Juvenile Justice

Anchorage Region Probation Services Locations

 

Heidi Redick, Regional Probation Supervisor

 

This office has taken full advantage of the energy and diversity of ideas available in Alaska's urban environment.

  • The School Based Probation program, a partnership with the Anchorage School District, enabled probation officers to more closely track youth in their caseloads while allowing these youth to remain in their regular schools.
  • The Aftercare Program, a collaboration with McLaughlin Youth Center, continued to help youth leaving treatment in our largest facility with their adjustment back into their homes and communities.
  • A Women's Intervention Team developed this year was the first of what will undoubtedly be more efforts in our Division to provide gender-specific services in probation. In this program, a probation officer adjusted her schedule to work evening hours-allowing for more and better contact with girls and their families.

The past two years saw the creation and dramatic expansion of the Community Detention Program, which has helped reduce overcrowding at McLaughlin Youth Center through intensive community supervision of youth who might otherwise require secure detention. Big Brothers Big Sisters, Volunteers of America, the Anchorage Police Department, Boys and Girls Clubs contribute volunteers, staff, work service opportunities, and support.

Another new program, Tribal Youth Diversion Effort (TYDE), was created by the Alaska Native Justice Center, the South-central Foundation, Cook Inlet Tribal Council, and our JPOs working together to provide culturally-relevant counseling, work service, and case management to Alaska Native youth.

Ongoing work in the Anchorage Probation Office includes Victim Impact Classes; discussions between early-stage offenders and youth in long-term treatment on the consequences of continued delinquent behaviors, and a "pre-court" program tailored to the needs of the very youngest offenders (aged 9-11), helping to prevent these youth from having any further involvement in the juvenile justice system.

Anchorage Probation Services
C/O MYC, 2600 Providence Drive
Anchorage, Ak 99508
Phone: 907 261-4502
Intake Unit Fax: 907 261-4555
Probation Unit Fax: 907 261-4345