Alaska's Parent Action Center

Do you want to be involved in local policy decisions that affect you and your family?  The Alaska Parent Action Center brings parents from communities across Alaska together to advocate for increased access to affordable, high quality early care and education opportunities for all Alaskan children. Join Alaska's Parent Action Center.
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thread Kicks Off 25 Anniversary Celebrations!

thread is celebrating twenty-five years providing quality early education and child care referral information to families throughout Alaska. Our anniversary theme: Growing through Generations represents both our connection to our history as an organization and the recognition of the importance early education has to our future generations.
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Families

Recognizing parents as a child’s first teacher, thread understands that families want the best for their children including ensuring they have great care and maximizing their development and learning potential.thread staff are dedicated to helping families make informed choices about early care and education by providing customized child care referrals and providing individualized information, community resources and short term support to meet families needs. thread supports all families to maximize their child’s experiences in quality care and learning.

Services for Families

thread helps families make good choices about the early care and education needs of children. Free of charge, thread provides families with an list of early care and education programs based on their needs.

Early Care and Education for Families

Decisions about the early care and learning for your child are important and will take some time. thread can assist you in making informed decisions to best support your child's development and learning.

Child Care Referral Services

thread provides referrals to child care programs only, not recommendations. Parents are encouraged to visit and interview providers before making a decision about child care.

Support and Resources

Through short-term support, parenting workshops and a free lending library, thread connects families with resources to help meet the unique needs of their young children.

Take Action

Parents have a unique voice and role in educating the public and our elected officials about the challenges faced in finding quality early care and education programs and in raising children.

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thread forms to support children and their families.