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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Due to the COVID-19 situation, Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center (CAIHC) Pharmacy has instituted a new emergency policy in which we will be offering to mail medications out to patients who live in the Fairbanks & North Pole area if they would like. This will be a voluntary process, and patients who want to pick-up their medications in person will …
COVID-19 Info Center Vaccine Appointments The Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center (CAIHC) is currently offering the COVID-19 vaccine to CAIHC patients age 6 months and older. Due to the increase in vaccination availability in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, CAIHC is no longer offering COVID-19 vaccines to the general public. Schedule an Appointment Call the Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center at …
After encouragement from numerous tribal leaders, the TCC Executive Board of Directors made the decision this morning to postpone our 2020 Annual Convention and Full Board of Directors Meeting. This decision was made with the safety of our tribes, tribal members, and employees in mind. TCC is taking a proactive approach to ensure the health and safety of everyone. As …
Village Public Safety Officer Grants House: HB287 Sponsor(s): REPRESENTATIVES KOPP, Edgmon, Shaw, Zulkosky, Lincoln, Foster Senate: SB231 SENATORS OLSON, Bishop, Hoffman, Stedman, Gray-Jackson, Stevens, Revak, Kawasaki, Geissel TCC’s Stance: Support Bill Status: HB287 – (H) TRB-> (H) JUD SB231 – (S) STA-> (S) FIN Bill Resources: Letter of Support An Act requiring background investigations of village public safety officer …
Budget passes House – without a PFD After the last several years of days/weeks long budget hearings with literally hundreds of amendments along party lines, this year’s operating budget process was relatively tame (and fast). That is mostly due to the Governor introducing a “status quo” budget and not showing support (or really any type of emotion) for further cuts. …
