How is DHSS responding to COVID-19?

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services is actively responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Alaska. We are working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and federal, Tribal, state and local partners to respond to this continuously evolving public health threat.

We provide information about how to keep yourself and your family healthy on our website, but you can learn more about Alaska's other response efforts by visiting:

• COVID-19 News and Video from the Office of Governor Mike Dunleavy
• Unified Command: Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Where to find other COVID-19 information from DHSS

• Alaska Pioneer Homes updates
• Updates and letters to residents and their families
  
• Pioneering the pandemic
  
• Behavioral Health
• Well-Being Alaska
  
• Health Care Services updates
• Health Facilities Licensing and Certification
  
• Juvenile Justice updates
• DJJ response to COVID-19 summary
  
• DJJ COVID announcements
  
• Office of Children's Services updates
• COVID-19: Plans for Families with Children
  
• For Parents Involved with OCS: Frequently Asked Questions During the COVID-19 Crisis
  
• Foster Parent Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19
• Child Safety and Well-Being During COVID-19
• Office of Substance Misuse and Addiction Prevention
• Substance-related considerations with COVID-19
  
• Public Assistance updates
• DPA Director Shawnda O’Brien’s letter to DPA recipients
  
• Social distancing options when paying for groceries with SNAP benefits during COVID-19
• Senior and Disability Services updates
• COVID-19 State of Alaska Guidelines for Re-Initiation of In Person Early Intervention Home Visits
• SDS Response to COVID-19: Procedures for operations during the emergency
• Living well on the Last Frontier: A health and safety toolkit for Alaskans with disabilities