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Telecare Providers
Phone Reassurance Providers and Funding Sources
State Of Alaska
The following is a list of Alaska private organizations or state agencies that provide grants and funding for community programs. Also, we have listed automated and volunteer based programs that we found in the state of Alaska.
DSC provides a Telephone Reassurance phone system that automatically calls elderly households checking to ensure they are OK. DSC also provides individual calling services for home alone children.
There are many communities that provide telephone reassurance programs (both volunteer based or automatic calling programs). These communities also refer to their programs as "Are You OK?"® and RUOK.*
Contact DSC to learn more about our automated phone systems. DSC welcomes the opportunity to discuss our telephone reassurance program and services. Also, if you are a Alaska based community and/or organization that provides a Telephone Reassurance program and would like to be listed here, please feel free to contact us.
Alaska Automated Phone Reassurance Providers
The following organizations provide Telecare programs for the elderly within their Alaska communities. These programs are both automated or volunteer based community services.
- Anchorage Police Department - Anchorage, Alaska (907) 244-0562
Alaska Volunteer Telecare Providers
- City of Kenai Senior Services - Kenai, Alaska (907) 283-4156
- Hospice of Homer - Homer, Alaska (907) 235-6899
- Hospice of Haines Faith in Action Program - Haines, Alaska (907) 766-3645
- Mabel T. Caverly Senior Center - Anchorage, Alaska (907) 276-1496
- Providence Health System - Anchorage, Alaska (907) 261-5053
- The Retired Senior Volunteer Program - Juneau, Alaska (907) 790-3615
- Sitka's Faith in Action - Sitka, Alaska (907) 747-4600
State Of Alaska Potential Funding Resources
The following private and public groups are potential providers of funding for phone reassurance programs in Alaska communities.
To obtain current information about specific Alaska agencies and foundations that provide funding for phone reassurance commonly referred to by many community organizations as RUOK programs or Telephone Reassurance programs, please contact the respective grant provider listed below..
Note: DSC obtained the following names of foundations from public records. There is no assurance that these foundations provide funding for your specific telephone reassurance program or community notification system.
This information is provided to help you research funding for your project using community grants.
* United Way of Southeast Alaska
The Rasmuson Foundation
The Doyon Foundation
Alaska Conservation Foundation
The Alaska Community Foundation
CIRI Foundation
The Alaska Community Foundation
Atwood Foundation, Inc.
Arctic Education Foundation
Koniag Education Foundation
The Carr Foundation, Inc.
The Usibelli Foundation
The Homer Foundation
* "Are You OK?"® and RUOK® are registered names of Northland Innovation Corporation. The terms "RUOK" and "Telephone Reassurance" are commonly used on many community websites that offer both automated and volunteer based telephone reassurance programs.
For a comparison with our CARE system, please visit our RUOK vs CARE web page.
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