Ketchikan Wellness Coalition

Ketchikan Wellness Coalition is a non-profit organization registered in SAM.gov since 2014, located in Ketchikan, Alaska. The organization focuses on community-based prevention and wellness initiatives, particularly targeting substance use prevention among youth and families in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District. As a tax-exempt corporate entity, the coalition provides specialized prevention and intervention services through federal grant programs, with a strong emphasis on community health and substance abuse mitigation strategies.

The organization has secured two significant federal grant awards that demonstrate its comprehensive approach to substance use prevention. The first grant, a $125,000 Project Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (Award ID: NH28CE003875), supports a five-year Drug-Free Communities Support Program targeting substance use among middle and high school students. The second grant from SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (Award ID: H79SP083675) focuses on expanding prevention infrastructure and delivering targeted prevention programs to 1,253 students. Both grants aim to reduce alcohol and marijuana use, increase parental disapproval of substance use, and decrease community attitudes favorable to substance use. The coalition has also received a sub-grant from the State of Alaska Department of Health for comprehensive behavioral health prevention and early intervention services. Their strategies include community collaboration, staff training, awareness campaigns, parenting skills enhancement, school-based youth programs, and outreach to underrepresented populations, with a particular focus on Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian communities.