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Alaska Children’s Trust2017 Community ReportReal stories. Real difference.

TOGETHER we can prevent child abuse and neglect.

$100,000+Annie E. Casey Foundation

New Venture Fund

The David & Lucile Packard Foundation

The Health Federation of Philadelphia

$50,000 - $99,999Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Mat-Su Health Foundation

Rasmuson Foundation

$10,000 - $49,999Alaska Community

Foundation

Alaska Council on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault

Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority

Community Catalyst

ConocoPhillips Alaska

Families USA Foundation

Norton Cruz Family Foundation

Sumitomo Metal Mining Pogo

Wells Fargo

$5,000 - $9,999BP ExplorationDelta Airlines FoundationDoyon, LimitedExxonMobil

Rebecca & Todd Henderson

Jim & Susan Reeves

$1,000 - $4,999Alaska AirlinesAlaska State Council of the ArtsAlaska USA Federal Credit UnionAlyeska Pipeline Service CompanyCollaborative Communications

GroupCook Inlet Tribal CouncilDenali Daniels & Associates

Dillingham Arts CouncilExxonMobil FoundationFairbanks Gold Co. First National Bank of AlaskaGeneral Teamsters Local 959Landye Bennett BlumsteinOld Harbor Native

Corporation Premera Blue CrossUA College Savings Plan

Susan A. Anderson* & Kevin Tripp

Ginger Baim*John Bitney & Deborah Bitney*Sarah & Edward HaltnessBob HerronAnna & John MacKinnonAnthony & Mandy MallottMaureen MooreMark Neyhart & Joy Neyhart*Tlisa Northcutt*

& Scott NorthcuttBrian Rogers

& Sherry Modrow*Will & Beth SaltonstallTrevor Storrs & Steve SmithJohn & Dawn Walsh

$500 - $999Alaska Laborers’ Political

& Ed Com Local 942Aurora Animal ClinicBayside DinerCold Spot FeedsCook Inlet Region, Inc.Fairbanks Native AssociationGillespie & AssociatesGolden Heart Veterinary

ServicesLa Touche PediatricsMAC Federal Credit UnionMt. McKinley BankPublic Employees Local 71Sani-CanThe Usibelli Foundation

Tom Brice & Kim GarrettJeffry & Susan CookRobert & Sandra EdwardsonLaura & Gabe KompkoffEric Kueffner & Maria

GladziszewskiCarley Lawrence*

& Joel LawrenceByron & Antoinette MallottJosé Martinez*Eldon MulderVince & Sammye PokryfkiMichael Powers & Teri SpiresJohn & Margaret PughBenjamin RothIvy Spohnholz* & Troy Bowler

Gov. William Walker & First Lady Donna Walker*

Lisa Wimmer* & Aaron Wimmer

Julie Woodworth* & Shane Woodworth

Kristina & Tim Woolston

$250 - $499Agnew::Beck ConsultingAlaska RailroadDenali State BankKitoKnauss GroupMJ ResourcesOdom CorporationRichards & Associates Stoops AssociatesTanana Chiefs ConferenceTurtles

Laura AcheePortia BabcockMelanie Bahnke*

& Kevin BahnkeMarla BergElsie Boudreau*Sam & Theresa BriceAlison BrowneLaura ButcherBradley Cruz

& Barbara Norton Valerie Davidson*Harriet Drummond Don EtheridgeRobert Evans Dawn Findley-GrovesMatthew & Sharon Fishel John Greely Laura Herman Mark & Susan HickeyRonald JaegerJordan & Susan MarshallTrevor McCabeHarry & Pat McDonaldAmy & Andy Meiners Charles MillerDaniel Neumeister Rachel NormanTheodore Popely Jerry & Lynn Reinwand Elizabeth RipleyKen SeverinGeri SimonWayne Stevens & Dale Cotton Geran TarrChristofer Taylor

& Jackie ManningEdward K. ThomasRick ThomasAleesha Towns-Bain

& Duncan BainMarcus Wilson* & Dora WilsonRollin Young & Helen Clough

* ACT board member

$100 - $249Alaska Club - Anchorage

& FairbanksAlaska Restaurant SupplyArctic RoadrunnerFairbanks Golden Heart

Rotary ClubInternational Union of

Operating Engineers Local 302IUOE Local 302-FairbanksKobuk CoffeeKroger Local 375 Voluntary CharitableMaiden Alaska Study ToursSpenard Builders Supply

Josie & Dennis BahnkeMegan BaldinoDave Bateman

& Carol EllingwoodStephanie BerglundClick & Darlene BishopDeborah BockMary Ann BorchertJeane BreinigCarol & Al BriceKari BurrellJames & Mary Ann CerneyMatt Claman & Lisa RiegerBrittani ClanceyStephanie Cornwell-George

& Randell GeorgeKaren & Paul Dillon

Sana EfirdGreg EganRose ElmonRebecca EmersonMelissa FrazeAmy & Craig Fredeen Beth & James GreyMichael Hanley*

& Angela HanleyColleen Harrington BaerHeather & Joshua HarrisDelores HuffmanKelly HurdJerry JenkinsJeff Jessee & Karin SchaffJennifer & Allan JohnstonLora JorgensenKevin Kennedy

Oliver KitanovskiMark LackeyRichard & Joy LyonBarbara MalchickTracey Martinson & Tim ParkerMargaret MetcalfeOwen MetcalfePeter & Erin Micciche Clark MilneGerald & Kara MoriartyCorbett MotheBarbara MurrayJoanne & Michael Myers Lael & Mark OldmixonDan OrtizConnie & Kerry OzerJustin ParishKaren ParrKaren PerdueKameron Perez-Verdia Gregory RazoRamona Reeves* & John ReevesKaren & Robert RehfeldElinor SalganekSharon & Jeffrey SamuelsMarna SchwartzHeather ShadduckGail & Jan SiebertsAmy Skilbred & Eric JorgensenStephan SmithCindy SpanyersKristie StocktonPeggy Sullivan

Saralynn TabachnickDana & Kay ThomasDeborah TillinghastLouis UlmarShelly Vendetti-VuckovichNatasha & Rudolph von ImhofSallye WernerPatricia WhitakerJulie Wild-CurryCristy WillerLaurie WolfKaren & Brian Worthington

Up to $100AmazonSmile Foundation Casual Encounters Catering

Kiri Abbas

Thomas AndersonJennifer ArseneauKathy Atkinson Thomas Azzarella Augustus BaldwinPeggy ChaplinMarie ConoverJulianne Curry Barb Dubovich Les GaraTara GardelineRachel Grenier

& Donnie EgglestonLucy & Clifford Groh Priscilla HensleyCorey HerbertChris HoeferDiane Kaplan & Mel SatherRosemary A. KarishChuck KoppTodd LanceVicki & John LewisTristan MaxwellVivian MeldeHelen MeyersAdriana Micheletto

Kaydence MichelettoElias MoffittMary Ann NicklesMegan OlsonShirley PittzDebra ReedBrenda Riley Joann SimpsonKatie St. JohnAlexander StocktonDale StocktonJoel StocktonZachary StocktonSusan StoneJames SumnerSheila ToomeyMichelle Wade Korbin Wilmink

YOU are making a difference.You are part of a very important group of people and organizations working to prevent child abuse and neglect in Alaska. Thank you for your support.

We account for, acknowledge and steward our donors from October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. Although every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, we acknowledge that errors may have occurred. If we have omitted, misplaced or misspelled your name, please contact Trevor Storrs at 907-248-7676 or [email protected].

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Real stories. Real difference.

Our children are our future. So if we can do good in the life of a child today, we are setting the foundation for good to occur tomorrow. For nearly 30 years, Alaska Children’s Trust (ACT) has weaved this notion throughout all of our work.

In the pages of our 2017 community report, you will read real stories about real differences taking place in the lives of Alaska’s children, families and communities. These positive differences are made possible with the support of partners and donors like you. For example, in the past year, your support of ACT has helped us:

• Directly invest in over 20 organizations across the state through our community-based grant program.

• Build resiliency in our youth through the Alaska Afterschool Network’s efforts to support afterschool programming, STEM curriculum and summer camps.

• Reduce adverse childhood experiences through Alaska Resilience Initiative’s work to develop a statewide coalition focused on this issue.

• Ensure Alaska’s children and families have a voice on issues that impact their lives through our newly created vehicle, Voices for Alaska’s Children.

As you read these stories, remember that Alaska’s children and families continue to need us. They need our help, our trust and our belief that tomorrow can be better than today. They need our ongoing commitment to create safe, stable, nurturing communities for them to grow up in.

You can show your support – and continue to make a real difference – by making a gift to ACT. Simply return the enclosed donation envelope or make a secure online donation at alaskachildrenstrust.org.

On behalf of the ACT board of directors, our staff and Alaska’s children, thank you for your continued support.


Our Mission

To improve the status of children in Alaska by generating funds

and committing resources to eliminate child abuse and neglect.

Board of Directors

Donna Walker, Honorary Chair, First Lady of AlaskaRep. Ivy Spohnholz, Chair, Alaska State Legislator

Tlisa Northcutt, Vice Chair, University of Alaska FoundationJulie Woodworth, Treasurer, First National Bank AlaskaElsie Boudreau, Secretary, Arctic Winds Healing Winds

Ginger Baim, Past Chair, Public MemberSusan Anderson, The CIRI Foundation

Melanie Bahnke, KawerakDeborah Bitney, Rasmuson Foundation

Commissioner Valerie Davidson, Alaska Department of Health & Social ServicesMichael Hanley, Chugach School District

Carley Lawrence, Alaska Mental Health Trust AuthorityJosé Luis Martinez, Edward JonesSherry Modrow, Public Member

Dr. Joy Neyhart, Rainforest Pediatric CareRamona Reeves, Public Member

Marcus Wilson, Anchorage School DistrictLisa Wimmer, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation

Our Staff

Trevor Storrs, Executive DirectorThomas Azzarella, Alaska Afterschool Network Director

Laura Norton-Cruz, Alaska Resilience Initiative DirectorVicki Lewis, Executive Assistant

Alaska

3201 C St., Suite 110, Anchorage, Alaska 99503 907-248-7676 • alaskachildrenstrust.org

bugsAlaska Afterschool Networka program of Alaska Children’s Trust

The Teen and Youth Center (TYC) in Seward was at a low point.

Attendance was declining, and grades were dropping – especially after summer break.

“Kids just wanted to stay home and play video games,” explains Josie McClain, coordinator of TYC, a city-run program offering afterschool programs and summer camp for elementary and middle school students.

When Josie saw an email from the Alaska Afterschool Network (AAN) – a program of Alaska Children’s Trust – about an upcoming Science Action Club training on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), her eyes lit up.

Josie received a grant from AAN and attended her first STEM training – on bugs – last October. “I don’t even like bugs, but it was so cool,” she says. Back in Seward, she used the curriculum kit to launch a pilot afterschool program.

And that’s when the tides began to turn for TYC. “Before, we didn’t have these kinds of STEM programs in Seward. It helps us reach kids we don’t normally see, and we are seeing more and more of them,” Josie shares. “Kids interests began to change, and we started to see them light up.”

The pilot program was so well received that Josie built the entire summer program around STEM. With coaching from AAN, Josie wrote and received a grant from the Seward Community Foundation to help cover summer activities, which included a behind-the-scenes tour of the Alaska Zoo.

“We were full for the first time in years. We even had a wait list,” Josie says. “It was the coolest summer, and I have been doing this for a long time.”

While increased participation is exciting, it’s the change in the kids that is most powerful.

“Kids are having conversations, partnering more and asking good questions. They want to do activities, not just hang out. And they are having a lot of fun – they don’t think it’s work,” Josie shares. “It is really cool to watch the changes.”

AAN’s mission is to support, strengthen and advocate for quality afterschool programs and activities throughout Alaska. Research shows that afterschool programs – like TYC – increase students’ attendance, grades and graduation rates; decrease expulsions; increase self-esteem, reducing suicide; and build the protective factors to overcome trauma.

Read more at alaskachildrenstrust.org.

A mother singing her child to sleep – it’s perhaps one of the most timeless images of motherhood. However, it’s also one of the most out of reach for a mother in prison.

“Even though my kids are older, it’s still very hard. Also my grandbabies – I am missing everything about their lives and growing up,” shares Stacy Lundy, an inmate at Hiland Mountain Correctional Facility in Eagle River, who has three grown children and three grandchildren, ages 5 and under.

The Hiland Mountain Lullaby Project seeks to bring mothers — and grandmothers, like Stacy — closer to their children through music. Modeled after a similar program at the Carnegie Hall Music Weill Institute, the Lullaby Project pairs incarcerated women with musician coaches to create beautiful, personal lullabies for their children at home.

“The Hiland Mountain Lullaby Project will help to lessen the trauma among the children resulting from the separation from their parent by helping mothers use music to support and convey to their

children that they are loved,” explains Shirley Mae Staten, who spearheaded the project in Alaska. Alaska Children’s Trust supported the effort with a $10,000 grant.

Last year, 16 mothers at Hiland participated in the first year. “We all wrote a letter to our children and then our musician helped turn it into a song with music,” says Stacy, adding that she found writing the letter to be most challenging. “I wanted them to know how sorry I am and how much they all mean to me.”

The inaugural year culminated with a concert at Hiland, where the mothers and musicians performed the songs to an audience of 250 supporters. At the concert, Stacy presented her lullaby, “You Are My Sunshine,” to her children and grandchildren.

“I felt proud, blessed, guilty and emotional,” says Stacy. “They all loved their song.”

ACT has awarded more than $5 million in grants to organizations in Alaska that work toward the prevention of child abuse and neglect. In 2016 – 2017, we awarded $301,920 to 29 organizations statewide.

Imagine a child. A young boy or girl who has experienced trauma.

Perhaps it’s abuse. Perhaps there’s mental illness in their home. Or perhaps their parents are divorcing.

Imagine now the child in school, where they are supposed to sit quietly, listen attentively and work diligently. But because of the biological changes that have taken place in their bodies because of trauma, they simply can’t.

Instead they act out. The child is sent to the principal’s office and reprimanded. Perhaps the parents are called. Perhaps a harsh punishment awaits at home.

And the cycle continues.

Changing this cycle is one of the focus areas of the Alaska Resilience Initiative (ARI). “Our goal is to support Alaska’s institutions to be trauma informed and culturally responsive, providing the opportunity to heal, while also working to prevent new traumas,” explains Laura Norton-Cruz, ARI program director.

Trauma-informed, culturally responsive institutions focus on helping the person who has experienced trauma, rather than punishing them. And they offer help in a way that is just, equitable and accepting.

ARI’s collaboration with the Anchorage School District (ASD) is just one example

of efforts to create this transformation in Alaska. “School needs to be a safe place for all kids – and especially kids who have experienced trauma,” Laura says.

After hearing Laura speak, Nunaka Valley Elementary School principal Timothy Blake invited her to his school. “I was moved by her talk,” he says. “Many of the characteristics of children with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are evident here on a daily basis.”

Laura spoke to his entire staff – from teachers and counselors to the custodian and lunch lady. “The most important thing was the importance of building connections with students and focusing on building resiliency through supportive relationships with kids,” Timothy says.

In addition to direct training, ARI also works to connect people and amplify existing efforts — such as those at Northwood Elementary, which started its trauma-informed journey three years ago. Since then, the school has seen some real shifts, including a 29 percent increase in the number of 6th graders who agree with the statement “I can name at least five adults who really care about me.” ARI began sharing the school’s story with others – and now the principal is getting regular inquiries from other schools asking for guidance.

“When we address the root of trauma, we can begin to move the needle on many issues, including child abuse,” Laura says. “It’s a game changer.”

ARI’s shared goal is mobilizing Alaska to end child maltreatment, intergenerational and systemic trauma through healing and strategic advocacy.

Alaska Resilience Initiativean initiative of Alaska Children’s Trust

Community-Based Grant Programa project of Alaska Children’s Trust

Voices for Alaska’s Children, a program of Alaska Children’s Trust, is the backbone organization for Protect Our Care Alaska. “Health care is a critical tool to help prevent child abuse and neglect,” explains Trevor Storrs, ACT’s executive director.

Amber Lee was diagnosed last fall with a very rare genetic condition that can lead to aggressive kidney cancer.

One of her first thoughts was if she would have insurance coverage to help cover the cost of care. “It’s not a cheap disease to have. Without insurance, it would be impossible to manage,” says Amber, who must get regular MRIs to monitor for cancerous growths that could quickly spread. Currently, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ensures that Amber can’t be denied health insurance coverage because of pre-existing conditions like this.

Amber is one of many Alaskans who would be profoundly impacted by the repeal of the ACA. She’s also one of many Alaskans speaking up to protect the ACA through the coalition Protect Our Care Alaska.

For Amber, the importance of protecting the ACA goes beyond her own health. “The disease I have is genetic, so my kids could have it,” says Amber, who has two sons, ages 9 and 11. “If they are tested for the genetic condition and have it, they could be denied coverage for the rest of their lives.”

“There is already so much stress with the disease, and then on top of it, I have to worry about if I have insurance coverage and if I can pay for it and if my kids will

be covered,” Amber shares. “It gets to a point where you have to ask yourself, ‘Is it too expensive to keep myself alive?’”

“People talk about this like it is a political issue. But it’s about people’s lives,” Amber stresses. “Repealing the ACA means less coverage, less protection and more expense. It’s important for people to understand it and speak up.”

“All these voices together send a strong message. We are not one special interest group. We are the majority of Alaska,” she says. “Our voices are powerful.”

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