Our Stories

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...

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...

“You’re in this constant state of fight or flight, you’re trying to survive—and you just don’t know how to get help. I knew I was in hell." CITC staff with lived experience give back to Anchorage's unhoused community...