Tiffany Briggs
235:19 - 235:42
“Recover Alaska respectfully asks the assembly to do three things. First, fund $2 million in competitive community grants to reduce the harms of alcohol and fund prevention, upstream prevention and treatment of substance use disorders. Second, return ASD Pre-K funding to the alcohol tax and reinstate early literacy.”
- Speaker
- Tiffany Briggs
- Timestamp
- 235:19 – 235:42
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- November 4, 2026
From the transcript
Third, several organizations hold dedicated lines in the Alcohol Tax Fund currently. Those lines began for good reasons when their federal funding changed, and those services matter, but they're now carried forward automatically each year, and they all respond after harm has occurred instead of working to prevent it before it happens. Recover Alaska respectfully asks the assembly to do three things. First, fund $2 million in competitive community grants to reduce the harms of alcohol and fund prevention, upstream prevention and treatment of substance use disorders. Second, return ASD Pre-K funding to the alcohol tax and reinstate early literacy.
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