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• View the Governor's FY2018 State of Alaska Budget
  
• Transforming Child Welfare Outcomes for Alaska Native Children, Strategic Plan 2016-2020. To learn more or become involved, please contact 465-3191 or Christy.Lawton@alaska.gov.
  
• Watch our new TV PSA about the need for foster homes, filmed in Bethel and Eek
  
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• 5/23 Alaska Pioneer Homes Start New Apprenticeship Program
  
• 5/19 Fentanyl linked to recent overdose deaths
  
• 4/28 Alaska resident contracts Zika virus while out of state
  
• 4/28 American Ninja Warrior, Nick Hanson, visits Mat-Su schools to challenge kids to obstacle course
• 1/26 State awards $6 million to start three new substance abuse treatment programs​
  
• 1/25 2015 Alaska Vital Statistics Annual Report Released
  
• 1/19 Alaska Opioid Policy Task Force recommends collaborative prevention, treatment and recovery support strategies to reduce opioid misuse in Alaska
  
• 12/30 State crime lab confirms confiscated pill is fentanyl disguised as oxycodone
  
• 12/22 Alaska launches savings plan for children and adults with a disability or blindness
  
• 11/21 Alaska high school students are smoking and drinking less
  
• 9/20 Pilot projects will link school nurses to health info for students with complex health care needs, & improve breast cancer screening for women

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