This guide has been designed to assist Alaskans in identifying state and community resources available to better understand and treat behavioral health problems.

Family Centered Services of Alaska

Alaska's Network of Care

Alaska's Network of Care was created by the Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC), in cooperation with the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority. The project is part of a broad effort by the SILC to improve and better coordinate long-term care services for Alaskan seniors and persons experiencing disabilities.

Autism Alaska

A parent support group for people located in the Anchorage area.

The Anchorage Youth Development Coalition provides leadership and coordinates resources and efforts to ensure that all Anchorage youth thrive. AYDC works to increase protective factors and reduce substance abuse and other risk factors through the Developmental Assets Framework, and other research based prevention strategies.

Want to participate in fun father/child activities while strengthening your relationship? Come on out to an All Pro Dad event and meet some other dads and kids to play with. We’ll watch some really cool videos and play some really fun, interactive games. In the summer time we go camping and fishing, and in the winter time we’ll go skiing and snowboarding. We meet at the Boys & Girls Club in Mountain View at 5:30 on the third Thursday of every month. One lucky father & kid will win a great NFL prize! See you there.

Special Olympics
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. 

Special Needs Services - Catholic Social Services
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.

Mat-Su Services for Children and Adults, Inc. (MSSCA)
A Valley-based non-profit corporation established in 1985. They provide a wide range of home and community based services for:  families who need additional support at the time of a new birth, families with children experiencing developmental delays, families with children experiencing developmental disabilities, and adults with developmental disabilities .

Hope Community Resources
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.

Guide to the Alaska Developmental Disabilities Program
A comprehensive guide to Developmental Disability Services in the state of Alaska.

Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education
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.

Disability Law Center
The Disability Law Center assists parents in learning their rights under the IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).

Challenge Alaska
Challenge Alaska is a non-profit organization that provides sports and therapeutic recreation opportunities for those with disabilities.

The Arc of Anchorage
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.

Alaska Chapter of National Down Syndrome Congress
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.

Access Alaska
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.

ATLA
The Assistive TechnoLogy of Alaska (ATLA) connects Alaskans who have disabilities with the tools they need in order to learn, work, play, and participate in community life safely and independently.

FACING FOSTER CARE IN ALASKA Facing Foster Care in Alaska (FFCA) is a group of current foster youth and alumni that has formed to make improvements to the foster care system in Alaska.  Please contact shae@ayfn for any information.

• Alaska 211 Information: The electronic directory of services in Alaska as compiled by the United Way.
• Where to Turn: The directory of services compiled by the Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education for children and adults with disabilities - see the "Where to Turn" search box in the left hand column of any ayfn.org webpage.

In Anchorage or Mat-Su, the organization provides information and assistance for adults (ages 18 and older) to enroll in postsecondary education or traning programs: computer classes, tutorial information, information about entrance requirements and process, application assistance to schools or training beyond high school, assistance in finding scholarships and loans, career exploration and job market information. For high school students thee are two additional programs: Educational Talent Search and Upward Bound to assist students in preparing for college.

Welcome the the Alaska Works Initiative - employment training and technical assistance site. We have developed this site as a tool for people with disabilities, benefit planners, service providers, employers and others to access current information about employment and benefits planning services. We hope this site gives you good information to make your employment efforts a success.

Nine Star programs focus on literacy, job readiness and professional development. These programs equip clients with the skills necessary to find a job, keep a job and advance on the job.

Find the address and telephone of a social or health service by type or name of agency. This is a database known as AK INFO and funded by United Way of Anchorage. The information comes from the provider who places the information directly into the database. Some of the services as not-for-profit and some are for profit. Contact AYFN's Peer Navigator for more information about how to use the resources you find 907.770.4979 or 888.770.4979 (in Alaska toll free outside of Anchorage) or e-mail ayfn@ayfn.org