Staff continue to show up to keep youth safe, healthy, and entertained, even if it means leaving their own families and putting themselves at risk.
Following are answers to questions that we are asked about donations on a regular basis. We want to provide answers to all of our frequently asked questions in one place for quick and easy access. The answers will shed light on the donation process here at Covey: Where do I drop off my donation items? At our main building at …
Proof That Anything Is Possible—Meet Our Friend, Chuol
Our Grant and Communications Writer got a chance to go visit Chuol, one of our program graduates, at his newly purchased house and to help tell his story. I’d heard a lot about Chuol from my co-workers here at Covenant House Alaska before I ever met him—the ones who’ve known him since he first enrolled in our Rights of Passage …
LaShell: A Transformation Story
LaShell Traylor has been volunteering at Covenant House Alaska for two years. She is currently the lead underwriter at Umialik Insurance Company of Anchorage, but 28 years ago, she was a youth at Covenant House Alaska. She shared her compelling transformation story with us and now we want to share it with you. Her story is one example of the struggles that youth in Alaska continue to face and it reinforces the reasons why we do …
Raising Our Voices: A Look Inside the Youth Voice Summit
The very first Youth Voice Summit took place May 30th, 2019, from 10am-5pm at Covenant House Alaska. The event, planned and organized by the Youth Task Force (YTF), was intended to inform the community about the problems and hurdles homeless Anchorage youth face. The YTF is a diverse group of youth and young adults who have experienced homelessness and who …
Education & Employment
Education & EmploymentFor young people experiencing homelessness, finding a job is very difficult, if not impossible. Many have minimal education and no one to offer guidance on the basics, like writing a resume or preparing for an interview. They’re completely unfamiliar with what it takes to land, and keep, a job. Covenant House Alaska is committed to helping our residents …
Our Impact
Our ImpactWe are starting to track what happens to youth after they leave the safety of Covenant House Alaska—and it is encouraging news. The data shows that youth are able to keep their jobs and stay in secure housing when they move forward from our programs. Our ultimate goal is to help each young person move on with their lives …
Passage House
Passage HouseWhat is the Passage House Mother and Child Program? Imagine being a pregnant teenager or young parenting mother, homeless without a family, going through the stresses of new motherhood alone. That is why Passage House was created–to help homeless young mothers and pregnant teenagers secure a brighter, more stable future for themselves and their babies. For 25 years, pregnant …
Rights of Passage
Rights of PassageWhat is the Rights of Passage Program?As they gain stability, youth can apply to CHA’s Rights of Passage, our transitional living program for older youth ages 18-24. This 25-bed program offers dorm-style living where youth learn essential life skills that help them live independently. This program is a critical starting point for at-risk youth for achieving long-term stability …
My Life has Changed So Much
“To tell you this story, I’m going to start from the beginning, back to April 1, 2017. I lived in Nome, a small town just over 1,000 miles northwest of here. What led to me to Anchorage was being homeless in the bitter months of the brutal winter, living on the streets of Nome, in temperatures that reach -20 degrees …
