Southcentral Foundation (SCF) is an

Alaska Native Alaska Natives (also known as Alaskan Natives, Native Alaskans, Indigenous Alaskans, Aboriginal Alaskans or First Alaskans) are the indigenous peoples of Alaska and include Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a numbe ...

health care organization established by

Cook Inlet Region, Inc. Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI) is one of thirteen Alaska Native Regional Corporations, Alaska Native regional corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA) in settlement of aboriginal land claims. Cook Inlet Regi ...

(CIRI) in 1982 to improve the health and social conditions of Alaska Native and American Indian people, enhance culture, and empower individuals and families to take charge of their lives. Alaska Native and American Indian people own, manage, direct, design, and drive our Southcentral Foundation. The current President and CEO is April Kyle, MBA. Under the leadership of former President and CEO Katherine Gottlieb, Southcentral Foundation distinguished itself as one of Alaska’s largest federally recognized tribal health organizations, serving the needs of Alaska Native and American Indian people populating a geographical area of . A wide range of medical services and human services are provided to Alaska Native and American Indian people living in the Municipality of Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna Borough. In 1998, SCF assumed ownership and management of the primary care program of the Alaska Native Medical Center in

Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...

, Alaska, United States, and in January 1999, began jointly managing and operating ANMC, along with the

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) is a non-profit health organization based in Anchorage, Alaska, which provides health services to 158,000 Alaska Natives and American Indians in Alaska. Established in 1997, ANTHC is a consortium ...

. With this transition, Alaska became the first state in the nation to have all of its health facilities for Native Americans managed by Native organizations. SCF's Nuka System of Care, established in the late 1990s in south central Alaska, serves a population of around 65,000 people. It combines integrated health and social care services with a broader approach to improving family and community wellbeing across the population - for example, through initiatives using education, training and community engagement to tackle domestic violence, abuse and neglect. SCF's Nuka System of Care has achieved reductions in hospital activity, high performance in the US healthcare effectiveness data and high levels of user satisfaction.

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