

Home renovation or small-business loan

Activity/service fee assistance or Rec Center annual pass (link dead 2026-09-05)

Tribal help with funeral/burial bill

GA cash help for rent, utilities, heat, food, household items; emergency (fire/flood) assistance

Emergency help after fire/flood

Up to $700 heating help for elders

Up to $3,000 caregiver grant

Monthly help with food and utility bills

$5,000-$10,000 art project grant

Up to $5,000 (+ up to $10,000 match) for a food-security project

Any public assistance program

Reduce or waive hospital/clinic bills - not verified (403)

Annual dividend

One-time rent or utility payment

Up to $150,000 property tax exemption

Borough senior sales-tax card

Apply for collateral support on a business loan

Help with property tax, utilities, insurance or mortgage

One-time heating cost payment

Heating/energy bill assistance

One-time heating cost payment

Tribal heating assistance

Burial cost help

Emergency assistance after home destruction

General Assistance cash help

TANF cash assistance, food, rent, utilities, heat, child care, GED/training referrals

Child care subsidy (link dead 2026-09-05)

$100 Amazon card per enrolled student

Enroll in Tlingit & Haida

$2,000 commission

Pay Borough property tax

Public housing / senior housing / voucher waitlist

Free home fire-safety inspection/consult

Down payment/closing cost help

Up to $5,000/yr essential repairs

Larger health/safety home repairs

Instructions for Housing Choice Voucher application

Elder Housing Complex unit

Family rental unit

Veterans housing unit

Shelter bed (up to 30 days)

Free ramps, grab bars, repairs

Student rent voucher - not verified (403)

Low-rent / HOME rental unit

Low-rent / HOME rental unit

Home repair loan or grant - not verified (403)

Free home weatherization

Reserve a spot in a free Zoom class

Be considered for a unit at Yee gu.aa yax x̱ʼwán

Homeowner repair/assistance

Rental voucher for homeless/at-risk tribal veterans

Help paying a hospital bill - not verified (403)

Help paying a hospital bill - not verified (403)

Get on the Pioneer Home waitlist

Free naloxone kit or overdose-response training

WIC food benefits

Register as a clinic patient

Enroll yourself or a loved one for free in-home follow-up care

Messaging your care team, appointments, bills

Messaging your care team, appointments, bills

Seat in the 10-session program; ask about financial aid

Schedule a flu shot

Clinic rules, services, rights

Free overdose-response training + free Narcan kit

Recording steps to qualify for the incentive

Requesting a Metlakatla High School transcript

Reduced tuition

Local scholarship / UAS Ketchikan scholarship

Help paying for child care

Same, online

$750 scholarship

Developmental screening or early intervention for a child under 3

Four-year college scholarship

Cape Fox college/voc-tech scholarship

State scholarship/grant plus federal aid

Free or reduced-price school breakfast and lunch

Free/reduced school breakfast and lunch

National rural-telecom scholarship

Free delivery of library materials

Applying for a seat at Ketchikan Charter School

Free or reduced-price school breakfast/lunch

KIC college scholarship

Health-field scholarship with KIC service agreement

Seat in the WFA course

Join the fall youth court training class (free)

Up to $1,000 for women attending UAS Ketchikan

$1,000 scholarship

Sealaska/SHI college and voc-tech scholarships

Amazon school-supply voucher

Same; mail PO Box 25500 Juneau AK 99802, fax 877-389-7796, or email

T&H college scholarship

Request food from the school pantry

UA scholarships

Fall admission

Applying to UAS Ketchikan

Fall 2026 tuition credit

Joining Youth Court as a teen volunteer

Joining 4-H or registering for 4-H camps

Enrolling a student in Metlakatla schools

Register a child for ArtsCool summer camp; ask about scholarship

A spot in ArtsCool camp

Playing school sports

Camp spot; early-bird discount - not verified (403)

Enroll a child in the after-school club

Enrolling in Fast Track home-school

Summer day camp ($50/week, aid available)

Enrolling a 4th-6th grader

Becoming a volunteer coach

Free monthly books for a child 0-5

Register a girl in a Ketchikan troop

Register a child in Cub Scouts

Enrolling a 6th-9th grader in KAP

Enrolling a new student or re-registering a returning student

Enrolling at Fawn Mountain incl. Pre-K

Enrolling a new student or transferring schools

Enroll a student for the school year

A Ketchikan Public Library card

Enroll a preschooler in Little Sprouts

Enrolling a child in Head Start

PreK enrollment and a screening appointment

Kids' summer reading program (free books)

Enroll in swim lessons or rec programs

Enrolling a 3-5 year old in Head Start (Saxman)

Enroll in KIC Tribal Scholars

Enroll in KIC Tribal Scholars

Enrolling in the Tribal Scholars high-school program

TSA PreCheck (finish in person at UAS Ketchikan Tue/Thu)

Entering the TSAS enrollment lottery

Enrolling in classes

Enroll a child in VBS or volunteer

Locating licensed child care in Ketchikan

Update contact info for each student

Scholarship for children/grandchildren of Elks members

GED prep and testing

Required before school / before school sports

Team membership

Tell the school how your child gets home after school

Finding your child's bus route and times

Checking grades, attendance and school messages

Get delay/closure/bus texts

Proctored certification exams

Counting your child in the Native education program

PreK & Kindergarten supply list (other grades linked from same post)

PreK & Kindergarten supply list (other grades linked from same post)

Borrow books and use databases

Vote by mail in state elections

Vote absentee in the Oct 6, 2026 election

Get a Borough ballot mailed to you

Self-help forms and instructions

Request free legal help

Serve on a city board (Library Advisory, Museum, Port & Harbors etc.)

Volunteer seat on a Borough board or service-area board

Vote by mail in the Oct 6, 2026 Borough election

Request copies of Borough public records

Borough sales tax account (required before opening)

Vote by mail in the Oct 6, 2026 City election

Same exemption for 50%+ disabled veterans (VA rating letter needed)

One-year teen seat on the Library Advisory Board

Sales tax exemption for qualifying nonprofits

Vote absentee in tribal election

Apply for tribal home-repair help

Required with every land-use or building application

Put up a business sign

Divide land or adjust lot lines

Buy inventory tax-free for resale

Exempt up to $150,000 of home value from property tax

State business license - not verified (403)

Request curb paint or a street sign

Relief from setback/other standards

Register or update your address before the Sept 6 deadline

Register or update your address (30+ days before election)

Registering to vote or fixing your mailing address

Register a new business to collect Borough/City sales tax

Free legal training to help neighbors with civil legal issues

Run for MIC Council

Paid election-day work

Election worker or candidate filing

Enroll yourself or a child as a KIC tribal member

Enroll descendants for shares; update shareholder records

Register or update your voter record

Reach the tribal office about enrollment or programs

Enroll as a Tlingit & Haida citizen (needed for T&H services)

Buy fishing/hunting licenses, king stamps, draw permits

Build, remodel, add a deck or demolish inside the city

Uses listed as conditional in your zone

Renew registration/license, change address, book a road-test appointment

Dig in a city street or right-of-way

Build in a mapped flood zone

Cut firewood on national forest land

Connect or repair a sewer line

Grading/site work

Required state license for every business - not verified (403)

Close or obstruct a street lane

Connect to Borough water and/or sewer

Required for new structures/additions borough-wide

Set up automatic utility payments

Get dividends deposited to your bank

Update contact info and direct deposit online

Send written comment on an agenda item

See candidates and propositions

See what's on the ballot

Keep dividends and mail coming to the right address

Update your name after marriage/legal change (notarized)

Name a custodian for a shareholder under 18

Read upcoming/past meeting packets

Look up assessed value and ownership

Read what the Council is voting on; find meeting dates

Run for Saxman IRA Council

File documents by email to 1KEmailbox@akcourts.gov

Emerging Leader seat, travel to 91st Tribal Assembly

Pay Saxman water/sewer and other city bills

Pay your tax bill by card or e-check

Update the mailing address on your property account

Pay Borough property tax

File and remit sales tax

Get a CFC shareholder ID card (photo needed)

Book Tongass public-use cabins

Gift shares to a descendant

Become an Elder Mentor or Senior Companion volunteer

Volunteering at the senior center

Volunteering at the senior center

Start the foster or relative-caregiver licensing process

Apply for benefits, Medicare, replacement card; check earnings - not verified (403)

Get on the Pioneer Home active or inactive waitlist

Free delivery/pickup of library materials

File or dispute a VA benefits claim for free

Move between active and inactive waitlists or change home choice

Join the Zoom parenting class

Get the Zoom link for the parenting class

A seat in the 12-week parenting class

Free 12-week parenting class with dinner

Enroll in the online parenting class

Becoming a stipended senior volunteer

Become a licensed therapeutic foster parent (with support + respite)

Become a licensed Wil la mootk TFC parent

Personalized brick at the rebuilt Post; or print and mail with check to P.O. Box 5121

Include a loved one in the Tribal Assembly memorial

Senior Companion / Elder Mentor placement

Becoming a KGBSD substitute (teacher, para, custodian, office)

Paid youth peer-educator internship

Employment & training supports

Vocational rehabilitation services

Host a summer youth worker

Summer paid work placement

Red Cross CPR/First Aid certification ($85)

Register for GED tests

12-week business planning + mentorship

TAP card without attending in person

Reentry support program

GED prep and testing

Overview of employment/training services

Small business / nonprofit loan

TAP card (new or renewal)

SNAP food benefits

Ride to Elders' Café / appointments

Emergency food box, vouchers

Free or reduced-price school breakfast/lunch

Food, household and baby items

Summer meal boxes for kids

Getting a garden plot / joining the gardeners

Home-delivered meals

Congregate or home-delivered meals

Kids' VBS Aug 11-15, 4:30-7:30 pm

ADA paratransit card (free fixed-route rides + Bus+ eligibility)

New commercial electric service

Business utility account

Request internet, phone or TV service

Steps to get power to a new location

New electric service at a location that never had it

New electric/water/sewer/garbage account or move-in

Moorage at Saxman Seaport

Senior door-to-door rides on Bus+

Vessel registration / moorage

Register a vessel for open/transient moorage

Annual/seasonal member fares

New KPU internet service

Permit to visit Annette Island Reserve

Drinking water quality info

Forward mail when you move

Report your service line material (lead inventory)

Add a second responsible person to an account

Ferry reservations and schedules

Lituya schedule and reservations

Let someone ask about your account

Seasonal ferry tickets

Route times and stop list

Door-to-door paratransit ride

Rules and how the service works

Rules for the senior pilot program

Day/monthly/annual passes

Passenger/vehicle booking Ketchikan-Hollis or Metlakatla

Moorage and electric fees

Ferry tickets and vehicle reservations

Ketchikan-Klawock tickets

Current water rates

Pay electric/water/telecom bill

Pay KPU electric/water/telecom bill

Seat/vehicle on a Metlakatla sailing

Paying your electric bill

Avoiding disconnection

Scheduled flight tickets

Post office addresses, hours, PO box rental

Free loan of a SPOT satellite messenger

Emergency shelter bed and advocate

Join the rescue squad

Road/water/power notices

Get local emergency alerts by text/phone/email (link dead 2026-09-05)

Report suspected abuse/neglect (non-emergency)

Gives responders your household/medical/pet info during an emergency

Urgent life-safety alerts

Loan of a satellite SOS beacon

Nominate someone for a Celebration of the Stars award

Up to $5,000 (+match) for food-security projects; email completed PDF to hweston@alaskacf.org

Required background report for the application

Required driving record for the application

$10/month bear-resistant garbage can delivered to your home

Rent the Saxman Community Center

Adopt a KHS rescue (waitlist while rescue intake is paused)

A booth or vendor table at the Oct 10 festival

Membership application routed to Lodge 1429

Membership application routed to Lodge 1429

Free towing/disposal of a junk vehicle

Volunteer as coach or ref

Free printed guide of local services

Tuition scholarship for a session

Become a search-and-rescue volunteer; email, mail or hand in at a Wednesday meeting

Volunteer or mentor with KYI

Groceries, household/baby items, small repairs, limited financial help

A vendor table at a Commons market

Checklist before applying

Join NTVFD as a volunteer

Adopt a dog or cat from the borough shelter

Adopt a shelter animal

Adopt a shelter dog ($125) or cat ($50)

Adopt a shelter dog ($125) or cat ($50)

Adopt a shelter animal

Free dog/cat food and litter

Tuning slot during the technician visit

Schedule a ribbon cutting for a new business

Community input for grant application

Same voucher; email to ktnhumanesociety@yahoo.com or mail to PO Box 6243

Low-cost spay/neuter voucher

Help paying to spay/neuter your pet

Join STVFD as a volunteer

Book the civic center

Rent the Beaver Clan Tribal House

Volunteer at the clinic

Shelter volunteer application

Enter a car or chowder

Gymnastics class enrollment

Volunteer coach/assistant

Join the volunteer green-crab monitoring/trapping network

Enroll a child in a gymnastics session

Sell at the Camp 15 market

Summer K-3 season, $90-$110

Register a child for the season

Evening childcare ($30-$50/night)

Enrolling in dance classes

Fall season spot, $110

Run or pledge in the Torch Run

Summer Little Kickers, $50

Register a new pet before first visit

Register for classes, swim lessons, programs, buy memberships and punch passes

Register for indoor/outdoor rec soccer or Little Kickers

Register a player for the season

Sign up for KRC races (cash-only day-of registration also offered)

Present a topic at the Smartypants event

A presentation slot

Join swim practice

KGB Parks & Rec summer day camp

Swim lessons and pool programs

Kids' VBS Aug 11-15, 4:30-7:30 pm

Coach, team parent, umpire

Volunteer at a race

Volunteer at games and tournaments

1-, 2- or 3-year borough dog license; fill all 3 sections, mail with check to address on form

Other city forms

Adoption, impound, license and citation fees

Volunteer role in the airport drill

Telling KWC what services the community needs

Telling KWC what services the community needs

Required waiver for volunteers under 18

Telling coaches your player will attend practices

Lost/found pet report

Volunteer as a mock patient in the airport disaster drill

Required adult waiver

Rules to read before volunteering

Free loaner satellite messenger for hunting/hiking/boating trips

Adopt a rescued cat/kitten

Upcoming luncheons and community events

Volunteer, join the coffee group, event info; ketchikanpridealliance@gmail.com

MVS and Legacy scholarships for high-school seniors

MVS and Legacy scholarships for high-school seniors

Adopt a dog or cat; bring or email to the shelter

Business membership

List your event on the community calendar

Volunteer with KWC task forces and programs

Being considered for a travel team

Current monthly pool and gym schedules (PDF)

Current fee schedule (effective March 1, 2026)

Prescription refills, boarding reservations, health-certificate appointments

List a community event

A decorated-car spot at Trunk or Treat

Volunteer shifts at the day center or warming shelter; email ktnfchs@gmail.com (link dead 2026-09-05)

Start volunteering at the shelter

Volunteer for meals, thrift store, holiday kettles

A studio residency seat Sept-April

Financial help for tribal members taking Native arts/language classes (e.g. Totem Heritage Center NASP)

Delegate travel/lodging/accessibility needs

Artist logo design proposal

A performance slot

Apply to teach a Native Arts Studies class

Get on the list for a Tsimshian name or clan adoption

Request archival research or photo reproductions from the museum collection

Enter a piece in the Wearable Art Show (downloads on this page; also a travel grant application for out-of-town artists)

Register a child for ArtsCool summer camp; ask about scholarship

Audition slot

Enroll your family (free books + events)

Seat in the Tsimshian history class

Booth space on Lower Atkinson St

Enrolling in dance classes

Register a dancer for the 2026-27 season

Join the Native Arts Studies Program cedar bark harvesting outing

Seat in a Native arts class

Seat in the virtual Tlingit class

Buy licenses; get free personal-use and subsistence permits

Required before paddling on a canoe run

Required harvest report after the season

Audition for an upcoming production

Membership in the arts council

Booth at the festival or contest entry

Paid 30-60 min performance/talk slots

Display your NASP artwork at the Center

Play in KCCB

Sing in the chorus - just show up to rehearsal

Language or social-studies credit

Submit a recipe for the KIC Cookbook

Get your event read on air and listed on the KRBD calendar

Tuition assistance

Journey 2 Saxman logo commission

Get UA credit for a Native Arts Studies class

Concert admission (link dead 2026-09-05)

Buy show tickets

Buy show tickets

$750 prize + cover placement

Become a TTA member

Help backstage/front of house

A booth at the Winter Arts Faire