Alaska

Residential facilities providing religious, behavioral, and mental health treatment to children exist in all 50 states. Some of these facilities are known to be part of the Troubled Teen Industry, while others have not yet been verified. Any facility where children live and receive care requires additional oversight. This directory helps communities monitor local programs and advocate for accountability.

AK Child & Family – Jesse Lee Campus
4600 Abbott Rd, Anchorage, AK, 99507

AK Child & Family – Maplewood Campus
2345 Maplewood St, Anchorage, AK 99508

Alaska Crossings (CLOSED)
110 Lynch St, Wrangell, AK 99929

Alaska Wilderness Institute (CLOSED)
Juneau, AK

Bethel Youth Facility
1950 State Hwy, Bethel, AK 99559

Birchwood (fka Alaska Baptist Family Services)
1600 O’Malley Rd, Anchorage, AK 99507

Boys and Girls Home of Alaska
3101 Lathrop St, Fairbanks, AK 99707

Fairbanks Youth Facility
1502 Wilbur St, Fairbanks, AK 99701

Hanson House
216 Lance Drive, Sitka, Alaska 99835

Johnson Youth Center
3252 Hospital Dr, Juneau, AK 99801

Kenai Peninsula Community Care Center Dimmick Retreat & Hardy House
320 South Spruce Street, Kenai AK 99611

Kenai Peninsula Youth Facility
405 Marathon Road, Kenai, AK, 99611

Mat-Su Youth Facility
581 Outer Springer Loop Rd, Palmer, AK, 99645

McCann Center
5016 Noel Polty Rd, Bethel, Alaska, 99559

McLaughlin Youth Center
2600 Providence Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508

Mitchell House
3809 Mitchell Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709

Montana Creek
10685 Blackbear Rd, Juneau, Alaska 99801

Nome Children’s Home
415 W. Second Street, Nome, Alaska 99762

North Star Behavioral Health DeBarr RTC for Girls
1500 DeBarr Cir, Anchorage, AK 99508

North Star Behavioral Health Palmer RTC for Boys
3647 N. Clark Wolverine Rd, Palmer, AK 99645

Presbyterian Hospitality House – Bias Home
283 Bias Dr, Fairbanks, AK 99712

Presbyterian Hospitality House – Chena Hot Springs Rd Farm (fka Boys Farm)
7609 Chena Hot Springs Rd, Fairbanks, AK 99714

Presbyterian Hospitality House – Dawn Lake
3256 Dawn Lake Dr., Wasilla, AK 99654

Presbyterian Hospitality House – Granville Home
1145 W Granville St, Palmer, AK99645

Presbyterian Hospitality House – Hood Court
6969 S Hood Ct, Wasilla, AK 99624

Presbyterian Hospitality House – ILL Learning Lab
209 Forty Mile Ave, Fairbanks, AK 99701

Presbyterian Hospitality House – Silverberry House
1260 Silverberry Dr, Fairbanks, AK 99711

Providence Residential Treatment Program
3200 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508

Residential Youth Care
2514 First Avenue, Ketchikan, Alaska 99901

SEARHC Raven’s Way Lighthouse Program (fka Juneau Youth Services Lighthouse Program)
10685 Mendenhall Loop Rd, Juneau, AK 99801

VOA Alaska Adolescent Residential Center for Help [ARCH]
8012 Stewart Mountain Dr, Eagle River, AK 99577

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Facilities in Alaska

Reporting abuse in Alaska

Alaska takes abuse reports by phone, email or fax, and says its hotline staff will answer questions about mandatory reporting and take all the required information over the phone - which is worth knowing if you are unsure whether what you have is enough to report. All the mental health licensing boards sit under one division, with a single investigations unit behind them.

Time limits in Alaska: a general guide

This was correct as far as we could tell when we checked it on 28 September 2026. Laws on time limits change often, sometimes every legislative session, so some of what follows may have been updated since. It is a starting point, not legal advice: please check with a lawyer before relying on any date here. A time limit on a lawsuit or a criminal charge is also not a time limit on telling someone, and most of the places listed below will still take a report.

Time limits for abuse of a child often run from the survivor's 18th birthday, or from when they came to understand what happened, rather than from the day the program closed. Many states have lengthened them, removed them for child sexual abuse, or reopened claims that had already expired. A criminal charge, a lawsuit and a licence complaint each have their own time limit, so one having passed does not necessarily mean the others have.

Lawsuits

Physical abuse or injury: Two years from when the injury happened (when the claim 'accrued'). The same two years covers assault, battery, false imprisonment and negligence/personal injury. Alaska Stat. § 09.10.070(a)
If it happened before you turned 18: The clock does not run while the injured person is under 18, but the extension cannot go more than two years past the 18th birthday. In practice, someone hurt as a minor has until age 20. Alaska Stat. § 09.10.140(a)
If the program was run by or for the government: Less certain No advance notice of claim is required to sue the State of Alaska in tort; the normal two-year deadline applies. But the State cannot be sued for claims arising out of assault, battery or false imprisonment (only negligence-type claims), so a survivor may need to sue the individual staff or a private contractor instead. Alaska Stat. § 09.50.250; § 09.65.070 (municipalities)
Child sexual abuse: CSA: There is no civil SOL for sexual abuse or assault claims against perpetrators. The SOL is age 21 or 3 years from discovery for some other CSA claims against perpetrators, and the SOL is age 20 or 2 years from discovery for the remaining CSA claims against all defendants. Trafficking: There is no SOL for trafficking claims against perpetrators. CSAM: There is no SOL for unlawful exploitation of a minor claims against perpetrators. CHILD USA's summary

Criminal charges

Physical child abuse: Less certain Alaska has no separate felony 'physical child abuse' crime; physical abuse of a child is charged as assault (including third-degree assault for injuring a child under 12, or 12-15). Felony assault must be charged within 10 years of the offense. The clock is not paused until the child turns 18 for these non-sexual crimes. Alaska Stat. § 12.10.010(b)(1); § 11.41.220(a)(1)(C), (a)(3)
Assault: Felony assault (first, second or third degree) must be charged within 10 years of the offense. Misdemeanor assault and other offenses: five years. Alaska Stat. § 12.10.010(b)
Child sexual abuse: CSA: There is no SOL for many CSA crimes. The SOL for remaining felonies and misdemeanors is 5 years from the offense. Trafficking: There is no SOL for felony sex trafficking violations when the victim is under age 20. CSAM: There is no SOL for unlawful exploitation of a minor or distribution of child pornography. CHILD USA's summary

The injury, assault and physical abuse lines are our reading of the statutes linked, as they stood on 28 September 2026. The child sexual abuse lines are CHILD USA's summary as it stood on 28 September 2026; their page may be more current than ours. In them SOL means statute of limitations, CSA child sexual abuse, and CSAM child sexual abuse material. "Less certain" marks a line where the law is unclear or where our reading has not been confirmed, so please treat it with extra care. Exceptions, court rulings and the details of what happened can all change which time limit applies, and some of these may be longer or shorter for you than they look here. CHILD USA's statute of limitations tracker, updated as each state changes its law. A lawyer can tell you which time limit applies to you, and many offer a free first consultation.

The therapist's licensing board

Holds the individual clinician's licence and can suspend or revoke it.

Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing

Multiple professions

Staffs and investigates for the Board of Professional Counselors, the Board of Psychologist and Psychological Associate Examiners and the Board of Social Work Examiners, and the boards discipline the licence.

Use this whenA licensed professional counselor, psychologist, psychological associate or social worker in Alaska.

HowFile the complaint with the Division, which handles investigations for all three boards.

907-269-8160 Investigations fax 907-269-8195.
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By postDivision of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, 550 W 7th Ave, Ste 1500, Anchorage, AK 99501-3567

The agency that licenses the program

Inspects the facility itself and can cite, fine, suspend or close it.

Alaska residential child care facility licensing

Licenses Alaska's residential child care facilities against the state licensing regulations and investigates complaints that a facility has breached them.

Use this whenA licensed Alaska residential child care facility.

HowStart from the Department's reporting hub, which sets out which body takes which kind of concern.

1-800-478-4444 The Office of Children's Services line also takes concerns about licensed facilities.
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Law enforcement and legal channels

Child protection, the Attorney General, and the criminal side.

Alaska Office of Children's Services reporting hotline

The statutory report line for child abuse and neglect in Alaska.

Use this whenA child at an Alaska program.

HowCall, email or fax. Staff will answer questions about mandatory reporting and take everything they need over the phone.

If the problem is the Office of Children's Services itself rather than a program, there is a separate formal complaint process for that.

Oversight and advocacy

Bodies with a right to investigate, and advocates who can act for you.

Disability Law Center of Alaska

Alaska's Protection and Advocacy agency, with federal authority to investigate abuse and neglect of people with disabilities in facilities, a right of access to them, and free legal advocacy.

Use this whenAn Alaska program where the young person has a disability or a mental health diagnosis.

HowContact the intake line.

1-800-478-1234 Main line 907-565-1002 voice/TDD.
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National reporting channels, and the same list for other states