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Latest News & Events
Fairbanks Open House
11.08.2021
Adult Mental Health Residential Treatment Services start in Fairbanks on Monday, November 22! Alaska Behavioral Health’s Tamarack Living Center will provide mental health residential treatment for adults in Fairbanks who:have acute mental health needs and have not responded to outpatient treatment need further treatment following inpatient psychiatric hospitalization need the stability of a 24-hour program […]
Anchorage Hiring Event!
11.03.2021
Get Hired! by Alaska Behavioral Health On the spot interviews, job offers, and onboarding for various clinical positions in child, family, and adult services Open positions include: Medical ReceptionistResidential Services Clinicians and Clinical AssociatesIntensive Case Management Clinicians and Clinical AssociatesACT Team Clinicians and Clinical AssociatesChild and Family Clinicians and Clinical AssociatesLittle Tyles Clinical AssociatesAdult […]
Alaska Behavioral Health Receives Federal Funding
10.25.2021
New Federal Funding for Alaska Alaska Behavioral Health recently began work under two new federal grants to expand access to mental health services for Alaskans. Services for Children Alaska Behavioral Health has begun work under a new grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). AKBH received […]
Halloween Fundraiser for the POWER Center
10.21.2021
“Camp Crystal” host collects food, clothing, and $$ to support youth in transition through the POWER Center! For the second year, Anchorage resident Billy Stapleton is using his love of Halloween to support youth in transition through the POWER Center. Billy himself experienced homelessness as a young person, and that has driven him to find […]
October 6: Mental Health Q & A for Teens!
09.29.2021
Mental Illness Awareness Week, October 3-10 We’re marking Mental Illness Awareness Week with a Q& A hosted by and designed for teens and young adults. Our Chief Medical Officer Dr. Curt Wengel and LMSW Veronica Griffith will be on hand to answer questions in a hybrid virtual/in-person event. Young people at two “Watch Parties” will […]
AKBH Community Update – September 2021
09.27.2021
In our September 2021 community update: Celebrate National Recovery Month with our peer support specialists! Celebrate successes with Alaska Seeds of Change Learn how we’re ramping up services in Fairbanks! Read the newsletter here.
AKBH Community Update – August 2021
08.20.2021
In our August 2021 community update: Check out the completed mural at Alaska Seeds of Change Meet Tierra D (ACT team case manager/peer support specialist Learn how the Cohen Clinic is helping veterans reeling from the news out of Afghanistan. Read the newsletter here.
Mural at Alaska Seeds of Change is complete!
08.19.2021
Spenard’s Largest Community Mural Now Complete Ladybugs, Plants, and People Brighten Alaska Seeds of Change Facility The largest community mural in Anchorage’s Spenard neighborhood is now complete. The mural at Alaska Seeds of Change, 704 W 26th Avenue, was facilitated by artist Sarah Davies, creator of the 2015 100Stone Project, Alaska’s largest community sculpture installation. […]
Seeds Outside: Now Growing in Soil!
08.06.2021
Moving Beyond the Greenhouse Alaska Seeds of Change is spreading its roots beyond the greenhouse with new outdoor programming! Over the past few years, AKSoC has been developing its Seeds Outside program, which works with youth apprentices and community volunteers to grow food to take home and for our social impact business, Evies Brinery. Benefits […]
AKBH Community Update – July 2021
07.20.2021
In our July 2021 community update: Learn how we are striving for excellence through extensive staff training Heads up on an upcoming open house in Fairbanks The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic hosts mindfulness for teens with Legos Read the newsletter here.
