Companies report happier staff and better retention rates — especially as affordable child care becomes harder and harder to find.
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UAA to permanently expand master’s in social work program with $1.5M grant
The nonprofit Recover Alaska identified a chronic shortage of social workers as a key issue behind the state’s worst-in-the-nation status for alcohol-attributed deaths.
Nearly all workers at Providence and Alaska Native health care system are complying with COVID vaccine mandates
Local health care employers in Anchorage say more than 96% of their staffers are vaccinated.
CARES Act data reveals disparities in payouts to Native corporations
Some of the village corporations got large payouts while Juneau-based Sealaska, the corporation with the most shareholders, got the least of the 13 regional corporations. Corporation executives say they’re still trying to understand the wide disparities in disbursements.
Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. is latest big health care provider to require COVID-19 vaccine
YKHC said the policy started last Thursday due to the surge in COVID-19 cases from the delta variant and the state’s limited critical care infrastructure.
Large crowd gathers to protest Anchorage health care organizations’ COVID-19 vaccine mandates
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, along with its partner organization, Southcentral Foundation, announced last month that employees would be required to get vaccinated against COVID by Oct. 15.
Kotzebue couple charged with assaulting and starving children in their care
Court documents detail the physical assault of four different children occurring between 2015 and 2019.
Two of Alaska’s largest employers institute COVID-19 vaccine requirements
The Southcentral Foundation told employees the vaccine requirement will help workers deliver “the highest level of care and safety” to patients.
Alaska Native corporations win tribal CARES Act case at Supreme Court. Both sides say it wasn’t just about money.
For the tribes, it’s about guarding their sovereignty as governments.
Tribes and Alaska Native corporations present $530 million grammar puzzle to Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this morning about whether Alaska Native corporations can receive a portion of the $8 billion earmarked in the CARES Act for tribal governments.