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Pregnancy & family help in Alaska

46 organizations in Alaska offering help with pregnancy, housing, food, childcare, adoption and more. We checked each one before listing it, but hours and services change, so please call ahead.

Adoption

  • Catholic Social Services (Anchorage)

    Adoption and pregnancy support, the St. Francis House food pantry, emergency shelters and family services in Anchorage.

  • AdoptUSKids — Alaska

    Statewide

    National foster care and adoption project with an Alaska guide to getting started.

  • Alaska Center for Resource Families

    Statewide

    Free training, support groups and pre- and post-adoption help for foster, adoptive, kinship and guardianship families, with offices in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Mat-Su.

  • Alaska Office of Children's Services — Adoption & Guardianship

    Statewide

    The state's foster care, adoption and guardianship program. Information line answered by the Alaska Center for Resource Families.

  • Heart Gallery of Alaska

    Statewide

    Photos and stories of Alaska children in foster care waiting for adoptive families, plus free support for families.

Free / Subsidized Childcare

Churches / Baby Closets

Clothing / Supplies

Domestic Violence

Employment

Potential Financial Assistance

  • Catholic Social Services (Anchorage)

    Emergency shelters (Brother Francis Shelter, Clare House), supportive housing, the St. Francis House food pantry and family services.

  • The Salvation Army — Alaska

    Statewide

    Emergency shelter, housing programs and financial help through Salvation Army centers across Alaska.

Food Programs

Health Assistance

Housing Assistance & Shelters

Infant & Baby Equipment

  • Alaska Native Birthworkers Community

    Free, culturally rooted doula and midwife support for Native families, plus maternity, newborn and breastfeeding supplies.

Mental Health & Postpartum Assistance

Parenting Classes

Pregnancy Centers

Special Needs Assistance

  • Easterseals Alaska

    Personal care, respite, day habilitation, supported living and employment services for people with disabilities in the Anchorage area.

  • STEP Center (Anchorage School District)

    Disability information and resource center for students, parents and teachers, with a lending library.

  • Stone Soup Group

    Statewide

    Statewide information, support and training for families caring for children with special needs (Alaska's Family Voices affiliate). Toll-free (877) 786-7327.

Support for Fathers

  • Alaska Family Services

    Counseling, parenting classes, WIC, child care assistance and domestic-violence services in the Mat-Su valley.

  • Cook Inlet Tribal Council

    Services for Alaska Native and American Indian families in Anchorage, including support for young parents and fathers.

Transportation

  • Catholic Social Services (Anchorage)

    Emergency shelters (Brother Francis Shelter, Clare House), supportive housing, the St. Francis House food pantry and family services.

  • Alaska Medicaid Transportation

    Statewide

    Medicaid covers rides to medical appointments for you and an escort if needed; your provider requests authorization. Recipient Helpline: 1-800-780-9972.

  • RurAL CAP

    Statewide

    Statewide nonprofit for low-income Alaskans: affordable rental housing, weatherization and mobile-home repair. Toll-free in Alaska: 800-478-7227.

Looking for more? Nationwide hotlines and programs that also serve Alaska are in the full directory search. Know an organization that belongs here? Tell us about it.