Alaska Children’s Services started in 1890 as the Jesse Lee Home in Unalaska out on the Aleutian Islands. It is now located in Anchorage.
In 1970 Jesse Lee Home, Anchorage Children’s Service, and Lutheran Youth Center were merged to form the Alaska Children’s Services.
Referrals come from the Department of Juvenile Justice, Health and Social Services, schools, physicians, and families. A child must have a diagnosis that qualifies them as severely emotionally disturbed.
Services that are provided include residential psychiatric treatment, home-based care, and therapeutic foster care. Residential treatment stays are 3-18 months, then transition to therapeutic foster care where clients receive home based services, case management, group and individual therapy, and skill development.
Typical kids: average age 14, sexually and/or physically abused, impacted by drugs and alcohol, and has been in at least five other out-of-home placements.
Alaska Children’s Services is one of the mission agencies supported by the American Baptist Churches, and is supported by our church this year through our mission giving.
In 1970 Jesse Lee Home, Anchorage Children’s Service, and Lutheran Youth Center were merged to form the Alaska Children’s Services.
Referrals come from the Department of Juvenile Justice, Health and Social Services, schools, physicians, and families. A child must have a diagnosis that qualifies them as severely emotionally disturbed.
Services that are provided include residential psychiatric treatment, home-based care, and therapeutic foster care. Residential treatment stays are 3-18 months, then transition to therapeutic foster care where clients receive home based services, case management, group and individual therapy, and skill development.
Typical kids: average age 14, sexually and/or physically abused, impacted by drugs and alcohol, and has been in at least five other out-of-home placements.
Alaska Children’s Services is one of the mission agencies supported by the American Baptist Churches, and is supported by our church this year through our mission giving.
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