Students and families thrive when they feel safe and healthy.
Check out the tips, tools, and resources offered by these Alaska-based organizations.
- 907 Navigator can help you find Alaska-based services, from dental care to help with food and transportation (also available as an app)
- Alaska 211 can guide you to the right state agency or department and can even help you access healthcare.
- I Know Mine is a website with mental & physical health tips for teens and families developed by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.
- NAMI Alaska has a wealth of information about supporting family members with depression and other mental illnesses.
- Parent Guidance provides education and therapeutic support to empower and give you hope as you support your child’s mental health. This site has over 50 courses written by therapists; Ask a Therapist FAQ; 24/7 on demand, private.
- Be SMART provides tips for secure gun storage. Guns are the number one cause of death for children and teens in Alaska.
- Professional Boundaries are a set of guidelines that schools, families, and communities can uphold to help protect kids from grooming by sexual predators.
- The Alaska Children’s Trust offers online safety tips, discussion prompts for students, and information about social media platforms.
- Common Sense Media provides a wealth of reviews and information for families.
- American Lung Association offers resources for discussing vaping with your child.
- Live Vape Free is an excellent resource for supporting your teen in staying away from vaping
- Alaska’s Tobacco Quit Line offers supports for teens to quit vaping.
- love is respect is a resource that aims to prevent unhealthy relationships and intimate partner violence by empowering young people. It offers inclusive education, support, and tools to assist them.
- Stone Soup Group supports families of students with special needs through networking, training, and partnering with families to help them access special education services.
- Kinship Care and Southeast Kin provide support for grandparents and kin who are caring for children outside of the foster care system.
- Great Alaska Schools is a statewide grassroots network that advocates for schools.
- The Association of Alaska School Boards provides information about how schools are funded and governed.