OPINION: We need your help to improve Alaska’s behavioral health care system

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Since June, the state of Alaska has been working on a Behavioral Health “roadmap project” to improve the continuum of care for Alaska’s children.

The Anchorage skyline is reflected in a puddle as snow melts in 40-degree weather and sunshine near the Delaney Park Strip on Sunday, April 4, 2021.

Since the report was researched and written, there have been improvements. As of April, the Department of Health reported fewer than 100 children in out-of-state care, down from a high of more than 900. Under Medicaid’s Section 1115 waiver program, new programs are opening to meet more needs locally.

 

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