A New Service for Families in Interior Alaska
Fairbanks Mobile Outreach for Children and Families (Mobile Outreach) is a low-barrier-to-access, rapid response, community-based service that aims to address the serious mental and behavioral health needs of families and children who are in crisis, in real time.
We Come to You
Mobile Outreach team members, consisting of clinicians and peer support specialists, provide in-office, in-school, or in-home crisis stabilization, assessment, brief interventions, and follow-ups , 7 days a week, 8am – 8pm, to individuals 18 years and younger in the Fairbanks North Star Borough who are in an active state of crisis.
Program Goals
The goals of Mobile Outreach are twofold: 1) maintain children and youth in their families of origin whenever possible by preventing unnecessary hospitalization, youth detention, or use of out of home placement 2) enhance youth and family coping skills, build resiliency, and increase overall safety to limit the need for future services or higher levels of care.
Access Mobile Outreach Services
- Available in Fairbanks North Star Borough
- 7 days/week, 8 am to 8 pm daily
- Call (907) 782-7381
