ANCHORAGE – Today, Mayor Ethan Berkowitz announced the opening of 56 units of permanent supportive housing for Anchorage residents suffering from chronic alcoholism, chronic homelessness, and mental disorders. The housing is located at Safe Harbor Inn Merrill which had previously provided “transitional” housing, offering short-term housing assistance without intensive case management. The earlier allocated $200,000 […]
Washington, D.C. – Federal property in Tok, Alaska could become the permanent home to the regions’ only behavioral health clinic if legislation introduced by Alaskan Congressman Don Young becomes law. Introduced yesterday, H.R. 2038 would authorize the conveyance of U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) housing facilities, which are no longer of use to the USCG following the […]
Juneau-After nearly two years of research and outreach and a $50,000 market demand study, Senior Citizens Support Services Inc., a local non-profit, has progressed to the next phase of developing an assisted living facility in Juneau. According to SCSSI Board of Directors President Sioux Douglas, the project has “received tremendous community support, including grant support […]
Washington, D.C. – Under the leadership of Alaskan Congressman Don Young and a bipartisan group of his colleagues, the House of Representatives today passed legislation to reauthorize the primary federal housing program for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians – the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA) – which empowers Native […]