One
of the unique aspects of our center is the family development program.
This program allows parents and children to benefit from the Job
Corps program. The two main components of the family development
program are the Child and Family Development Center (CFDC) and the
Family Dorm.
The
CFDC is an onsite child care facility that provides quality child
care services while parents are in training. The CFDC is operated
by Chugiak Children's Services and maintains a current license with
the state of Alaska. The Child and Family Development Center is
accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young
Children (NAEYC). We can care for up to 30 children between the
ages of 6 weeks and 5 years in the infant, toddler and preschool
classrooms. Our goal is to help children grow and develop in a safe
and stimulating environment. We do this by working with parents
to set individual and developmentally appropriate goals for each
child, and then providing the opportunity for children to learn
and acquire these new skills.
In addition the standard eligibility requirements and application
process, applicants with children must complete a separate application
on their child’s behalf for the Child & Family Development
Center. Your Admissions Counselor will give you this paperwork with
the Part II Section of your Job Corps application. The Child &
Family Development Center is not a free program like the Job Corps
program. Parents are required to be eligible for the state of Alaska
Child Care Assistance program (PASS I, PASS II, or PASS III), parents
are required to participate in the Job Corps Allotment program,
and each parent will have their own contribution towards child care.
Your Admissions Counselor will provide more details about the child
care costs. There are specific discipline policies that parents
must abide by while at the Alaska Job Corps Center. Parents must
also attend regularly scheduled Parenting Classes. These classes
are provided to help parents learn to balance the many demands of
working and raising a family.
The
Family Dormitory has 24 rooms. Each room can house a single parent
or married couple with up to two children. The rooms all have individual
bathrooms and there is a kitchen and lounge down the hall available
for all to use. Parents help each other by providing child care,
parenting ideas, encouragement, and support while they are in the
program.
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The Recreation Department at the Alaska Job Corps Center is an active
facility, not only during the day, but also during student leisure
hours, evenings, and weekends. Throughout the training day, students
participate in Health and Wellness classes, which may include playing
team sports such as basketball, volleyball, and floor hockey, or
individual activities such as using the climbing wall, weight training,
cardio training, arts-and-crafts, taking walks/hikes, or playing
team-building initiative games.
The
Recreation Department offers a variety of options for participation
in and development of lifelong leisure time skills. Examples include:
basketball, softball, volleyball, and Native Youth Olympics. Both
women's and men's basketball teams actively host tournaments and
participate in tournaments both locally and throughout Alaska. Intramural
co-ed activities include basketball, softball, floor hockey, volleyball,
and flag football.
Seasonal
and non-competitive sports activities for students include, but
are not limited to skiing, snowshoeing, sledding, camping, photography,
gold panning, fishing, horseback riding, in-line skating, canoeing,
and biking. There is a wilderness program that allows students to
participate in leadership and outdoor trips that can last several
days, often in remote areas, parks and wilderness areas.
The
Arts-and-Crafts room is a busy area with quilting, painting, fiber
arts, wood burning, pottery, beading, sewing, model crafting, and
many other activities. It offers opportunities for students to pursue
artistic endeavors, some of which have been displayed in Washington,
DC.
There
is a billiards room with a foosball table, ping-pong table, and
pool tables. Here, students may relax with their friends, play board
games, and enjoy snacks from the various vending machines. The Recreation
Department has weekend and evening activities that include movies,
bowling, shopping, hiking, biking, professional hockey games or
other activities around center or in the Matanuska Valley or Anchorage
areas.
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