Family Wellness
Family Wellness Prevention, Intervention & Preservation Programs
Helping Alaska Native and American Indian families strengthen and preserve their family unit while preventing child welfare involvement.
Getting Started With Family Wellness Prevention, Intervention & Preservation Programs:
If you would like to enroll in one of the programs listed below, please start by fill out out our intake form at https://citci.jotform.com/232740502198959
If you have any questions or need help filling out this referral, please call Family Wellness at 907-793-3132 or email FWDept@citci.org.
Ch’anik’en “Little Ones” Home Visiting
Provides home visits to Alaska Native and American Indian families who are pregnant and/or have children under the age of 5 years old.
Ch’anik’en connects parents and children to their full potential through healthy family and community relationships that support growth, development, learning and cultural identity including:
- Kindergarten readiness
- Family & child goal setting
- Child health & development observations
- Resource connections
Circles of Support
For families recently involved with OCS but without ongoing cases. Offers in-home visits, parenting education, and resources to maintain a safe home.
Circles of Support provides home-based family preservation through:
- Parenting skills Development
- Case Management for families with children at-risk of foster care placement
- Trial home visits for families from foster care
Luqu Kenu “Everyone is Family”
Provides one-on-one parenting support, cultural activities, social gatherings, and wellness resources for parents and children.
Luqu Kenu supports the well-being of Alaska Native & American Indian families Connecting families to a holistic support network by:
- Mitigating barriers to service access
- Emphasizing protective factors
- Emphasizing protective factors
Prevention
Facilitating outreach and education to decrease high-risk behaviors such as:
- Suicide
- Substance use (alcohol, opioids, tobacco and other drugs)
- Child abuse and neglect
- Domestic violence
Family Wellness Crisis & Reunification Programs
Helping families navigate the child welfare system, reunite with children in foster care, and strengthen their family unit.
These services are open to all families living in the Anchorage Municipality, but require an OCS referral. Please call us at 907-793-3132 for more information.
Connected and Strong Native Families
Helping families improve wellness, achieve sobriety, keeping children safe and maintaining family relationships.
- Guiding through OCS and Child in Need of Aid (CINA) Court Processes
- Support during Team Decision Making (TDM)
- Facilitating communication with OCS and other parties
- Linking to parenting groups and services to reduce reunification timelines
Family Contact
Supporting children in foster care and their parents during separation.
- Providing a safe and supportive environment for supervised visits
- Coaching Parents & offering Case Management
- Facilitating transportation
- Providing information on community resources
Family Wellness Parenting & Healthy Relationships Programs
Building skills that strengthen family connections, and support parents in preserving a safe, healthy family unit.
For more information on our Family Wellness Parenting & Healthy Relationships Programs, please call 907-793-3132 or email FWDept@citci.org.
Parent’s Journey
Empowering parents to strengthen their roles and provide for their families’ needs and well-being through:
- Teaching social and life skills
- Facilitating parenting & healthy relationship education
ELIGIBILITY
Family Wellness Services provide quality, culturally responsive support to Alaska Native & American Indian people residing in Anchorage.
*Although programs are designed to be culturally responsive for Alaska Native and American Indian people, some services at CITC are funded to serve all individuals of all backgrounds.
Referral Forms
- OCS staff only: CITC Child Family Services referral
- All other agencies or self: CITC Child Family Services referral
People also used the following services:
Drop-In Child Care Center
The Nahtsahda Child Care Center gives quality child care at our on-site drop-in site for parents visiting CITC’s Nat’uh service center.
Click here for employment and training service opportunities
Child Care Assistance
The Child Care Assistance program provides financial support for families in need of daycare services for children under the age of 13 while parents participate in employment, training, or educational activities.
Click here for employment and training service opportunities
Clare Swan Early Learning Center
Our Clare Swan Early Learning Center provides support for working families through an Early Head Start curriculum and early-learning development models to provide child care for Alaska Native and American Indian infants and toddlers ages 6 weeks – 3 years.
Foster Family Liaison
The Foster Family Liaison provides culturally appropriate support primarily for prospective and state-licensed Alaska Native and American Indian foster families who are members of one of the eight federally recognized tribes in the Cook Inlet region, and reside within the Mat-Su Valley or Anchorage service areas.