ANCHORAGE — The Department of Health and Social Services has made the decision to close the Ketchikan Regional Youth Facility, effective Sept. 15, 2016. Youth from the Ketchikan area who need secure detention services will be transported to Juneau and placed in the Johnson Youth Center. Youth currently in the facility, their families, community leaders […]
ANCHORAGE — The statewide collaborative initiative Healthy Alaskans 2020 released “Healthy Alaskans 2020 Health Assessment: Understanding the Health of Alaskans” today, along with two documents highlighting the state’s 25 leading health indicators and the process of setting priorities. You can find these documents at www.ha2020.alaska.gov. The 2020 Health Assessment presents information about population characteristics, social and […]
ANCHORAGE — “One childâ€: That’s the title of a new public service announcement from the Department of Health and Social Services, Office of Children’s Services, encouraging Alaskans to consider becoming foster parents. All the “actors†in the piece are Alaska foster/adoptive parents or former foster youth who feel strongly about the impact a caring foster […]