Alaska Crisis Response Learning Community
Strengthening Alaska’s Behavioral Health Crisis Continuum
A collaboration between the State of Alaska Department of Health/Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery Innovations
The Alaska Crisis Response Learning Community brings together crisis response professionals, behavioral health providers, peer support workers, community partners, and system leaders to strengthen Alaska’s behavioral health crisis continuum.
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This project provides shared learning, practical tools, collaborative discussion, and access to training resources that support consistent, culturally responsive, and person-centered crisis care across the state.
Current Trainings
Crisis Continuum of Care for BH Professionals
Connect crisis responders across contact, response, stabilization, and follow-up.
Navigating Behavioral Health Systems
Inspire peer supporters to lead crisis connection, hope-filled follow-up, and person-centered recovery.
Peer Powered Support
A practical overview of peer support’s role in effective, coordinated crisis response.
Ethics and Boundaries
Advance ethical crisis response through safer boundaries, confidentiality, and person-centered care in Alaska.
Trauma-informed Care in AK Crisis Response
Respond to crisis with safety, dignity, and practical trauma-informed skills that strengthen care coordination.
Culture in Alaska - Respect, Listen and Learn
Build culturally responsive crisis care through respect, listening, partnership, and person-centered follow-up.
Peer Support in Tribal Settings
Build trust, improve coordination, and support culturally grounded crisis care from first contact through follow-up.
Wellness and Safety Planning
Create practical wellness and safety plans that improve crisis response, follow-up, and person-centered support.
Suicide Prevention
Learn practical, compassionate ways to notice risk, ask directly, coordinate support, and promote safety.
Youth in Crisis
Build culturally responsive crisis care for Alaska Native youth through connection, collaboration, and healing-centered support.
Disability-focused Practices
Make crisis care more accessible, coordinated, and person-centered for people with disabilities across every response setting.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Improve crisis response with practical FASD-informed strategies for calmer communication, follow-up, and person-centered care.
Law Enforcement and First Responders
Improve crisis outcomes through coordinated response, shared resources, and person-centered follow-up.
Behavioral Health in Hospital Settings
Strengthen crisis response through coordination, warm handoffs, follow-up, and person-centered care across Alaska’s continuum.
Strategies to Support BH Selfcare
Practical tools for steadier crisis care, better coordination, and meaningful follow-up across Alaska’s response system.
Through live sessions, asynchronous courses, resource libraries, and ongoing learning collaboratives, participants can build skills, exchange ideas, and apply best practices in ways that reflect Alaska’s diverse communities, rural realities, and commitment to recovery-oriented support.
How Do I Get Involved
Click on the picture to the left to use the interactive Alaska Behavioral Health Service Providers Map to learn about behavioral health resources serving a community. Search by community name or select a location directly on the map.
Community-specific results may include
• Behavioral Health Crisis Lines: Crisis de-escalation, emotional support, and connections to resources.
• Urgent Care or After-Hours Lines: Support and triage for urgent medical and behavioral health needs.
• Mobile Crisis Response: Rapid, face-to-face intervention to de-escalate crises and connect people with care.
• Outpatient Behavioral Health Services: Primary outpatient clinics serving a community or region. Listings may not include every available provider.
For more information or to request updates:
Becky Bitzer, becky@agnewbeck.com.
This project was funded by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors’ Transformation Transfer Initiative. Interactive map development was completed by Agnew::Beck Consulting through a contract with the Alaska Division of Behavioral Health.
Eligibility
The Alaska Learning Community is open to Alaska behavioral health providers and community partners who support people across the crisis continuum of care. This may include crisis line staff, mobile crisis team members, stabilization providers, peer support specialists, clinicians, supervisors, discharge planners, tribal health partners, and others involved in improving crisis response, coordination, follow-up, and person-centered care.
Click the link to the left to enter the Alaska Learning Community and access content available to approved members. If you are not yet a member, select Create a new account to request access. Once your account is reviewed and approved, you will be able to enter the Learning Community and use the available resources.
