02 Apr “You’re in the Right Place”
"The moment I knew I had a baby coming, I knew I needed to get a job to take care of him." Bella Harrison connected with CITC's Administrative Apprenticeship to gain experience and full-time work...
Author: Jamey Bradbury
12 Mar “If I Can, You Can”
Two of CITC's Navigators use their own experience using CITC services to help others find a path to success...
16 Feb Helping Youth Work Toward a Better Future
At just 15 years old, CS was sentenced to McLaughlin Youth Center for a violent crime. Three years later, with CITC's help, he's on a better path...
17 Jan Get Help Finding Your Way
When you walk through the doors at CITC, the first person you usually see will be clad in a red vest. These are our Navigators—staff entirely dedicated to connecting you with our services...
03 Jan Getting a “Rough Draft” Experience
Through CITC youth programs, young people gain work experience, get support on the path into adulthood--and discover a "second family" of caring mentors...
05 Dec Connecting Generations
"It makes my day to spend time with them." As a volunteer with the new Elder Mentor program, Eva Atchak gets to be an honorary grandma...
28 Nov The Fab Five
"I didn’t even know what friends were until I came here.” How a group of strangers came to CITC for help with sobriety—and found a family...
03 Nov CITC Flashback: A New Plan
Two years ago, Payge Panamarioff was just finishing her administrative assistanceship at CITC. Catch up with where she's at today with the first in our Flashback series...
23 Oct Parents as Teachers
Babies don’t come with an instruction manual. But parents who participate in the Ch’anik’en Home Visiting program get something better than a how-to book: They receive hands-on guidance in parenting skills from a family mentor...
13 Oct A New Generation of Yup’ik Speakers
Not so long ago, Alaska Native children were often forbidden from speaking their Native languages. In 2017, the Clare Swan Early Learning Center (CSELC) took a step toward revitalizing Alaska Native language when it created Anchorage’s first early childhood Yup’ik immersion classroom...