988 Suicide & & Crisis Lifeline
Till it is active, and even after 988 goes live, you can still call the Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or the Alaska Careline at 877-266-HELP.
988 will be a direct connection to caring, available assistance for anybody experiencing mental-health associated distress, consisting of ideas of suicide, mental health or substance use crisis, or any other kind of psychological distress. Discover more.
Continuum of Care
The Division of Behavioral Health has a dedication to enhancing the quality of life of Alaskans through the best service to the best individual at the correct time. The main function of the division is to provide a continuum of statewide behavioral health services (mental health and substance use) varying from prevention and screening to short intervention and intensepsychiatric care
1115 Waiver Presentation Job
June 2019 – Alaska’s 1115 Medicaid waiver, the Alaska Substance Use Disorder and Behavioral Health Program, was authorized in November 2018, with the application plan getting approval in March 2019. The waiver provides higher versatility to provide a more comprehensive variety of services to fill existing service spaces and decrease Alaska’s dependence on crisis services. Go to the 1115 Behavioral Health Medicaid Waiver page for moreinformation Register to receive e-mail updates on the 1115 Waiver.
Alaska Community Resources
Substance misuse and addiction treatment
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Are you discovering it hard to stop utilizing alcohol, prescription medications or other compounds? If you have actually believed about lowering or stopping, here is a list of providers, 
Substance Use Disorder Treatment Providers (upgraded 12/29/2020) or see the links under Treatment Bed Schedule on the right-hand man menu.
Alaska providers who provide opioid misuse treatment:
Resources for information on opioids (prescription pain medications, heroin and more) and treatment options:
Resources
Public Remark Sought
Integrated Behavioral Health Evaluation and Plan (SABG and MHBG)
Public input is open for this SAMHSA grant application. To see the application, log into https://bgas.samhsa.gov/ with the username citizenak and password resident.
As soon as you log in, click on the link “View an Existing Application” then click the link “2022 Block Grant Application” Lastly, click the tab “View Application” to see the existing State of Alaska 2022 Block Grant application.
For questions please e-mail HSS.DBH@Alaska.gov.
