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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

Dial 988 for help with mental-health related distress, including thoughts of suicide, mental health or substance use crisis, or any other kind of emotional distress.

You may also call Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or the Alaska Careline at 877-266-HELP.

To find help treating a substance use disorder, call 1-800-662-HELP (SAMHSA help line) or visit www.findtreatment.gov. You may also review www.treatmentconnection.com.

Dial 211 for help finding locally available resources.

1115 Waiver Demonstration Project

Alaska’s 1115 Medicaid waiver, the Alaska Substance Use Disorder and Behavioral Health Program, was approved for the original demonstration period of January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2023. Alaska is submitting a renewal application, in accordance with CMS requirements, to continue this demonstration for another 5-year period, January 1, 2024-December 31, 2028. The waiver would continue to provide Alaska with the flexibility to offer a broad range of substance use disorder and behavioral health services and reduce the State’s reliance on crisis services. Visit the 1115 Behavioral Health Medicaid Waiver

• Alaska’s 1115 Renewal Application and signed application letter to CMS 03/02/2023
  Disclaimer: DBH utilized accessibility checking software on the waiver renewal application PDF; at submission time, our manual check indicated all was in order, however, on pages 12 to 18, there's the possibility that several footnotes may be read out of order in the Adobe Acrobat software. Should any reader encounter difficulty with these pages, DBH will provide additional assistance on request.
• Full Public Notice can be found on the State of Alaska Online Public Notice site.
• Please visit our DBH Communications page for information and updates unrelated to the 1115 Demonstration Waiver