Christy Lawton, Director

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• Employment Opportunities | Interested in joining our team? Learn more by watching our recruitment video.
• Citizen's Review Panel - 2017
• Annual Progress & Services Report - 2017
• 2017 Child and Family Services Review Statewide Assessment​
• Transforming Child Welfare Outcomes for Alaska Native Children, Strategic Plan 2016-2020. For further information about the plan and how you can become involved, please contact Christy Lawton, at 465-3191 or Christy.Lawton@alaska.gov.
  
• Employment Opportunities
• Foster Home PSA. You don’t have to live in a big city to be a foster parent. You don’t have to have a big house, a fancy car or lots of money. What you need is a home. What you need is a heart that can open to a child who needs you. Won’t you become a foster parent today? A child is waiting. Call 1-800-478-7307
  
• OCS Response to Citizen's Review Panel (CRP) Annual Report - 2016
  
• Citizen's Review Panel - 2016
• Citizen's Review Panel - Results of 2016 Annual Staff Survey
• Foster Parent Survey
  
• 2014-2019 Alaska's Child and Family Services Plan
• Community Cafe Report: Let's Talk about Safe Kids and Strong Families
• Frequently Asked Questions on Medicaid expansion in Alaska
• Emmy Award Winning: Safe Surrender PSA
• Early Intervention/Infant Learning Program has moved to Senior & Disability Services
• Tribal Title IV-E Maintenance Program: Agreement between: the State of Alaska & Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
• State officals pleased with new regulations to protect Native children​​​
  
• Protecting Children in Families Affected by Substance Use Disorders
• Methamphetamine: What Child Welfare Workers Should Know
• Methadone: Intro for Child Welfare Workers

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OCS Practice Model

• Office of Children's Services Practice Model
  • Intake Program
  • Initial Assessment Program
  • Family Services Program
  • Resource Families Program
  • Service Array Program
• Alaska Child & Family Services Review Program Improvement Plan
  • Data Profile — Performance Gauges

Mission, Goals & Strategies

• About us
• Strengthening families;
• Keeping Alaska's children safer;
• Partnership with Tribal Leaders;
• Fostering a high quality and stable workforce; and
• Building enhanced relationships with community partners.