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Nitaput Child Advocacy Center Earns Accreditation

The BBAHC Nitaput Child Advocacy Center (CAC) has received accreditation through the National Children's Alliance.  This accreditation reflects the strength of our community partnerships, the commitment of our staff, and the shared belief that the children and families in our region deserve trauma informed, compassionate care.  National Children’s Alliance accreditation is the highest standard for Child Advocacy Centers nationwide.
 
BBAHC started working with children in the region more than twenty years ago as the Nitaput Child Advocacy & Family Resource Center. In 2006, the CAC entered into the first Memorandum of Agreement to facilitate a Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) dedicated to a trauma-informed and multifaceted response to allegations of child abuse in the Bristol Bay Region.
 
Our MDT includes the Nitaput Child Advocacy Center, BBAHC medical staff, the Bristol Bay Counseling Center, the Office of Children’s Services, Bristol Bay Native Association, the Dillingham Police Department, the Alaska State Troopers, the Bristol Bay Borough Police Department, the Togiak Police Department, and the Dillingham District Attorney’s office.  Together we have worked hard toward meeting and sustaining all national standards for Child Advocacy Center’s and Multidisciplinary Teams.
 
We are proud to share this accomplishment and look forward to continuing our efforts!

Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation manages Kanakanak Hospital, a critical access facility, which is Joint Commission accredited, receives Health and Human Services funding, and is covered through the Federal Tort Claim Act with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including liability for medical malpractice claims, for its officers, board members, employees, and certain health profession contractors and health profession volunteers. Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation is recognized by the US Government and State of Alaska as a tribal organization under PL 93-638.