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Building healthy homes and communities from the ground up.
Healthy landscapes support healthy infrastructure and healthy infrastructure houses healthy communities. We partner with communities by taking an active role in creating, developing, and maintaining solutions to meet the needs presented by an ever-changing environment.
From emergency preparedness to air quality control (and much more), we help you build systems and grow infrastructure to support every aspect of your community.
Community Environment and Health
Communities need healthy environments to thrive. CEH works with local and regional partners to support healthy conditions in the built and natural environment. We provide assessments, training and resources to improve capacity for emergency preparedness and environmental health.
Programs:
- Environmental Health Services
- Emergency Preparedness
- Contaminated Sites
- Tribal Capacity
- Alaska Tribal Conference on Environmental Management (ATCEM)
Rural Utility Support
Providing utilities is no small feat. We partner with communities to ensure services and collections are streamlined, so they can keep their focus on what matters most — providing the best utilities possible. In addition to billing, we also provide training to help maintain your self-supporting systems.
Programs and Services:
- Alaska Rural Utility Collaborative (ARUC)
- Tribal Utility Support
- Assisted Billing
- Rural Energy Program
- Alaska Utility Supply Center
Water and Sanitation
Basic needs aren’t all that basic when you’re in rural Alaska, in fact, sometimes they present the biggest challenge. ANTHC is partnering with communities to bring clean water and wellness solutions to the communities we serve throughout Alaska. We work on the small to large scale, providing clean water and sanitation solutions throughout Alaska.
Programs and Services:
- Individual Sanitation Facilities Scattered Sites Program
- Portable Alternative Sanitation System
- Water and Wellness
- Tribal Water Center
- Solid Waste and Resilience Sub Awards
Climate Initiatives
Our climate is changing. So are our communities. To adapt to these changes, we’ve developed programs, networks, training opportunities and interactions to help communities unearth the best approaches for their locations. We work with our partners from the community to the national level to ensure all knowledge is incorporated and shared to better all of our futures.
Programs and Services:
- Center for Climate and Health
- Center for Environmentally Threatened Communities
- LEO Network
Health Facilities Support
Safe environments and institutions are essential for communities and their health. Our training and protocols help to maintain these spaces and places for generations to come. From hazardous material and waste disposal to creating safe working conditions, we help to create an approach to the unique challenges Alaska poses to keep our communities and their inhabitants safe and healthy.
Programs and Services:
- Alaska Safety Working Group
- Hazardous Materials and Waste
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Radiological Health
- Resources and Training
- Health Facilities Engineering Program
- Alaska Clinical Engineering Services