Family Help in Alaska: Helping Resources

Take an honest look at your child's behavior and family situation.
Become informed of your child's issues.
Network the resources listed on the Family Help pages and throughout the Focus website to find referrals to mental health services and supportive programs.
Follow through on professional advice and treatment plans.
Build a support system from family, friends, self-help groups, and your place of worship.

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Alaska Information

Hotlines & Helplines - Programs & Services

Self-Help & Support Groups

RED ROCK CANYON SCHOOL

Residential treatment center

for youth, ages 12-17,

with year-round enrollment

1-800-635-4441

MOUNT CARMEL YOUTH RANCH

Christian-based short-term and long-term outdoor therapeutic programs for boys, ages 12-18

1-866-971-3322

RE-CREATION RETREAT

Therapeutic boarding school

for girls, ages 13-17,

with year-round enrollment

435-691-0856

COLT SCHOOLS

Christian outdoor programs

for youth, ages 12-18

406-722-2658

CEDAR BREAKS ACADEMY

Residential treatment center

for girls, ages 12-17,

with year-round enrollment

1-800-793-7401

EAGLE VALLEY RANCH

Residential treatment center

for girls, ages 12-17

Scholarships available

1-866-842-8336

FALCON RIDGE RANCH

Residential treatment program

for girls, ages 12-17,

with year-round enrollment

1-866-968-4673

BEAR TOOTH MT ASCENT

Christian transition program

on a 40,000-acre working cattle ranch

for young adult men, ages 18-26

307-645-3381

FUTURE MEN

Christian residential program

for young men, ages 16-20,

with year-round enrollment

417-546-4171

NEW HOPE

21-day outdoor and wilderness camps

held each month throughout the year

417-683-9793

BONNEVILLE CANYON RETREAT

Life skills learning center

for young men, ages 18 and over

1-866-800-9517

Helping Resources

Alaska Autism Resource Center

907-334-1300

Provides individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), families, educators, professionals, and caregivers with impartial information, assistance, and connections to resources statewide. Visit Asperger Syndrome.

Alaska Brain Injury Network

907-274-2824 Anchorage

1-888-574-2824

Advocacy, education, and resources for the survivors of traumatic brain injury and their families. Visit Emotional Health.

Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web

907-222-7683

Internet resource for mental health consumers. Visit Personality Disorders.

Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

Statewide coalition made up of twenty-one domestic violence and sexual assault programs. ANDVSA does not provide crisis services. If you are in danger, please call 911 or one of the local domestic violence/sexual assault programs in Alaska. You can also call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) and 1-800-787-3224(TTY). Visit Abuse.

Alaska's Youth & Family Network

907-770-4979

1-888-770-4979

An organization of families and professionals who want to work as partners to improve services for children who have mental disorders. Visit Attachment and Attachment Disorders.

Disability Law Center of Alaska

1-800-478-1234

Public education, direct service, community outreach, and systems advocacy on the legal rights of people with disabilities. Visit Special Education.

Law Project for Psychiatric Rights

907-274-7686

Provides a coordinated legal effort seeking to end the abuses against people diagnosed with mental illness through individual legal representation. Visit Bipolar Disorder.

Mat-Su Parent Resource Center

907-373-3632

Information, support, and assistance to parents of children with disabilities, their professional partners, and their communities. Visit Learning Disabilities.

Mental Health Association in Alaska

907-563-0880
MHAA is a division of the Mental Health America and is dedicated to the promotion of good mental health, the prevention of mental illness and ongoing improvement in the care and treatment of the mentally ill through advocacy, education, referral, research, legislative input and the monitoring of existing programs. Visit Teen Depression.

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill in Alaska (NAMI)

1-800-478-4462

Support, education, advocacy, and research organization working to improve the lives of those with mental illness. Affiliates hold monthly support meetings and provide educational meetings on various topics connected with mental illness. Visit Bipolar Disorder.

Resource Center for Parents and Children

907-456-2866 Fairbanks

1-800-643-5431 Parent Line

RCPC is the Alaska Chapter of PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA. Visit Abuse: Physical, Emotional, Sexual.

RID Alaska of Child Abuse

Resource and information directory on child abuse in Alaska, including Alaska's child abuse laws and where to go for help. Visit Abuse: Physical, Emotional, Sexual.

Special Education Service Agency

Public agency that provides assistance to school personnel, parents, and service providers for students with low incidence disabilities in rural and remote parts of Alaska. Visit Special Education.

Standing Together Against Rape (STAR)

907-276-7273 24 Hour

907-278-9988 TTY

1-800-478-8999 24 Hour

Crisis intervention and advocacy services to victims of sexual assault and sexual abuse. Provides education on these issues to the community. Visit Abuse: Physical, Emotional, Sexual, Neglect.

Stone Soup Group

907-561-3701

Statewide collaboration located in Anchorage aimed at improving services for families who have children with special needs. Visit Special Education.