Non-Profit Organizations

Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web
The Consumer Web provides peer support, resource development, and consumer-directed programs that help people improve their lives.

Alaska Primary Care Association
The Alaska Primary Care Association is a non-profit membership organization founded in 1995 to promote, expand, and optimize access to primary care in Alaska, particularly for the underserved.

American Indians and Alaska Native: Health Coverage and Access to Care
A study of American Indians' and Alaska Natives' access to health care, conducted by researchers from the Urban Institue, University of Arizona and the Kaiser Family Foundation, identifies some of the health policy challenges this population faces.

Cultural Survival
A non-government organization sponsoring basic research on indigenous peoples - who they are, where they are, what problems they face and what solutions have been developed for them.

Denali Commission
The Denali Commission is an innovative federal-state partnership established by the U.S. Congress in 1998 to provide critical utilities, infrastructure, and economic support throughout Alaska.

Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat
Located in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat (IPS) was established in 1994 to strengthen the involvement of the Arctic Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy.

National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)
Canadian national not-for-profit organization that advances and promotes the health and well-being of all First Nations, Inuit, and Métis through collaborative research, indigenous traditional knowledge, building capacity, and community-led initiatives.

Professional Associations / Organizations

Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association
The Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association is a non-profit association of Alaska’s hospitals, nursing homes and other health care organizations provides legislative and regulatory advocacy at all levels of government; provides health information to members and the public; promotes opportunities for networking among our members.

Information Resources for, about, and by Alaskans
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