907-442-7935

Provides our elders who experience physical and/or mental challenges with services that help them maintain the maximum level of independence within their own community. The Care Coordinator will assist in completing applications for services and submit the applications to the State of Alaska Senior & Disabilities Services. Grant programs under elder services are the Senior In-Home which provide Case Management, Chore, and Respite Services. Nutrition, Transportation, and Support Services provide home-delivered (Kotzebue) and congregate meals (Villages) and transportation services (Kotzebue).

Elder Meals & Transportation

Meals: 907-442-7975 
Transportation: 907-412-1075

Tasty and nutritious cognate meals are served at Utuqqanaat Inaat in Kotzebue, and at the local schools in the villages five days a week.

Home delivered meals prepared by the Maniilaq Health Center cafeteria staff is also served five days a week in Kotzebue.  Home delivered meals are also available to elders that are unable to attend the cognate sites.

For information regarding Elders meals, contact Utuqqanaat Inaat in Kotzebue at (907) 442-7975 or, in the village contact your local village clinic.

Elder transportation services are provided in Kotzebue during the weekdays.

For Elder transportation services, contact (907) 412-1075.

In-Home Supports:

Lake Street and Aqqaimmuk House

907-442-7034

These homes are residential facilities located in Kotzebue. The facilities are licensed assisted-living homes by the State of Alaska. Each home is licensed for five adults, age 18 and older, who qualify for Medicaid IDD and APD Waiver Services through the Division of Senior and Disabilities Services. The homes are staffed 24 hours a day and provide consumers with assistance in daily living activities. The program has a job coach to assist clients with work in the community.

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907-442-7730

The Developmental Disabilities Resource Connection (DDRC) program (formerly known as the STAR program) assists individuals with developmental disabilities and their families with accessing services through the State of Alaska Developmental Disabilities Programs. The DDRC Program is often the “point of entry” for accessing services. Assistance may include:

• Applying for eligibility.
• Referral to a wide variety of resources in their home community.
• Completing forms and gathering documentation for Medicaid, the Registration and Review, other public programs.
• Applying for Mini-Grants.

The DDRC program services the Northwest Arctic Borough and Norton Sound area.

Developmental Disabilities (DD)

907-442-7035

Developmental Disabilities (DD) provides services for eligible developmentally disabled consumers. This program provides services focused on consumer satisfaction and positive results for individuals and families. Its mission is to offer the best services and help clients and their families achieve the highest quality of life. The program strives to provide consumers with services in a way that respects the rights and dignity of individuals and their families.

Care Coordination – This aspect of the service assists and advocates for consumers and families throughout Maniilaq’s service areas. The Care Coordinator assists consumers in a person-centered planning process, creating a care plan that identifies all needed services that foster individual independence and identifies where to receive these services. Care Coordination tracks all services rendered and makes any necessary adjustments to the care plans through the amendment process.

907-442-7887

RESOURCE FACILITATION

Resource facilitation services are for Alaskans who experience a traumatic or acquired brain injury, to assist the individual in gaining access to needed medical, rehabilitative, social, educational, and other support services. The goal of services is to support individuals living with the physical, cognitive, and behavioral challenges resulting from TABI so that they may live in the community as independently and productively as possible. Individuals with TABl present an array of needs, from housing, employment, financial, rehabilitation, transportation, medical and assistive technology, modification, peer support, and intensive home and community support.

Resource facilitation is a critical service for some individuals with mild to moderate TABI, as it may be the only service available to assist them in maintaining their independence. Maniilaq can provide an assessment of the individual's current level of functioning and independence in the areas of finances, housing, employment, daily living, transportation, social/cognitive skills, and other areas. Incorporating person-centered setting, the TABI coordinator will work with the individual and family to develop a care plan and course of action empowering the individual toward increased independence and rehabilitative efforts.

PEER SUPPORT

Peer Support involves individuals with a brain injury receiving support from trained individuals with lived experience with a brain injury or a family member of an individual with a brain injury. Peer Support can be offered in a group format, one-on-one, in-person or through virtual method.

SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES

The Division of Senior and Disabilities Services provides supplemental services for eligible individuals with a traumatic or acquired brain injury to fund unmet medical, dental, vision or hearing needs, behavioral training services, assistive or adaptive technology, environmental modifications, and other items or services needed to increase self-sufficiency and integration in the community. These mini grants provide financial help for supplies or services for Alaskans with a brain injury. You can get up to $2,500 each year. There is a $5,000 limit over five years.

907-442-7619

The Hardship Mitigation Project is funded through the State of Alaska Community Initiative Matching Grant to provide emergency food and cold weather gear. Eligibility will be determined by individuals and families who are homeless, indigenous, transient, and/or individuals/families who meet the income eligibility requirement to receive emergency aid. Maniilaq will decide income eligibility by evaluating individual or household income that does not exceed 125% of the Federal Poverty Income Guidelines.