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Alaska Center for Children and Adults
1020 Barnette St.
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Phone: 907-456-4003 x
Contact: Shireen Deitrick
faces@acca-ilp.org
Serves the Fairbanks North Star Borough
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Alaska Center for Resource Families
804 K Street, Suite 101
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-279-1799
http://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. ACRF has qualified staff in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau who conducts training, provides support and are available to answer questions. For families living in other areas, ACRF provides rural onsite training and telephonic support.
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Anchorage Parent Education Group for FASD
Anchorage, AK
Phone: 907-561-3701
Contact: Cheri Scott
Meetings are held the third Monday of each month during the school year from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM. Open to birth, foster, adoptive parents and relative caregivers.
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Aurora Project
1401 Kellum Street
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Phone: 907-452-4633 Fax: 907-451-8125 Toll Free: 877-786-7327
auroraprojectak@yahoo.com
http://www.rcpcfairbanks.org/aurora.html
This program supports families affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Monthly workshops provide current and useful information to support caregivers and professionals and increase understanding of FASD. Observations, consultation, referrals and advocacy also available.
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Bristol Bay Area Health Corp
Box 1730
Dillingham, AK
Phone: 907- 842-4936 Fax: 907-842-4980
Contact: Luisa Hanson , FASD Community Team Coordinator
lhanson@bbahc.org
Serves the Bristol Bay area.
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Copper River Native Association
Drawer H
Copper Center, AK 99573
Phone: 907-822-5241 x225
Contact: Gay Wellman, FASD Community Team Coordinator
gay@copperriverna.org
Serves the Copper Valley region.
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FAS/E Parent Support Group
1035 Bellaine Rd.
Fairbanks, AK 99709
Phone: 907-479-6584
Contact: Vicki Horodyski
horodysk@ptialaska.net
Monthly support group meetings.
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Frontier Community Services
43335 K-Beach Road, Suite 36
Soldotna, AK 99669
Phone: 907-262-6331 Fax: 907-262-6294
Contact: Vickie Tinker, FASD Community Team Coordinator
vickie_tinker@fcsonline.org
Serves the Kenai Peninsula area.
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Ketchikan Indian Corporation
2960 Tongass Avenue
Ketchikan, AK 99901
Phone: 907-225-4061 Fax: 907- 247-0429
Contact: Jasmine Nelson, FASD Community Team Coordinator
jnelson@kictribe.org
Serves the Ketchikan and Saxman areas.
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Kodiak Native Association
3449 Rezanof Drive East
Kodiak, AK
Phone: 907-486-9841
Contact: Nancy Wells, FASD Community Team Coordinator
bonnie.donnelly@kanaweb.org
Serves the Kodiak Island borough.
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Mat-Su Services for Children & Adults, Inc.
5000 E. Shennum Drive
Wasilla, AK 99654
Phone: 907/352-1200
Contact: Teresa Sprague
tsprague@mssca.org
Serves the MatSu area
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Norton Sound Health Corporation
P.O. Box 966
Nome, AK 99762
Phone: 907-443-3494
Contact: Cynthia Naugler, FASD Community Team Coordinator
Serves Nome and surrounding areas.
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PARENTS, Inc
4743 E. Northern Lights Blvd.
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: 907-337-7678 Toll Free: 800-478-7678
http://www.parentsinc.org
PARENTS is a partnership of Alaska families with disabilities that provides support, training resources, and advocacy statewide. PARENTS helps families by offering information, training, referrals, support, and advocacy services. We can connect parents with other parents who share the same needs and concerns.
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Sally Caldwell, MEd
Box 34255
Juneau, AK 99803
Phone: 907-463-1087
mostlysunny@gci.net
Mental health and chemical Dependancy Counselor; Parent Navigator.
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Sitka Neurodevelopmental Clinic
SEARHC
222 Tongass Drive
Sitka, AK
Phone: 907-966-8616
Contact: David Sliefert , FASD Community Team Coordinator
david.sliefert@searhc.org
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Southcentral Foundation
4320 Diplomacy Drive Ste 1500
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: 907-729-4250
Contact: Michael Baldwin, FASD Community Team Coordinator
mrbaldwin@anmc.org
Serves the Anchorage Bowl Area.
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Stone Soup Group
3350 Commercial Drive
Suite 100
Anchorage , AK 99501
Phone: 907-561-3701 Toll Free: 877-786-7327
Contact: Cheri Scott, Parent Navigator
ssg@stonesoupgroup.org
http://www.stonesoupgroup.org/ssginfo.htm
Stone Soup Group exists to sustain the health and well-being of Alaskan
children with special health care needs and their families. They 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).
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Tok School District FASD Coordinator
P.O. Box 226
Tok, AK 99780
Phone: 907-883-5151 x110
Contact: Leann Young
lyoung@tok.schoolaccess.net
Serves the Upper Tanana Region
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Tracy Pifer, Parent
23108 Sheltering Spruce
Chugiak, AK 99567
Phone: 907-688-5375
Contact: Tracy Pifer
tjpifer@juneau.com
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Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation
PO Box 528
Bethel, AK 99559
Phone: 907-543-6493
Contact: Shane Welch, FASD Community Team Coordinator
shane_welch@ykhc.org
Serves the Bethel area.
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FACES (Fetal Alcohol Community Evaluation Services)
Fairbanks Regional Public Health Center
1025 West Burnett Street
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Phone: 907-452-1776
faces@acca-ilp.org
The Fairbanks Alaska multi-disciplinary FACES (Fetal Alcohol Community Evaluation Services) Diagnostic Team assesses and diagnosiss children between the ages of 5 up to age 14. Our direct providers include Speech and Occupational therapists as well as Pediatricians and Psychologists who do comprehensive evaluations on each child being evaluated for the team.
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Juneau FASD Diagnostic Clinic
The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
320 Willoughby Ave, Suite 300
Juneau, AK 99801
Phone: 907-463-7373
Contact: Ric Iannolino, Coordinator
riannolino@ccthita.org
Provides FASD diagnostic services to all citizens of Southeast Alaska.
Eligibility criteria include:
1) A well documented history of prenatal alcohol exposure;
2) The client must have at least one person who is a consistent advocate and is willing to accompany the client to the clinic (examples: a parent, foster parent adoptive parent, close friend, spouse, legal guardian or agency advocate);
3) The parent or advocate must complete and submit the New Client Information Packet and release of information form(s) must be signed and records gathered before the assessment or a clinic date will be offered;
4)The client must be at least 2 years old; there is no upper age limit.
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Providence Pediatric Neurodevelopmental Clinic
2401 E 42nd Ave.
Suite 306
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: 907-562-9212
Contact: Ron Brennan, MD
http://www.providence.org/Alaska/TCHAP/neuro/Neurodevelopment.htm
The Pediatric Neurodevelopment Clinic at the Childrens Hospital at Providence provides a neurodevelopmental assessment, which is a thorough evaluation of a childs health and development. It involves an extensive review of the childs medical and developmental history, and a physical exam.
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Southcentral Foundation/Alaska Native Medical Center FAS Clinic
4320 Diplomacy Drive
Suite 1500
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: 729-2500, Press option 2 Fax: 907-729-2525 Toll Free:
Contact: Michael Baldwin, Clinic Manager
mrbaldwin@scf.cc
The clinic offers diagnostic services to those whom may be dealing with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), this includes support and referral services for the caregivers of those individuals and training for the providers. A pediatric psychologist provides testing for the children being seen by the FAS Diagnostic Team.
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Alaska Native Tribal Consortium, Division of Community Health Services
4315 Diplomacy Drive
Suite 120
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: 907-729-1900
http://www.anthc.org/cs/chs/
The division's staff monitors trends in deaths and illness, and develops comprehensive regional and community-based solutions for priority health problems. CHS provides technical assistance to communities and tribal health programs, and develops partnerships with other agencies for these purposes
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Disability Law Center of Alaska
3330 Arctic Blvd.
Suite 103
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-344-1002 Fax: 907-349-1002 Toll Free: 800-478-1234
akpa@dlcak.org
http://www.dlcak.org
Disability Law Center (DLC) is an independent non-profit organization that provides legal advocacy services for people with disabilities anywhere in Alaska. The agency maintains an information Center in the Anchorage office which will include state wide resource manuals, disability rights information, benefits booklets, and reference materials related to disability law. The center is available to the public.
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Alaska Native Medical Center Pre-Natal Support Program
4320 Diplomacy Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: (907) 729-3141 Fax: 907-729-3173
http://www.southcentralfoundation.com/index.cfm
This program screens prenatal women to determine their risk level for fetal alcohol syndrome. Staff offers case management, postpartum discharge, education and counseling.
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Alaska Women's Resource Center
610 C St.
Suite 2A
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-569-0097 Fax: 907-279-6754
awrc@alaskawomensresourcecenter.org
http://www.alaskawomensresourcecenter.org/
The Resource Center provides many services including counseling and referral for substance abuse; pregnancy/health issues; parent education, domestic violence issues; information, referral and crisis intervention services, and career development and employment readiness. Services are provided on both an in-patient and out-patient basis.
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Dena A COY Program
Southcentral Foundation
4501 Diplomacy Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: 907-729-5070
Contact: Rebecca Davenport
http://www.southcentralfoundation.com/denaacoy.cfm
Dena A Coy is a comprehensive FAS prevention program. It offers substance abuse and mental health treatment for substance-abusing women and is designed to allow women to remain in treatment throughout the duration of their pregnancy and 10 weeks postpartum. They also provide services to the children of these mothers.
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Norton Sound Health Corporation
P O Box 966
Nome, AK 99762
Phone: 907-443-3311 Fax: 907-443-3139
http://nortonsoundhealth.org/
Prenatal support services and referrals for treatment; community education and training.
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State of Alaska's Office on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
P O Box 110609
Juneau, AK 99811
Phone: 907-465-3033 Fax: 907-465-1189 Toll Free: 877-393-2287
Contact: Diane Casto
fas@health.state.ak.us
http://www.hss.state.ak.us/fas/
Alaska's FAS project is a comprehensive, integrated effort encompassing prevention of all fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), intervention targeted to high-risk women, screening and diagnosis of children at risk of FAS/ARBD and improved service delivery to families/individuals affected by FASD.
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Project FACTS: Fetal Alcohol Consultation and Training Services
P O Box 756460
Homer, AK 99603
Phone: 907-235-2544
Contact: Debra Evensen
debevensen@alaska.net
http://fasalaska.com/
The goal of this project is to provide statewide assistance, through training, technical assistance and support, to schools, individuals, families and communities working with children affected by FAS and other alcohol related disabilities. Services include consultation, education and training for the development of effective methods and strategies to teach and maximize learning in children prenatally exposed to alcohol.
Services are available to public schools, private schools, pre-schools and parents who homeschool their children, as well as school administration and school boards. In addition, services will be available to other community agencies and individuals who work directly with affected children in settings outside of the school arena, such as infant learning programs, early intervention programs, child protective services, village councils, health professionals, mental health and social services workers, and the judicial system.
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Alaska Youth and Parent Foundation
PO Box 232053
Anchorage, AK 99523
Phone: 907-929-2633
Contact: Sue Stone, POWER Program Manager
sstone@aypfalaska.org
http://www.aypf.ak.org/index.htm
Operates the POWER Program. Peer educators conduct free single session and multiple session groups and work shops at teen shelters and other facilities, on topics such as health education, HIV/AIDS/STD, substance abuse, domestic violence/healthy relationships. The POWER Teen Clinic at the Transit Center in downtown Anchorage, is open two afternoons a week and is staffed by nurses from the Municipal Health Department. It offers confidential testing and counseling on HIV/AIDS/STD, abstinence and family planning.
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Alaska Office of FAS
350 Main Street, Suite 214
P.O. Box 110620
Juneau, AK 99811-0620
Phone: 907-465-3033 Toll Free: 877-393-2287
fas@health.state.ak.us
http://health.hss.state.ak.us/fas/default.htm
Alaska's FAS project is a comprehensive, integrated effort encompassing prevention of all fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), intervention targeted to high-risk women, screening and diagnosis of children at risk of FAS/ARBD and improved service delivery to families/individuals affected by FASD.
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State FASD Coordinator
Prevention and Early Intervention Services, State of Alaska, Division of Behavioral Health
P.O. Box 110620
Juneau, AK 99811-0620
Phone: 907-465-3033 Fax: 907-465-1189
Contact: Diane Casto, Prevention and Early Intervention Services
diane_casto@health.state.ak.us
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