Alaska Behavioral Health Groups Scramble To Fill Void Left By Fairbanks Community Behavioral Health Center’s Closure

Circle Connections: Policy & Regulatory Updates A recent overhaul of mental health services in Fairbanks is leading to a tough question as winter approaches: Where are many of those clients going to go during the coldest months? Fairbanks Community Behavioral Health Center, the longtime provider of Interior mental-health care, folded its operations last month after announcing plans to file for bankruptcy. A daytime center for mentally ill clients went with it, leading to an uncertain future for people who utilized the service. The nonprofit mental-health organization that suddenly formed after the bankruptcy, Fairbanks Community Mental Health Services, generally . . .