Melissa Witzler Stone
Director

 

“Partners promoting healthy communities.”

Mission & Values

 

Self Help Resources

• Bright Futures Socio-Emotional Development Discussion and Referral Tools: Infancy, Early Childhood, Middle Childhood and Adolescence.
• Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
• Mental Health Facility Locator
• Support Groups Helpful to Recovery
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
• Supports for Alaska's children with severe emotional disturbance brochure

Current Events & Announcements

 

State awards $1.02 million to build regional suicide prevention teams

• Press Release 10/29/2009
• Fact Sheet

Alaska Plan to Reduce & Prevent Underage Drinking
October 2009

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New Billing Rules for Group Services

for Provider Business Office Managers and Alaska Medicaid Billers

Effective on and after August 7, 2009. Claims will be processed under new rules.

Click here for information.

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Alaska receives $10.7 million for rural substance abuse prevention

Click here to read DHSS update on revised amount 7/14/09

Click here to read DHSS Press Release 7/10/09

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Loan Repayment Opportunities for Mental and Behavioral Health Providers

Applications are now being accepted for Loan Repayment Awards funded by $200 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds. Applications will be accepted continuously until funds are expended or September 30, 2010, whichever comes first.

Click here for more information.

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Department offers tools to understand, support teens: Alaskans encouraged to reach out to young people in their lives

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Alaska Scorecard: Key Issues Impacting Alaska Mental Health Trust Beneficiaries

• Moving Forward - Comprehensive Integrated Mental Health Plan: 2006-2011 2008 update

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2009-2011 Block Grant Application now open to view and comment.

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Individual Service Agreement Grants

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SAMHSA Releases TIP on Substance Abuse Treatment in the Criminal Justice System