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Pre-K in Igiugig is all in Yup’ik
Four kids toddle around a cozy room. There are all the items typical for a pre-kindergarten classroom — stuffed animals, puzzles and teachers. The puzzles are the kind with a hole cut out for each piece, and each piece is labeled in Yup’ik.
Going further than Food Stamps in rural Alaska
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has part of the solution through an alternative to Food Stamps for members of federally recognized tribes in rural areas of Alaska and on Indian Reservations.
Some old solutions still work: helping people buy food with SNAP
Food insecurity is when people don’t have enough to eat – they skip meals or forego other necessities to buy food. It affects about one in seven Alaskans and can cause chronic diseases, depression, anemia and obesity.
New study suggests dental therapists improving oral health in YK Delta
Rural health aides have a long, successful history of improving access to health care in Alaska. Now, dental a program based on that model is improving oral care in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
Toksook Bay fire destroyes family’s belongings, kills 5-year-old
A child is dead and a family’s belongings destroyed Saturday after a house fire in Toksook Bay. Six people lived in the home. All but one, Kendrick Julius, 5, were able to make it out of the building after the fire started sometime before midnight.
Community centers in Dillingham provide places of welcome for the old and young
In downtown Dillingham, both the senior center and the Christian youth center are places to find food and fellowship with others.
CDC: Half of all female homicide victims are killed by intimate partners
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also found that black women and indigenous women are killed, in general, at higher rates than other races.
Juneau Assembly considers sales tax revenue for child care
Juneau’s shortage of affordable child care has led a group to urge the Assembly to use millions in sales tax revenue to expand services. The Juneau Assembly will weigh it and competing proposals at its July 12 finance meeting.
Ombudsman reports show failures by children’s services
Out-going state Ombudsman Linda Lord-Jenkins said the cases show that in the foster care system, failing to complete administrative tasks can have long-term impacts.