Our Services
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How We Serve

Providing the right level of care at the right time.

VOA Alaska offers a range of services in person, in schools, in the community, and via telehealth to support a full continuum of care for Alaska’s youth, young adults, and families.

As a non-profit, VOA Alaska’s services are offered at low or no cost, and no one is turned away due to the inability to pay.

Getting Started with Services
Waitlists and Program Updates

VOA Alaska's Continuum of Care

  • Community Coalitions

    Uniting community partners to build a health community with the VOA-led Anchorage Adolescent Substance Misuse Prevention Coalition and the Anchorage Regional Suicide Prevention Coalition.

  • Prevention Education

    Engaging youth in self-evaluation and equipping them with the tools they need to make healthier choices about substances with Prime for Life.

  • School-Based Mental Health

    Providing on-site mental health and wellness support to students, staff, and families with VOA clinicians based in schools throughout Anchorage.

  • Family Services & Kinship Care

    Supporting all families with education, intervention, home-based services, and family therapy; with additional supports for Alaskans raising relative children.

  • Crisis Intervention & Care Navigation

    On-call behavioral health support, interim services, and care navigation for youth, young adults, and families with clinicians and peer support specialists in Rapid Response.

  • Mental Health Counseling

    Supporting youth and young adults in learning coping skills, building resiliency, and improving their mental health and well-being. Services are available statewide through telehealth.

  • Substance Use Counseling

    Creating a safe space for youth and young adults struggling with drugs or alcohol to take charge of their recovery and maintain sobriety. Services are available statewide through telehealth.

  • Day Treatment

    Helping youth overcome barriers in their continued recovery by combining academic and therapeutic services in the Christopher Walden School of Hope.

  • Transition-Age Youth Services

    Wraparound services for young adults aged 18-24, including housing assistance, mental health and substance use services, as well as employment and education support to build self-sufficiency.

  • Residential Treatment

    Empowering youth to address their substance use and co-occurring mental health challenges in a structured, therapeutic environment at the Adolescent Residential Center for Help (ARCH).

How to Get Started With Treatment Services

We know reaching out for help can be difficult. That’s why the team at VOA Alaska is committed to making entry into our services as easy as possible for you. Visit our Getting Started with Services page, or call one of our Client Specialists at (907) 279-9640.

Getting Started with Services

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