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		<title>Choose Respect March 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 22:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over 500 people participated in the Palmer Choose Respect March to raise awareness about domestic violence. ]]></description>
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<p>Over 500 people participated in the Palmer Choose Respect March to raise awareness about domestic violence. </p>
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<p>New Year's Quit Tobacco kits helped many in our community with their resolve to be tobacco free in 2012.</p>
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<p>Our Behavioral Health Treatment Center celebrates National Recovery Month with the annual Recovery Rally event.  Prevention works, treatment is effective and people do recover.<br />
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</dd><dt>&quot;Wheels of Hope&quot;</dt><dd><div class="sd-node sd-node-container">
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Our agency partners with Mat-Su Valley NAPA Auto Care Center Owners Group "Wheels of Hope" car giveaway program.  This 1999 Pontiac Grand Am was awarded to a deserving nominee in 2011. </p>
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</dd><dt>Donate all or a portion of your PFD to Alaska Family Services!</dt><dd><div class="sd-node sd-node-container">
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<p>Donate all or a portion of your PFD to Alaska Family Services!</p>
<p>When you go online to apply for your Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, you will see:  Pick.Click.Give. Click and follow the instructions to make your donation to Alaska Family Services.</p>
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</dd></dl><a href="#previous" class="sd-node sd-node-nav-link sd-node-previous">Previous</a><a href="#next" class="sd-node sd-node-nav-link sd-node-next">Next</a><ul class="sd-node sd-node-nav sd-node-nav-primary sd-node-navigation-type-simple-dots sd-node-total-5"><li><a href="#1" class="sd-node-nav-link"><span class="sd-node-nav-link-label-date">May 4</span><span class="sd-node-nav-link-label-title">Palmer Choose Respect March 2012</span></a></li><li><a href="#2" class="sd-node-nav-link"><span class="sd-node-nav-link-label-date">May 4</span><span class="sd-node-nav-link-label-title">Improving the Health of our Community&hellip;</span></a></li><li><a href="#3" class="sd-node-nav-link"><span class="sd-node-nav-link-label-date">May 4</span><span class="sd-node-nav-link-label-title">Recovery Rally</span></a></li><li><a href="#4" class="sd-node-nav-link"><span class="sd-node-nav-link-label-date">May 4</span><span class="sd-node-nav-link-label-title">"Wheels of Hope"</span></a></li><li><a href="#5" class="sd-node-nav-link"><span class="sd-node-nav-link-label-date">May 3</span><span class="sd-node-nav-link-label-title">Donate all or a portion of your PFD t&hellip;</span></a></li></ul></div> Over 500 people participated in the Palmer <em>Choose Respect</em> March to raise awareness about domestic violence. <img class="size-medium wp-image-646" title="100_1222" src="http://www.akafs.org/wp-content/uploads/100_12222-288x216.jpg" alt="Palmer Choose Respect March" width="288" height="216" /></p>
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		<title>Improving the Health of our Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 21:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Year&#8217;s Quit Tobacco kits helped many in our community with their resolve to be tobacco free in 2012.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New Year&#8217;s Quit Tobacco kits helped many in our community with their resolve to be tobacco free in 2012.</p>
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		<title>Recovery Rally</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 21:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Behavioral Health Treatment Center celebrates National Recovery Month with the annual Recovery Rally event.  Prevention works, treatment is effective and people do recover.  ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.akafs.org/recovery-rally/100_0715/" rel="attachment wp-att-696"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-696" title="100_0715" src="http://www.akafs.org/wp-content/uploads/100_07151-165x220.jpg" alt="" width="165" height="220" /></a>Our Behavioral Health Treatment Center celebrates National Recovery Month with the annual Recovery Rally event.  Prevention works, treatment is effective and people do recover.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;Wheels of Hope&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Our agency partners with Mat-Su Valley NAPA Auto Care Center Owners Group &#8220;Wheels of Hope&#8221; car giveaway program.  This 1999 Pontiac Grand Am was awarded to a deserving nominee in 2011. ]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Our agency partners with Mat-Su Valley NAPA Auto Care Center Owners Group &#8220;Wheels of Hope&#8221; car giveaway program.  This 1999 Pontiac Grand Am was awarded to a deserving nominee in 2011. </p>
<p><img title="wheels of hope car" src="http://www.akafs.org/wp-content/uploads/wheels-of-hope-car1-288x216.jpg" alt="" width="288" height="216" /></p>
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		<title>Pick. Click. Give.</title>
		<link>http://www.akafs.org/donate-all-or-a-portion-of-your-pfd-to-alaska-family-services/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akafs.org/donate-all-or-a-portion-of-your-pfd-to-alaska-family-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 05:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Donate all or a portion of your PFD to Alaska Family Services! When you go online to apply for your Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, you will see:  Pick.Click.Give. Click and follow the instructions to make your donation to Alaska Family Services.]]></description>
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<p>Donate all or a portion of your PFD to Alaska Family Services!</p>
<p>When you go online to apply for your Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, you will see: <a href="http://www.pickclickgive.org/" target="_blank"><strong> Pick.Click.Give.</strong></a> Click and follow the instructions to make your donation to Alaska Family Services.</p>
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		<title>Wasilla Choose Respect March 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 21:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 150 people participated in the Wasilla Choose Respect march, including many youth who are helping to create positive change in our community! ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More than 150 people participated in the Wasilla Choose Respect march, including many youth who are helping to create positive change in our community! </p>
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		<title>Choose Respect March</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dozens of people turned out for the 2011 Choose Respect March in downtown Wasilla to raise awareness about domestic violence.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-587" title="Choose Respect " src="http://www.akafs.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Choose-Respect-2011-300x225.jpg" alt="2011 Choose Respect march " width="300" height="225" />Dozens of people turned out for the 2011 Choose Respect March in downtown Wasilla to raise awareness about domestic violence.</p>
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		<title>Uses and Disclosures of Your Health Information</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you come into our agency there are many forms that you will need to complete and data that you will provide. We are required to compile much of this information by our funders and under Alaska law. Typically, the information we retain contains health information, including your symptoms, examinations and test results, diagnoses, treatment, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong></strong>When you come into our agency there are many forms that you will need to complete and data that you will provide. We are required to compile much of this information by our funders and under Alaska law. Typically, the information we retain contains health information, including your symptoms, examinations and test results, diagnoses, treatment, a plan for future care or treatment, information from other providers, and billing and payment information. We understand your information is personal and we are committed to protecting health information about you. For many of the situations described below, we will use, disclose, or receive the minimum amount of health information necessary to accomplish the intended purpose.</p>
<p>The following categories describe the different ways we use and disclose your health information and give examples of the same. Not every use or disclosure in a category is listed. But, the ways we are permitted to use and disclose your health information will fall within one of the categories.</p>
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		<title>Notice of AFS Privacy Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Effective Date of Notice: August 1, 2009 THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY. Questions If you have any questions about this Notice, please contact our Compliance Officer at 746-4080 or contact [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Effective Date of Notice: August 1, 2009</p>
<p>THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.</p>
<p><strong>Questions</strong></p>
<p>If you have any questions about this Notice, please contact our Compliance Officer at <strong>746-4080</strong> or contact via mail at Alaska Family Services:</p>
<p>1825 S. Chugach St.<br />
Palmer, AK 99645</p>
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		<title>Summary of Notice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Information regarding your health care, including payment for health care, is protected by two federal laws: the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 164, and the Confidentiality Law, 42 C.F.R. Part 2. This Notice of Privacy Practices is provided to you as a requirement of the Health [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong></strong>Information regarding your health care, including payment for health care, is protected by two federal laws: the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 164, and the Confidentiality Law, 42 C.F.R. Part 2.</p>
<p>This Notice of Privacy Practices is provided to you as a requirement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). It describes how Alaska Family Services may use or disclose your protected health information, with whom that information may be shared, and the safeguards we have in place to protect it. This notice also describes your rights to access and amend your protected health information. You have the right to approve or refuse the release of specific information outside the Alaska Family Services system except when the release is required or authorized by law or regulation.</p>
<p>Under HIPAA and the Confidentiality Law, Alaska Family Services may not say to a person outside Alaska Family Services that you attend our programs, nor may Alaska Family Services disclose any information identifying you as an alcohol or drug abuser, or any other protected health information except as permitted by federal law.</p>
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