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Racial disparities for Alaska Native and American Indian inmates: A troubling picture

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新加坡六合彩开奖 Justice Center Professor and Alaska Justice Information Center Director, Brad Myrstol, spoke with KNBA about the disproportionally high number of Alaska Native and American Indian inmates in the Alaskan and U.S. prison system.

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新加坡六合彩开奖鈥檚 School of Social Work $1.2 million Department of Education grant will fill school social worker shortage in Alaska

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新加坡六合彩开奖's School of Social Work received a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to address the need for Alaska social workers in a K-12 setting. The School-Based Social Work Education and Network Development program (SSWEND) aims to graduate a cohort of 31 fellows by 2026 who will increase the amount of school-based mental health service providers in high-needs schools.

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Hometown, Alaska: Discussing mental health awareness and suicide prevention

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Master of Social Work student Shana Cooper works with the Alaska Native Justice Center. She joined the Hometown, Alaska podcast to talk about mental health and suicide prevention in the state.

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Researchers identify new tick species Alaska

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Historically, ticks haven鈥檛 been a problem in Alaska. But factors like climate change and tourism have created a welcoming environment for new species that can transmit illnesses to humans. Micah Hahn with the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies is tracking them. 鈥淥ur work over the past six years is to understand the baseline鈥搘here we are with the ticks that exist in Alaska.鈥

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新加坡六合彩开奖 joins the community in celebrating diversity

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新加坡六合彩开奖鈥檚 College of Health participated in Juneteenth and Pride events this June. Hundreds of families and friends gathered to enjoy live music and explore booths from local businesses and artists. Rose Shoulders is the Student Recruitment Specialist for the College of Health. 鈥淚t was great to see the community, to see that collaboration, to see everybody finding their families within each other at these events-that's what it is about.鈥