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Firefly Award 2024

President and founder Dar Walden was recently honored with the 2024 Firefly award from VOA Alaska for her exceptional work for Alaska's ...
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We Are Making a Difference!

We are excited to announce our new partnership with Volunteers of America to open the Christopher Walden School of Hope and support youth at the ARCH facility. This initiative allows us to broaden our services, offering hope and a path to recovery for Alaskans of all ages. In 2024, we also partnered with True North Alaska to open a 16-bed facility in Fairbanks, furthering our commitment to provide recovery resources throughout the state. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors and donors since ...
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2023 Drug Overdose Mortality Update

The Alaska Department of Health published their 2023 drug overdose mortality update. This is a data-heavy document that dives into overdose death rates with demographic and geographic breakdowns. As you all know, 2023 saw the highest rates of drug overdose with 357 deaths – a 47% increase over the 2022 total. This increase was driven primarily by fentanyl with a noteworthy contribution by methamphetamine. The Municipality of Anchorage saw the highest rates in the state and accounted for over ...
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