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AEYC:
789-1235
Ifyou looking for an early learning program for your child, AEYC-SEA
can refer you to a preschool or childcare facility that suites your
needs. If you are a childcare provider, you can explore ways to enhance
the quality of childcare, including using a lendinglibrary for toys,
books, and videos. Just starting a childcare facility? Get help in registering
your business with the Department of Education and Early Development.
 AWARE:
586-1090
AWARE provides counseling, advocacy and safe shelter for women and children
who are victims of domestic violence & sexual assault. AWARE's masters
level therapists specialize in counseling child victims of sexual abuse.
AWARE also offers a 24 hr crisis line; weekly support and education
groups for children & women; protective order assistance; legal,
medical, housing & social service referrals; parenting support,
transportation, safety planning and community education. Services are
confidential, respectful, and free of charge.
 Bartlett
Beginnings: 586-2611
The hospital offers
the obvious – a full range of medical services including early
pregnancy care, delivery, and newborn care – but also some things
you may not be aware of, such as information about and support for breast
feeding, and baby-parent time classes. To register, call the OB department
at Bartlett Hospital. All classes are free.
Catholic
Community Services:
Healthy
Families Juneau 463-6137
Parents of newborns, including teenage parents, can partake in a parenting
support program that includes information on healthy childhood growth
and development, promoting positive parent-child interaction, and other
community resources. All services are free.
- Teen Family
Center 463-KIDS(5437)
Pregnant teens and young families with newborns can drop in and talk
to someone who will listen to their individual concerns.
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- Family Support
Services 463-612
Here you can receive specialized assistance including help with parenting
skills and effective child discipline, supervised visits, mediation,
and family centered support for sobriety. Individual counseling for
parents and weekly parenting classes are also available.
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- Parents Anonymous
790-4102
Weekly group meetings, led by parents, offer a regular support network.
Childcare is also available.
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- Family Resource
Center 463-6180
"One Stop" for services at St. Vincent DePaul. Services are Free and
may be open to the public. Services include Teen Mentoring; Emergency
medical & dental assistance; On-site child care for working families;
Parenting classes, counseling and case management at St. Vincent DePaul
Family Center GED, ESL, and adult education; Children's activities;
and Basic life skills training for families.
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- Child Care
Assistance 463-6124
If you are a working parent and you need a little help to pay for
childcare while your at work or at school, you can apply for it here.
Assistance is based on economic need.
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- S.A.F.E.-
Southeast Alaska Family Evaluations Child Advocacy Center 463-6157
A safe place for children who are victims of any form of abuse. This
team of multi-disciplinary professionals intervene for the safety,
well-being, and healing of abused children. The S.A.F.E. team help
support children and non-offending adults share their story without
additional shame, fear or further victimization through the evaluation
process. The professionals who investigate child abuse and those who
provide treatment come together in one place to develop plans that
ensure successful prosecution and adequate treatment, despite the
client's ability to pay.
Juneau
Family Health & Birth Center: 586-1203
The Juneau Family Birth Center provides family-centered, prevention-based
prenatal, birth and postpartum care for southeast Alaskan families.
The center also offers a range of support and educational services for
families, including: parent education and support groups, a lending
library, community resource referrals, healthy pregnancy and prepared
childbirth classes, massage therapy, and a support/educational program
for pregnant and parenting teen families. All services are offered in
a supportive, home-like environment with three private birthing rooms,
Jacuzzi tubs, a family room complete with kitchen, a large classroom,
a prenatal clinic, and a complete lending library with resources related
to all aspects of pregnancy, nutrition, childbirth, parenting, and family
health.
Juneau
School District:
463-1700
Juneau School district has three preschool programs, six elementary
schools, two middle schools and one high school, a charter school for
K-6th grade, a Montessori program and an alternative high school. Call
for general information.
 Juneau
Youth Services:
789-9103
Juneau Youth Services
provides scheduled, non-emergency respite services to Juneau families
on a limited basis. Respite services are provided after school and on
weekends. Activities for children are designed to promote healthy social
lives and teach life skills while giving parents time to rest or attend
to other issues.
 The Learning Connection
- Basic skills and English as a Second Language instruction
- GED preparation and testing
- Evening computer literacy classes
- Education and job search assistance for youth ages 16- 21
- Job training assistance for eligible adults, 55 and older
- Family literacy programs in Cedar Park and Gruening Park-adult education, pre-school, after-school, and family activities
- Alaska Vocational Institute job training programs
Juneau Adult Education Center, 586-5718, outside of Juneau call: 800-478-6660
Cedar Park Family Learning Center, Monday-Thursday 10:00-5:00 pm, 586-2937
Gruening Park Family Learning Center, Monday-Thursday 11:00-5:00 pm, 780-6706
Love,
In the Name of Christ (Love INC):
780-4090
www.loveincjuneau.org
Love INC is a network
of 21 caring Christian churches, committed to helping Juneau individuals
and families with spiritual, physical and emotional needs, including
those threatened by poverty. Love INC maintains a resource database
of all charitable, church and social service resources. Calling this
number puts you in touch with a central clearinghouse to receive requests
for assistance; matching willing church helpers and resources to corresponding
needs. Note: this is not an emergency or walk-in-in service and we are
unable to provide money.
 Office
of Children’s Services (OCS): 465-1650
3025 Clinton Dr., Suite 100 Vintage Park
OCS investigates
reports of harm to children and dependent adults, and provides adoption
and placement services, including licensing of foster homes and residential
care facilities. The mission of OCS is to protect children. They will
work with families to find solutions, and link families to other community
services.
REACH:
586-8228
 Reach offers a full spectrum of services for people experiencing developmental
disabilities from birth throughout life. Services are individualized
and include care coordination, family support, residential support,
therapy services, advocacy, employment and the Infant Learning Program.
Reach also offers assistance accessing community supports training and
referrals.
Infant
Learning Program
Parents who are concerned about the health or development of their
child under three can call REACH for a variety of screenings and evaluations.
The Infant Learning Program also offers home and center based early
intervention services, therapy services (physical, occupational, and
speech/language therapy) and family support, training, and referrals.
Southeast
Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC)
Medical 463-4040
 Dental 463-4041
3245 Hospital Drive
Juneau, Alaska 99801
SEARHC is a non-profit tribal health consortium of 18 Alaska Native communities that provides health and wellness services to Natives and their families. The SEARHC Ethel Lund Medical Center in Juneau is one of Alaska's largest walk-in health care centers and is nationally accredited by The Joint Commission.
Services provided on the Juneau campus include family medicine, pediatrics, prenatal clinic, specialty clinics, optometry, diagnostic imaging, laboratory, pharmacy, dental care, physical therapy, behavioral health and substance abuse treatment and prevention. SEARHC physicians have privileges at and admit patients to Bartlett Regional Hospital for inpatient care. Referrals also are made to Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka and the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage for a variety of advanced medical services.
SEARHC also offers a variety of health promotion and wellness services, such as women's health (WISEWOMAN and Breast and Cervical Health Program), nutrition counseling, diabetes and prediabetes education and management, tobacco counseling, employee wellness, complementary medicine and other programs that range from traditional to cutting edge. SEARHC oversees the region's WIC (Women, Infants, Children) program, which is a state and national program that provides supplemental nutrition for low-income women, infants and children up to 5 years old who are at nutritional risk.
The SEARHC Ethel Lund Medical Center also manages the Front Street Clinic, a health care service for Juneau's homeless citizens located in Suite 202 of the Mercantile Building, 225 Front St., in downtown Juneau. Front Street Clinic offers medical services from a mid-level provider, a clinical case manager and limited dental services. The phone number is 463-4201.
Tlingit
and Haida:
Head
Start: 586-1432
Head Start is a comprehensive child development program that includes
the parents, families, and communities while emphasizing education,
health, nutrition, overcoming disabilities, social services, parent
involvement, and staff development. Priority is given to low-income,
pre-kindergarten aged children.
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- Tlingit and
Haida Head Start Center Base:
Locations: Douglas Head Start - 201 Cordova Street, Douglas: 586-2199
Salmon Creek Head Start - Juneau Pioneer Home, 4675 Glacier Hwy.: 780-2581
Valley Head Start - St. Brendan's Church, 4207 Mendenhall Loop Road: 790-2431
Gastineau Head Start –Gastineau Elementary School: 790-1880
Center-based programs offer comprehensive services for families of children ages 3-5. Services include transportation, nutrition, health, education, and family services. These services are offered 4 days a week, 4 hours a day in a preschool setting. Parents are encouraged to be involved at all levels.
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 United Way Southeast: Tel. 907-463-5530, Fax 907-463-4649
United Way of Southeast Alaska partners with government, business, individuals and agencies to inspire change through collaborative efforts on the most pressing issues of our diverse and far flung communities.
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