CITC recently hosted its annual Family Holiday Celebration on Saturday, Dec. 2, bringing together families and individuals for a day filled with food, festive activities, and giving...
"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...
Across Alaska, a transformative initiative has been brewing, shaping the very foundation of education for generations to come. The mission? To engage in profound conversations and envision what culturally-relevant education in Alaska could look like...
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...
In 2017, the Clare Swan Early Learning Center launched Anchorage's first early childhood Yup'ik language immersion class...
Making CITC services more accessible Cook Inlet Tribal Council program participants now have access to a free, online app to connect to CITC services. The new myCITC portal gives program participants the ability to: Search for services Apply for services Safely message CITC services and staff Submit documents securely With just a...
Christmas 2022 meant more than presents for the Gagnon family: It was the first time Melissa Imboden and her husband Jeremy Gagnon, Sr., were reunited with all their children under one roof...
The new Welcome Center--along with an innovative app called myCITC--will help people connect more easily with CITC services...
Following a calendar derived from traditional annual subsistence activities, Child & Family Services holds cultural social gatherings that connect families to their heritage...