Publications

Publications are non-credit hour resources to help you further your learning on a specific topic of interest. Are you looking for a specific publication, not on this list? Please contact us.

Alaska Center for Resource Families publications

• ACRF self-study catalog
• Adoption bibliography
• Adoption and disclosure: A guide for families adopting from foster care in Alaska
• Adoption: First steps through finalization
• Alaska Native resource guide
• Circle of support handout
• Confidentiality guidelines for Alaska resource families including social media
• CPR master list
• Education guide for Alaska resource families
• Family matters: A basic guide to custody arrangements
• Financial guide for newly licensed foster parents in Alaska (Updated June 2023)
• FAQ investigations of complaints and allegations against foster homes
• Parenting 911
• Paths to adoption in Alaska

Community Resources

• Anchorage guide to programs and supportive services
• Anchorage Resource List
• Fairbanks Community Resource List
• Juneau Community Resource List
• Mat-Su therapeutic resource guide for adoptive families
• Mat-Su paper navigator for FASD resources

Other publications of interest

• Adolescent healthcare transition tools
• Alaska special education handbook for parents
• Alaska languages map
• Alaska Native resource handbook
• Alaska resource family handbook (Updated June 2023)
• Background check information
• Becoming a legal guardian for a child in foster care
• Birth and foster parent partnership: A relationship building guide information packet
• Finding forever families: A step-by-step to adoption
• First aid disaster preparation list
• Family safety plan
• Foster care transition tool kit
• ICWA final rule: Summary of key provisions
• Adoption tax credit and subsidy information
• National model foster family home licensing standards
• Rights, responsibilities, and resources: A guidebook for foster youth in Alaska
• Starting and nurturing adoptive parent groups: A guide for leaders
• Strengthen your forever family: A step-by-step guide to post-adoption
• The Hague Convention on intercountry adoption: A guide for prospective adoptive parents
• Well child examination and immunization schedule for Alaska
• What am I doing here? A roadmap for youth in the Alaska child in need of aid system
• Wherever my family is, that's home: A guide for working with adoption and military families