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IV. Examples of Current Initiatives, Projects, and Activities That Fill Service Gaps

One aim of Moving Forward and its related initiatives is to provide decision makers with appropriate data regarding issues that impact Trust beneficiaries. To the extent data is available or can be developed through better data collection and analysis, progress is measured for these efforts. A key strategy has been to work with partners on projects. Successful partnerships expand and enhance the resources of the Department of Health and Social Services and The Trust and further the goal of shared and integrated approaches to bettering the lives of Trust beneficiaries.

Initiative efforts are largely directed toward system change. Following are examples of current initiatives, projects and activities that, in addition to the extensive day-to-day activities of the Department and The Trust, work to create system change and target improved services for Trust beneficiaries.

The following examples of initiatives, projects and activities are grouped under the 2009 Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Priority Areas.

DHSS Priority Area: Substance Abuse

• SHIELDS for Families Program
• Comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Project
• Primary Care & Behavioral Health Integration

DHSS Priority Area: Health and Wellness

• Living Well Alaska
• ECCS Early Childhood Mental Health Cross-Systems Workgroup 
• Senior Behavioral Health
• Alaska Suicide Prevention Initiative
• Autism Initiative
• Traumatic Brain Injury Project
• Dental Health Access and Workforce
• Healthy Body, Healthy Brain Campaign
• HIV/STD Program
• Alaska Tuberculosis (TB) Program
• Emergency Medical Services
• Emergency Preparedness for Special Populations
• Health Impact Assessments

DHSS Priority Area: Health Care Reform

• Bring the Kids Home
• Juvenile Justice System Improvement Initiative
• Justice for Persons with Disabilities Focus Area
• Medicaid Waiver Rates
• Children’s Mental Health Curriculum Initiative

DHSS Priority Area: Long-Term Care

• Long-Term Care Strategic Planning
• Aging and Disability Resource Centers
• Supporting Family Caregivers

DHSS Priority Area: Vulnerable Alaskans

• Workforce Development
• Health Care Professions Loan Repayment & Incentive Program
• Families First! / Family Centered Services
• Performance Management System Project
• Public Health Nurses Addressing Domestic and Family Violence
• Alaska Works Initiative
• Start Up Alaska Project
• Trust Beneficiary Projects
• Abuse and Neglect of Vulnerable Adults
• Alaska Housing Trust
• Trust Coordinated Communications Campaign