THese last several weeks have been stressful financially. I knew that moving across country and getting settled would be expensive, but I did not anticipate when thinking of starting my career here just how long it would take to get my feet under me financially. Bills bills bills...anxiety frustration anxiety as payday seems to never approach fast enough. insufficient bank fee after insufficient bank fee leads to starting new pay periods already on the wrong foot. ugh.
BUT...ENCOURAGEMENT CAME. First yesterday, when I realized I AM eligible for this year's Permanent Fund Dividend check (I didn't recieve it last year due to ridiculousness). And then today this email arrived...an article from the Anchorage Daily News that not only announced this years check will be MUCH larger than usual, but that it will be coming much SOONER than usual. If that news wasn't blessing enough, I also heard that a Dave Ramsey class from the Financial Peace University (http://www.daveramsey.com/fpu/home/ )is going to be in my area- a 2 hr/week, 13 week class starting next month. Folks, I'm signing up for this one!
THANK YOU LORD!!!
***Caution: Side effects of reading the following article include mindboggling recognition about how much money your family would collect annually if you lived in Alaska, and a subsequent intense longing to relocate.
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PFD direct deposits set for Sept. 12
Anchorage Daily News
Published: August 20th, 2008 04:37 PM
Last Modified: August 20th, 2008 04:38 PM
Most Alaskans will receive their Permanent Fund dividends on Sept. 12, the state said this afternoon.
That's about three weeks earlier than was initially announced.
This year's payment of about $2,100 - the exact amount hasn't been announced yet - will be supplemented by a $1,200 "resource rebate," for a total payment of about $3,300 per Alaskan.
The annual dividend payment comes from investment profits of the $36 billion Alaska Permanent Fund, a state oil-wealth savings account.
The Legislature approved the extra $1,200 payment this month to help Alaskans cope with high energy costs.
The Sept. 12 payments will go to all 500,000 or so Alaskans who asked for their dividend to be direct-deposited into their bank account, said Bill McAllister, spokesman for Gov. Sarah Palin. The previous plan was to pay some of them on Oct. 2 and the rest on Oct. 16.
Checks will be mailed to those who asked for payment that way during the week of Sept. 30, McAllister said.
Applicants who asked for a direct-deposited payment but who have changed accounts or banks have until the end of business Aug. 29 to submit a form to the state Permanent Fund Dividend Division requesting a change. The form is available online at www.pfd.alaska.gov.
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