Anchorage families reach Part C early intervention through Programs for Infants & Children (PIC), the nonprofit that holds the state's Infant Learning Program contract for the municipality, request a school evaluation through Anchorage School District's Child Find process, and apply for longer-term Medicaid disability supports through the state's Senior and Disabilities Services office in Anchorage.

This page collects the phone numbers and web addresses behind each of those, along with a look at the statewide parent training center and the developmental-disability waitlist system every family eventually runs into.

Statewide programs, numbers, and rights are on the Alaska page. This page adds the local entry points that are specific to Anchorage (Municipality of Anchorage).

Early intervention under 3: Alaska Early Intervention/Infant Learning Program (EI/ILP) — Anchorage

Alaska runs Part C early intervention as a single statewide program, the Early Intervention/Infant Learning Program, but delivers it through a network of regional grantee agencies rather than a single state office. In Anchorage, that grantee is Programs for Infants & Children (PIC), a nonprofit funded by the state health department that serves infants and toddlers birth through age two who show a developmental delay. A parent, doctor, or caregiver can start the process without a diagnosis in hand; screening and the family service plan are provided at no cost.

• Alaska Early Intervention/Infant Learning Program (EI/ILP) — Anchorage
• Referral phone: 907-561-8060

New to early intervention? Read the plain-language guide first.

School districts and special education

Anchorage School District maintains a Child Find system to locate, evaluate, and identify students with disabilities living within the municipality, involving parents and the community in the process under IDEA and Section 504. Families can also use the district's Early Intervention Services Center, which offers free developmental screenings for children ages 3 to 5.

• Anchorage School District — Child Find Notice page; Early Intervention Services Center 907-742-2657 for ages 3-5 screening, 5530 E. Northern Lights Blvd.

Other places to ask — not a substitute for the district

An evaluation request has to go to the school district itself; only the district can start the legal timeline. These are for asking questions about the process, or for when the district has not responded.

• Alaska Department of Education & Early Development — Special Education — the state education agency's special-education office, the backstop route since Anchorage sits inside one municipality-wide district

IEP or 504 · If you disagree with the school

Evaluation and diagnosis pathways in Anchorage

We have not yet verified a hospital or university evaluation program with public intake information in Anchorage. That is a gap in our research, not a sign there is nothing here — and it does not stand between you and an evaluation. The school district evaluation above is free, and early intervention under 3 does not need a private diagnosis first.

How assessment works · What to do while you wait

Disability services and waivers: Alaska Senior and Disabilities Services — I/DD Unit, Anchorage office

Alaska's Division of Senior and Disabilities Services (SDS) determines eligibility for the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) Waiver and manages the state's DD Registry, the waitlist families join once found DD-eligible. The Anchorage regional office handles intake for the municipality; families submit a Developmental Disabilities Registration and Review (DDRR) form, which SDS scores by need and uses to place applicants on the registry within 30 business days of receipt.

• Alaska Senior and Disabilities Services — I/DD Unit, Anchorage office
• Phone: 907-269-3666 (Anchorage office) · 800-478-9996 (statewide toll-free)

Local organizations that help Anchorage families

• Stone Soup Group — 907-561-3701 (toll-free in-state 877-786-7327); Alaska's federally designated Parent Training and Information Center, headquartered at 307 E. Northern Lights Blvd.

Documented waits and access notes

Wait times change. Each note below links to the public source it came from — confirm current status directly with the program.

• Anchorage School District must conduct evaluation and make an eligibility determination within 60 calendar days of receiving your written consent to proceed with assessment. (source)
• If found eligible, your child's IEP meeting will be scheduled within 30 calendar days of the eligibility decision. (source)
• The 45-day window from referral to initial IFSP meeting applies to PIC's Infant Learning Program in Anchorage. (source)
• The Alaska I/DD Waiver serves 2,120 people statewide, with approximately 800 waiting; 50 are typically admitted yearly. (source)