Alaska Family Directory
Community Organizations
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The ADA Partner's Project is
a cooperative effort of the Disability & Business Technical
Assistance Centers and Access Alaska. The purpose of the Partner's
Project is to provide expert in-depth advice
for implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act.
An Internet resource for mental health
consumers, with a focus on recovery.
Service area includes Barrow and all seven North Slope
villages (24-hour
crisis lines 852-0266), Kotzebue (442-7400) and Nome (443-3290).
Established in 1994, ATLA is a statewide
assistive technology retail and information center
for all Alaskans.
Access Alaska provides
independent living services to people who experience
a disability. They encourage and promote the total
integration of people who experience a disability to live independently
within the community of their choice.
Screens Alaska newborns for diseases that are not apparent at birth. Very early treatment can prevent or reduce physical effects and brain damage.
The mission of the Alaska Center
for the Blind and Visually Impaired is to provide quality
rehabilitation and training to persons
who experience blindness or visual impairment so that
they may reach their highest level of independence.
Alaska Center for Resource Families
www.acrf.org
The Alaska Center For Resource Families (ACRF) was established
to provide training, support, and information to Alaska
licensed foster and adoptive parents. ACRF offers a variety
of educational opportunities, onsite and distance delivery
programs, for families who are wishing to become foster
or adoptive parents and on-going training to meet the State
of Alaska requirement for foster parents.
The Chapter’s purpose remains
to provide education and disseminate information for
members, new parents and the community as a whole; to
provide parent-to-parent support to families of children
with Down syndrome; to gather socially and share experiences;
and to he an advocacy group
for political effectiveness.
These clinics
offer specialty genetics clinics for diagnosis and
genetic counseling for individuals with inherited conditions, chromosomal
disorders (i.e. Down syndrome) or birth defects.
The Mental Health Association
in Alaska (MHAA) is a Division of the National Mental
Health Association and is dedicated to the promotion
of good mental health, the prevention of mental illness and ongoing improvement
in the care
and treatment of the mentally ill through advocacy, education, referral,
research, legislative input and the monitoring of existing programs.
Alaska Youth and Family Network
www.ayfn.org
Alaska Youth and Family Network
advocates for families and children with social/emotional/behavioral
challenges and related disabilities
to be included as equal partners with professionals in
developing policies, programs and ensuring adequate
services and information.
The mission of the
Arc of Anchorage is to secure for all people with developmental
and other disabilities the opportunity to choose
and realize their goals of where and how they learn,
live, work, and play.
Special Needs Services was established in 1981 to provide care for individuals who experience developmental disabilities and offers a support system for their families. Trained providers care for consumers in the consumers' home or out in the community.
Challenge Alaska is a non-profit
organization that provides sports and therapeutic recreation
opportunities for those with disabilities.
Children's Advocates, Resources and Educational Services
www.alaskacares.org
Training and resources are available to childcare providers,
parents,
students, educators and others working with young children
throughout the
Northern and Interior regions of Alaska. Service area
includes Fairbanks,
North Pole, Salcha, Delta, Healy, Nome, Kotzebue, Barrow,
Point Hope and
other communities.
The goal of this Web
site is to provide information about community-based
diagnostic teams, local agencies and programs that
work with families, children and adults affected by Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
The mission of the
Council is to create change that improves the independence,
productivity, and inclusion into the community for
people with developmental disabilities and students in special
education.
The mission of Hope Community
Resources is to provide services and supports, requested
and designed by individuals and families who experience
disabilities, resulting in choice, control, family preservation
and community inclusion.
The Learning Disabilities Association
of Alaska (LDAalaska) is a non-profit, nationally affiliated,
organization staffed solely by
volunteers dedicated to helping individuals with learning
disabilities, their families and professionals.
Kawerak's Education, Employment, and Training Division
www.kawerak.org/eet/
Provides basic education services
which include (GED) classes, GED testing,
English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, and tutoring
in Math, Reading,
and Writing. Services are located in Kawerak's Learning
Centers at Brevig
Mission, Elim, Koyuk, Savoonga, Shishmaref, Stebbins,
Unalakleet, and White
Mountain.
Maniilaq Association/Northwest Alaska
www.maniilaq.org
Provides extensive health, tribal, and social services
to residents of rural
Northwest Alaska. Service area includes Kotzebue, Ambler,
Buckland, Deering,
Kiana, Kivalina, Kobuk, Noatak, Noorvik, Pt. Hope, Selawik, & Shungnak.
The
State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
is committed to promoting an accessible, flexible array of quality
services to all Alaska infants and toddlers with special
developmental needs and to their families.
The Specialty
clinics improve access to care for children with special
health care needs in need of consultation, screening
and follow-up. Cleft Lip and Palate, Cardiac and Neurodevelopmental
specialty clinics are included.
NAMI is dedicated to the eradication
of mental illnesses and to the improvement of the quality
of life of all whose lives are affected
by these diseases. The National Alliance for the Mentally
Ill (NAMI) is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support
and advocacy organization
of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe
mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, major depression,
bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive
disorder, and anxiety disorders.
This state office
provides trainings on guardianship and conservatorship.
Parents Inc. is a parent training
organization based on the philosophy that parents of
all children with disabilities can help
other families face similar challenges.
Programs for Infants and Children, Inc.
www.picak.org
Programs for Infants and Children,
Inc. provides early intervention services for infants
and toddlers with special needs. Training
is individualized and implemented in a family centered
home environment.
The Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms
www.websciences.org/sltbr/
A not-for-profit international organization founded
in 1988, dedicated to fostering research, professional
development and clinical applications in the fields of
light therapy and biological rhythms.
SERRC – Alaska's Educational Resource Center
www.serrc.org
SERRC - Alaska 's Educational Resource Center - provides a variety of programs designed to meet the educational needs of all Alaskans. From Even Start Family Literacy Programs to school district-based services to adult education, SERRC provides education programs and services that impact thousands of Alaskans from Ketchikan to Barrow.
Special Education Service Agency
www.sesa.org
The Special Education Service Agency
(SESA) is a publicly funded agency which provides assistance
to Alaskan school districts and
early intervention programs serving students with low
incidence disabilities.
Special Needs Services provides care for children who
experience developmental disabilities and offers a support
system for their families. Trained providers accompany
clients on outings and care for them from their homes.
Special Olympics
Alaska provides year-round sports training and athletic
competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for
people eight years of age and older with mental retardation, giving
them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness,
demonstrate courage, experience
joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and
friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes
and the community.
Stone Soup Group is a statewide organization that exists to sustain the health and well being of Alaskan children with special needs and their families. They are responsible for the implementation of the Parent Training and Information Center (PTI).
University of Anchorage-Alaska Center for Human Development
www.alaskachd.org/about.html
The Center for Human
Development (CHD) is one of 61 University Centers located
in every state and territory, which attempts to bring
together the resources of the university and the community
in support of individuals with developmental disabilities.
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