SUMMER SAFETY -- June is National Safety Month. Brain injuries are a big problem in Alaska, so make sure your summer activities are fun and safe. When riding an ATV, bike or skateboard, always wear a helmet. Protect your brain. Visit Alaska Brain Injury Network for more information.
MORE THAN MONEY -- Find out how The Trust provided administrative support to help Ketchikan's Community Connections find its "forever home."
ALASKA NEEDS HEALTHCARE WORKERS -- Earn money and help others. Part- and full-time positions with flexible hours are available all over Alaska. See how one speech therapist helps families and children every day. Find out more at aadsc.org.
Grantee Stories
The Trust provides a variety of grants to organizations and agencies that serve people who experience mental illness, chronic alcoholism and other substance related disorders, Alzheimer's disease and related dementia, and traumatic brain injury.
Following are stories about some grant recipients and how they have used Trust funds to improve the lives of Trust beneficiaries.
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The Trust helps Community Connections with more than financial support
Find out how The Trust partnered with Community Connections to help the Ketchikan nonprofit find its forever home. -
Learning how to tell your story can help secure funding
Read how The Trust's proposal development program helped the Independent Living Center create a secure five-year business plan. -
A Trust grant is used to nourish Elders both physically and emotionally
Read how Orutsararmiut Native Council helps Elders stay connected to their cultures and traditions. -
Safe Place Fairbanks provides assistance for teens in crisis
Read about how Wellspring used a Trust grant to teach at-risk youth video skills and get the word out about Safe Place. -
Polaris House helps Trust beneficiaries find success
Read about Polaris House's unique clubhouse model. -
A small business means a new beginning
Read about Becca, who used a Trust Microenterprise Grant to start her own alpaca farm. -
Art as therapy
Find out how art helps improve the quality of life of people who live with Alzheimer's disease. -
Threshold Services puts Trust beneficiaries to work keeping Kodiak green
Read how one Kodiak nonprofit is turning trash into treasured opportunities for Trust beneficiaries. -
Brave Heart makes good use of a Trust grant to provide support and services to Sitka residents
Read how Brave Heart volunteers support their community.
- The Trust's 2012 Annual Report is available for download. Read about our past successes and our current initiatives.
- The Trust produced an informational brochure that describes what The Trust is, who our beneficiaries are, and what funding opportunities are available. Download a pdf copy or email us for hard copies.
- The Statewide Suicide Prevention Council created a web portal, www.StopSuicideAlaska.org, that offers information and resources for individuals and groups in Alaska as they work to prevent suicide and help recover after a loss.
- Status of Beneficiaries: The Alaska Scorecard: Key Issues Impacting Alaska Mental Health Trust Beneficiaries is an overview of the status of Trust beneficiaries researched and produced by leaders and planners representing the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, and related state agencies, boards and commissions.
- Read The Cost of Crime, a study conducted by the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) in Anchorage that shows the number of inmates in Alaska's prisons will likely double by 2030 unless the state significantly increases its prevention, intervention, education, and treatment programs soon.
- FAQs: Frequently asked questions about The Trust.
- Frequently Used Abbreviations: A list of mental health-related abbreviations commonly used by The Trust.
Individual Services
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The Trust does not provide individual services. Here are some references that do:
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