Guiding Principles for Funerals in Villages

Guiding Principle To maintain our tradition of honoring, respecting and taking care of our people and our beliefs, we will practice Ch’eghwtsen’ to adapt to the challenges and ever changing world we live in, and ensure our people continue to thrive. RECOMMENDED SAFE PRACTICES FOR THE SERVICE AND GATHERING If anyone has symptoms – They should NOT attend and they …

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Letter to ADFG Requesting Emergency Opening

Doug Vincent-Lang Commissioner Alaska Department of Fish and Game PO Box 115526 Juneau, Alaska 99811-5526 Dear Commissioner Vincent-Lang: Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) is requesting an appropriate allowance for an out-of-season hunt for villages in our region to provide food for residents who are isolated in their communities under the impacts of COVID-19. While life has not changed significantly for urban …

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Positive COVID-19 Patient at Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center

A Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) patient has tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, marking the first case for TCC. The patient was tested in Fairbanks at the Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center on Friday, March 20th and the positive came back today, Wednesday, March 25th. The patient is currently in quarantine at their home in Fairbanks. The Alaska …

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Alaska COVID-19 Health Mandates

For greater access, we are posting the current Health Mandates that the State of Alaska has released. Below are the PDF versions of these documents. For further reading or more information please visit the Alaska GOV Health Mandate page.

Womens Health, OB, Pediatric Services are moving to Al Ketzler Sr. Building During COVID-19 Response

As of Monday, March 23, 2020 at 1pm, on an interim basis during the COVID-19 response, TCC will be delivering health care  from two locations in Fairbanks.We will be moving Women’s Health / OB services and a limited amount of pediatric services to the Al Ketzler Sr. Building, 1st Floor. Tanana Chiefs Conference will now be providing care in two locations.  Below are the available …

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TCC Joins Interior Alaska Entities in Asking the Governor to Close All Non-Essential Business

Fairbanks, Alaska – Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) has partnered several local entities in submitting a formal request to Governor Mike Dunleavy to mandate the closure of all non-essential businesses in Interior Alaska and to issue a stronger urgency for residents to stay at home. The letter was sent in an effort to “flatten the curve’ to ensure that the virus …

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COVID-19 Media

Testing at TCC Hours of Service About COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Tribal and State Mandates Media and Flyers We are posting all our social media flyers here for easy downloading. We encourage these files to be shared to help spread the word about COVID-19. These files are offered in both image and pdf formats. Images can be found further below. Return …

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Grayling Community COVID-19 Plans

Grayling Community COVID-19 Action Plan a) All travel is suspended for the community of Grayling for 30 days. No inter-village travel. b) Travel is limited for cancer patients or with serious medical conditions only. Upon return to the village self-quarantine for a minimum of 30 days. This includes all household members- c) If you choose to leave the village, you …

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Patient Travel Restrictions for Non-Urgent and Elective Services

The Patient Travel  program is limiting travel to only those services that cannot be postponed for 3 months (e.g., facility discharges, emergency ambulance transports, acute psychiatric events, urgent surgery). This decision follows the Alaska State Chief Medical Officer’s advisory requesting that providers postpone non-urgent and elective services. Patient Travel will be returning all travel request to staff. If the appointment …

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