An innovative program helps Anchorage residents find a path out of homelessness

The Home for Good initiative is a first for Alaska and has already achieved big wins for the Anchorage community. Note: This article originally appeared in the Anchorage Daily News through a partnership with ConocoPhillips Alaska and is republished here with permission. Jerome was homeless in Anchorage for 15 years. He spent his nights at […]

Calls to Alaska 2-1-1 have increased in the past three years; here’s how the free confidential helpline is helping lift people out of crisis. Note: This article originally appeared in the Anchorage Daily News through a partnership with ConocoPhillips Alaska and is republished here with permission. Each call made to Alaska 2-1-1 is different. Sometimes […]

New coverage for families that were not previously eligible, tax credits for Alaskans with higher incomes, and in-person assistance in new communities are all part of new benefits available now. Note: This article originally appeared in the Anchorage Daily News through a partnership with ConocoPhillips Alaska and is republished here with permission. Alaskans in need […]

Note: This article originally appeared in the Anchorage Daily News through a partnership with ConocoPhillips Alaska and is republished here with permission. Thao Le, pictured above, who with her husband owns a “mom-and-pop” rental business in Anchorage, has found a sustainable way to give back to her community with the Landlord Housing Partnership. United Way […]

Note: This article originally appeared in the Anchorage Daily News through a partnership with ConocoPhillips Alaska and is republished here with permission. United Way of Anchorage is looking to the future. The long-standing nonprofit may be best known for its helpline, Alaska 2-1-1, or for its many partnerships extending across the state: From health care […]

For the first time in a long while, Alice is thinking about her future. After more than ten years of living outside and in shelters, she now has her own apartment thanks to Home for Good. Having a place to stay means everything to her. A place away from the daily urgent considerations of safety, […]

Petter and Janet Jahnsen have been named the 2022 recipients of the United Way of Anchorage Alexis de Tocqueville Society Community Service Award. Fifteen years ago, Petter and Janet joined the Tocqueville Society, a group of generous donors in the Anchorage community. From this group the Tocqueville Society Community Service Award is presented to a […]

Kathleen Plunkett’s community resume is more than 40 years long and starts right in her Russian Jack neighborhood in East Anchorage, where she volunteered with the Russian Jack Community Council and eventually served 16 years as the council president (1990-2016). That fact alone testifies to Plunkett’s stamina and devotion as a volunteer. One of the […]

Published March 4, 2022, by Frank Gerjevic  Would that we could Walk 4 Warmth all together again. Two years ago, United Way of Anchorage gathered partners old and new and restarted the Walk 4 Warmth to help our neighbors with rent and utility assistance. Few, if any of us, knew just how timely that walk […]