Community Programs

Education
Kodiak offers a variety of training and certification opportunities for the public, school children, healthcare providers, emergency responders, and more. Check out the list of current programs offered.
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Culture
Kodiak has a rich an diverse cultural heritage. Find cultural activities, events, and information below. We are always looking for culture bearers to increase our local offering of cultural programs.
Youth
Kodiak youth have a lot of fun to look forward to in all seasons. This list of local programs available to our youth is constantly updated. If you have a program to add, please contact us!
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Lifestyle
Healthy Kodiak involves helping our community develop healthy lifestyle behaviors. Find links to local programs, activities, and groups that support these efforts and sign up!
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Classes & Trainings
Emergency Medical Services Training
KANA's Emergency Medical Services Program coordinates a variety of injury prevention and emergency skills training and refresher courses throughout the year. Whether you need to renew your certification for your job, or simply want to be more prepared to respond while living and playing in the Alaska wilderness, we have the class for you.

Green Dot Violence Prevention
Too many individuals experience power-based personal violence such as bullying, dating violence, and sexual assault during their time in high school. To address this the Green Dot program is being implemented at the Kodiak High School. The KIBSD has partnered with KWRCC and KANA to roll out the program. Trainings will be provided for all members of the Kodiak High School community over the 2021-2022 school year. Green Dot is a violence prevention strategy focused on preventing power-based personal violence. It seeks to permanently reduce rates of interpersonal violence by establishing two cultural norms at high schools: 1) Power-based personal violence will not be tolerated; and 2) Everyone is expected to do their part to maintain a safe school. Green Dot invites individuals to reconsider their personal role in preventing violence and shifting social and cultural norms. Green Dot sees all school community members as potential active bystanders and seeks to safely engage them in violence prevention by empowering them with the tools to do “green dots” – small, individual and manageable actions and behaviors that express intolerance for violence.

Kodiak History & Culture
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Mental Health First Aid
Our Prevention Program has trainers certified to offer Youth Mental Health First Aid Training and Adult Mental Health First Aid Training. These classes are geared to help participants recognize the signs of mental health or substance use challenges in youth and adults, how to offer and provide initial help, and how to guide a person toward appropriate care if necessary. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, psychosis, and addictions. These classes are being offered free of charge throughout the year for any interested participants and organizations.

Basic Life Saving (BLS) Certification
Learn BLS skills

Communication Classes for Parents & Teens
Our Prevention Program has trainers certified to offer Youth Mental Health First Aide Training and Adult Mental Health First Aide Training. These classes are geared to help participants recognize the signs of mental health or substance use challenges in youth and adults, how to offer and provide initial help, and how to guide a person toward appropriate care if necessary. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, psychosis, and addictions. These classes are being offered free of charge throughout the year for any interested participants and organizations.

Teen Tobacco Cessation Program
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Reset Your Health Program
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Pain Management Solutions
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Diabetes Prevention Program
Our diabetes prevention program is designed to help individuals make positive lifestyle changes to reduce their risk of developing diabetes. It incorporates goal setting, stress management, nutrition education, meal planning on a budget, activity recommendations and challenges, as well as a supportive group of people who are all in it together to make these changes last. Find out more below and add your name to the waitlist!

Health Literacy Course for Teens and Young Adults
Our Prevention Program has trainers certified to offer Youth Mental Health First Aide Training and Adult Mental Health First Aide Training. These classes are geared to help participants recognize the signs of mental health or substance use challenges in youth and adults, how to offer and provide initial help, and how to guide a person toward appropriate care if necessary. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, psychosis, and addictions. These classes are being offered free of charge throughout the year for any interested participants and organizations.

Green Dot Violence Prevention
Too many individuals experience power-based personal violence such as bullying, dating violence, and sexual assault during their time in high school. To address this the Green Dot program is being implemented at the Kodiak High School. The KIBSD has partnered with KWRCC and KANA to roll out the program. Trainings will be provided for all members of the Kodiak High School community over the 2021-2022 school year. Green Dot is a violence prevention strategy focused on preventing power-based personal violence. It seeks to permanently reduce rates of interpersonal violence by establishing two cultural norms at high schools: 1) Power-based personal violence will not be tolerated; and 2) Everyone is expected to do their part to maintain a safe school. Green Dot invites individuals to reconsider their personal role in preventing violence and shifting social and cultural norms. Green Dot sees all school community members as potential active bystanders and seeks to safely engage them in violence prevention by empowering them with the tools to do “green dots” – small, individual and manageable actions and behaviors that express intolerance for violence.

Emergency Medical Services Training
Our EMS program was able to coordinate local ETT, EMT I-EMERGE, and EMT-II training for first responders in the Kodiak region to help build resource capacity at the organizational and local level. We have partnered with Bayside Fire Department to provide dedicated space for us to offer these EMS classes and skills workshops. BLS, CPR and Basic First Aid classes are also available online to make it easier for participants in our villages to complete the didactic training prior to remote skills verification. We purchased EMS training equipment for each village for on-site assessments, drills and classes for village EMS providers and students.

Youth Programs
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