SITKA - Alaska has a shortage of health care workers and some of the biggest needs are in behavioral health. In 2007, University of Alaska Associate Vice President of Health Karen Perdue, the former Alaska Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner, said Alaska had 1,033 behavioral health job openings, with a vacancy rate of 13.9 percent and a mean longest vacancy of 17.1 months. In rural Alaska, the vacancy rates and unmet service needs are higher.

...program is part of the private nonprofit organization Southeast Alaska Guidance Association in partnership with SouthEast Alaska Career Center and Baranof Island Housing Authority in Sitka. All program components will be conducted in Sitka. The affordable...

...Sarah Palin made the announcement in Sitka on Alaska Day during an open house celebration for Sitka's new Southeast Alaska Career Center. The governor presented a check representing the $920,000 grant award to the three primary partners...

...For more information, call 209-1568. Southeast Alaska Career Center to open officially on Thursday SITKA - The Southeast Alaska Career Center will officially open its doors Thursday...

...Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the Southeast Alaska Career Center, Sitka Tribe of Alaska and Mt. Edgecumbe...application that is due by Oct. 16 to the Southeast Alaska Career Center. Applications are available at school counselors...