Peninsula Community Health Services of Alaska

Care Offered

• Mental health treatment
• Dual diagnosis treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders

Service Setting

• Outpatient treatment
• Telemedicine/telehealth

Facility Type

• Community mental health center

Treatment Approaches

• Activity therapy
• Behavior modification
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Group therapy
• Integrated dual diagnosis disorder treatment
• Individual psychotherapy
• Psychotropic medication
• Trauma therapy

Who Operates This Facility

• a Private non-profit organization

Licenses and Accreditation

• Federally Qualified Health Center

Payments and Insurance Accepted

• County or local government funds
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Other State funds
• Private health insurance
• State corrections or juvenile justice funds
• Cash or self-payment
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• State welfare or child and family services funds

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Special Programs and Population Groups Supported

• Clients referred from the court/judicial system
• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder
• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance
• Persons with serious mental illness

Ancillary Services

• Case management
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Family psychoeducation
• Integrated primary care services
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Mentoring/peer support/consumer-run services

Tobacco/Screening Services

• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Children/adolescents
• Seniors (65 or older)
• Young adults