Mayor's team looks at homeless problem Oct 20, 2009
The Anchorage Daily News reported the team includes leaders of social service agencies, churches, advocacy groups and Alaska Native health organizations. Members include state Corrections Commissioner Joe Schmidt, Health and Social Services Commissioner Bill Hogan, Alaska AIDS Assistance Association Executive Director Trevor Storrs and Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority chief executive Jeff Jessee. (Juneau Empire)
Homelessness team buckles down to tackle old problem Oct 16, 2009
The 36-member team includes leaders of social service agencies, churches, advocacy groups and Alaska Native health organizations. State Corrections Commissioner Joe Schmidt and Health and Social Services Commissioner Bill Hogan are part of it. (Anchorage Daily News)
Business people Sep 30, 2009
The award was presented at this week's annual National Indian Health Board Consumer Conference in Washington, D.C. Awarded to only six individuals or organizations nationally, it recognizes individuals having an impact on American Indian and Alaska Native health care on a national level. Gottlieb spearheaded comprehensive training programs to develop health care leaders from within the Native community. (Anchorage Daily News)
Bethel doctor wins 'genius award' for work in Africa Sep 23, 2009
2004: Katherine Gottlieb, CEO 00001080 Southcentral Foundation, award given for her efforts to revolutionize and improve Alaska Native health care. From Old Harbor and Seldovia. (Anchorage Daily News)
What's killing the homeless in Anchorage? Aug 23, 2009
The Alaska Native Health Board passed a resolution earlier this month asking Mayor Dan Sullivan to create a task force addressing violence against Alaska Natives. The advocacy group was outraged by the recent case involving a couple accused of beating up a Native man, then posting it on YouTube; by sexual assaults of Native women; by the number of Natives among the homeless dead. (Anchorage Daily News)
Letters to the editor (8/20/09) Aug 20, 2009
Veterans hospitals and the Alaska Native Health Center are similar to the British system and could save the most money with government doctors and hospitals. Medicare and Medicaid are similar to the Canadian and French systems with government payment to private hospitals and doctors. (Anchorage Daily News)
Payroll taxes threaten village organizations Jul 27, 2009
"When they hired me, it was in danger of being shut down. Doors closed, any assets being given to the IRS," said executive director Cynthia Navarrette, a former Alaska Native Health Board president who returned to her hometown of Aniak to try to pull the non-profit from the brink. STOP THE BLEEDING. (Anchorage Daily News)
Stimulus money to fund water projects Jul 19, 2009
Matt Dixon of the Alaska Native Health Consortium said the large amount of money will help pay for the installation costs, which are high in the isolated and cold areas of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. "But the cool thing about the stimulus money is it's giving us a big shot in the arm so we can finish several projects and people can actually turn water on," he said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Warriors are taking up arms against abuse May 31, 2009
When Gottlieb first pitched the initiative to the Alaska Native Health Board as a way to combat child abuse and domestic violence, she said the men in the group weren't interested. So she crafted a new strategy and went back. (Anchorage Daily News)
Katherine Riddell Love Apr 28, 2009
In 1976 she retired from the Alaska Native Health Service to a life of volunteerism and community service. Having lived here before statehood was declared; Kay had a great interest in preservation of history. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Juneau pediatrician wins national award Apr 16, 2009
As a general pediatrician working with the Alaska Native Health Service and the Division of Public Health Child Study Center from 1965 to 1975, Brown helped start the first intervention and prevention services for child abuse and neglect in Alaska. While practicing pediatrics in the Mat-Su Valley in the 1980s, he promoted the passage of the Alaska Children's Trust Fund. (Juneau Empire)
