Program Juneau Seven Senior Companions are trained as Peer Counselors, providing more than 2,200 hours of counseling services to 12 clients. They aid clients in adjusting to major life changes such as divorce, serious illness, and death of a family member, as well as foster healthy alternatives for self-care. Peer Counselors provide social contact, emotional support, and understanding and serve as gatekeepers alerting health care professionals to the needs of clients when appropriate. Village residents also will be involved in the students' activities, providing the historical knowledge and skills needed for environmental restoration. Nine Star Enterprises - AmAK Literacy Project Anchorage Twenty Eight AmeriCorps members serve Alaskan communities by strengthening the capacity of the family through youth and child oriented programs and family literacy.
Members provide instruction in basis literacy, functional life skills, and computer skills.
Statewide Alaska's newest program, AmeriCorps Community Advocacy for Non-Violence, is headquartered in Juneau. Twelve AmeriCorps members in shelters throughout the state are responding to the 20 percent increase of women and children who are seeking services for domestic violence and sexual assault. The members assist rural Alaskan communities in identifying economic development goals and implementing strategies to achieve these goals. Initially created to target adult literacy, the project now emphasizes the literacy skills of children as well as the work readiness skills of adult family members. Additionally, Nine-Star recognizes the importance of computer literacy through its incorporation of a Digital Divide project.