2025

Press Releases

• December 31: DFCS Commissioner Kovol Joining U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• ​July 25: Tracy Dompeling Appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Family and Community Services

• May 23: Dr. Kern McGinley Appointed Director of the Alaska Pioneer Homes

• May 16: Ken Cole Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Alaska Psychiatric Institute

• April 4: Makayla Viray Appointed as Deputy Director of the Department of Family and Community Services Coordinated Health and Complex Care Unit

• March 27: Fire at Anchorage Pioneer Home Quickly Contained – No Injuries Reported

Op-Eds

• August 29: Foster care refor​​​ms are improving outcom​es for Alaska kids