Southcentral Foundation Addresses Health Care Access

Southcentral Foundation, CIRI’s non-profit health care affiliate, is revamping the patient empanelment process for new patients at the Anchorage Native Primary Care Center. The Alaska Native Healthcare System for the State of Alaska is designed based on residency for access to primary care services. Each region in Alaska provides care to the patients in their respective regions. According to Katherine Gottlieb, president and chief executive officer of Southcentral Foundation, this helps in addressing the large size of the state and the lack of transportation infrastructure. It also allows regions to serve their own populations and manage their region’s health care resources.

Southcentral Foundation serves the Anchorage Service Unit, which is 107,000 square miles extending as far north as McGrath, as far east as the Canadian Border and also includes the Aleutian Chain. To better serve this region, Southcentral Foundation is working with all Anchorage Bowl patients to select a primary care provider and to find information on other services that may be available to them.

Southcentral Foundation, CIRI’s non-profit health care affiliate, is revamping the patient empanelment process for new patients at the Anchorage Native Primary Care Center. The Alaska Native Healthcare System for the State of Alaska is designed based on residency for access to primary care services. Each region in Alaska provides care to the patients in their respective regions. According to Katherine Gottlieb, president and chief executive officer of Southcentral Foundation, this helps in addressing the large size of the state and the lack of transportation infrastructure. It also allows regions to serve their own populations and manage their region’s health care resources.

Southcentral Foundation serves the Anchorage Service Unit, which is 107,000 square miles extending as far north as McGrath, as far east as the Canadian Border and also includes the Aleutian Chain. To better serve this region, Southcentral Foundation is working with all Anchorage Bowl patients to select a primary care provider and to find information on other services that may be available to them.

Dr. Tamara Pickett, a CIRI shareholder, is one of several Native physicians at the Anchorage Native Primary Care Center.

Housing Authority Still Accepting Applications for New Elder Rental Property

Cook Inlet Housing Authority is still accepting applications for Kenaitze Pointe, Anchorage’s newest independent senior rental facility. Apartments are available in the property’s east wing and are expected to be available for rent in late August.

Kenaitze Pointe contains 53 apartments (47 one- bedroom and six two-bedroom units) in two wings, separated by a grand community room and kitchen. The property is situated, along with Cook Inlet Housing Authority’s existing elder rental facilities, in a secluded area in East Anchorage offering fantastic views of the Chugach Mountains.

Amenities include a library, large-screen TV room, crafts rooms, computer lab, and small sitting areas on most floors. Common area laundry rooms and individual tenant storage areas are located on each floor as well, and the property contains an elevator in each wing, heated sidewalks, and an on-site manager’s office. Three units are fully equipped for elders with disabilities, and all units have emergency equipment for occupants with sight and sound impairments. Extensive landscaping will be completed this summer.

For more information, contact Cook Inlet Housing Authority at (907) 276-8822, visit www.cookinlethousing.org or stop by CIHA’s main offices at 3510 Spenard Road in Anchorage. Ask to speak to a Kenaitze Pointe program manager.

Kenaitze Pointe

The CIRI Foundation Acknowledges Recent Graduates

The CIRI Foundation congratulates all scholarship and grant recipients who recently graduated. The Foundation is proud of the accomplishments CIRI shareholders, descendants and other Alaska Natives have achieved. The CIRI Foundation acknowledges the graduates who have shared their announcements of achievement:

Richard Chapman,
Business Office Specialist Certificate

Alexis Colberg,
Master of Business Administration

Marina Hankins,
Medical Insurance Specialist Certificate

Zachary Kvasnikoff,
Associate of Arts and Sciences

Roberta Lane,
Business Office Specialist Certificate

Christine Moore,
Travel Specialist Certificate

Darlene Sambo Dorough,
Doctor of Philosophy in Law

Gerene Sumpter,
Bachelor of Arts in Rural Development

Melissa Vallee,
Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences

If you are a scholarship or grant recipient who has recently completed a certificate or degree program, The CIRI Foundation would like to hear from you. The CIRI Foundation has important employment information available from employers seeking Alaska Native employees. Please contact The CIRI Foundation team to learn more about educational funding opportunities.

The CIRI Foundation
2600 Cordova Street, Suite 206
Anchorage, Alaska, 99503
Telephone (907) 263-5582
Fax (907) 263-5588
Toll Free (800) 764-3382
Email: tcf@ciri.com
Web Site: /tcf/

Alexis Colberg

Melissa Vallee

What’s That Song You Heard on Earthsongs?

Over the past five years, earthsongs.net has become an important resource for listeners who want to learn more about contemporary Native music and artists. Listeners can point their web browsers to earthsongs.net and click on the button “Past Shows” for complete playlists and links to artist websites. Also visit earthsongs.net for touring schedules of Native artists Bill Miller, Robert Mirabal and others, or to purchase the music.