Community Contacts

Community Contacts

When arranging meetings, it works best to email (most are YK emails, unless noted otherwise) or call the week of to arrange a tour. The goal in visiting these different community programs is to understand how they function in the community, along with finding out how you, as a provider, can help patients utilize these programs.

FIT

Family Infant Toddler Program. This program provides PT, OT, and speech services to children under 3 years old, after which they can present through the school system for these services. They usually have a week long therapy service once a month in Bethel. This is a must-do community orientation for first year pediatric residents. It is best to contact them early on with multiple Thursday afternoon options because you can usually observe an afternoon when services are scheduled.

Contact: Melissa Shaw, PT, ext 6193

WIC

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk. WIC is located in the West Wing building to the right.

Amber Colvin, ext 6438

Olivia Pires, Registered Dietician/Nutritionist, ext 6469

TWC

Eileen Arnold (Eileen_Arnold@twcpeace.org)

TAAV (Teens Acting Against Violence) meets at TWC on Thursdays at 4:30 pm. When getting an introduction to TWC, it is good to meet around 3:30 pm to tour TWC and CAC, then attend the TAAV meeting to get an introduction to the program.

McCann

Kathy Nenneman (Katheryn_Nenneman@ykhc.org)

Dental

Mark Reynolds

Optometry

Pam Conrad

OCS

Fennisha Gardner (fennisha.gardner@alaska.gov) 543-7238

CAC

Pauline Bialy (introduced through TWC)

Public Health

Penny Pieper

Prematernal Home

Doreen O’brien

Bethel Youth Facility

Superintendent Daryl Garrison 543-4701 (main 543-5200)

ONC (Orutsararmiut Native Council)

Eleanor Miller (emiller@nativecouncil.org) main number 543-2608

Social Services Program

Director: Robin Charlie

Offers: Healthy Families- The Yup’ik Way every Monday from 5:30-7:00 PM at TWC, childcare is provided; Healthy Relationships every Wednesday from 6:00-7:30PM at the Senior Center, no childcare is available; 10 week Subsistence and Cultural awareness summer camp for kids ages 2-18 at the ONC tribal fishcamp.

Bethel Family Clinic

LaTesia Guinn, Executive Director or Kyle McGrath, Operations Director 543-3773