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 have access to a free, online app to connect to CITC services. Go to myCITC The 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...
For the first time since 2019, CITC held its annual Family Holiday Celebration, Saturday, December 3—and made Christmas brighter for nearly 700 individuals, children, and Elders...
Thanks to a partnership with The Children's Lunchbox, CITC is helping hungry families get the food they need...
Eating local isn't a foodie fad at Clare Swan Early Learning Center. Here, staff teach kids about where their food comes from and highlight traditional subsistence foods...
Larry Oskolkoff joins CITC to work with CIRI region tribes--and learns more about his own heritage in the process...