Trevor Storrs
President & CEO · Alaska Children's Trust
10 articles · 7 transcripts · 24 clips
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Anchorage child care fund board asks LaFrance to move pre-K money off cannabis tax
“the move was presented as a one-time funding adjustment rather than a permanent transfer of responsibility to ACCEE”
Anchorage day cares say a grant cut could force them to close
“the operational was $2.4 million. Okay. So this is, uh, $765,000 divided by— it is, uh, basically a decrease of just shy of 70% of what people got.”
Anchorage child care fund squeezed by programs moved from alcohol tax
“We do not have enough funds to do what we want to do.”
Anchorage's alcohol tax can't fund everything it was promised to fund — and a board meeting Tuesday made the tradeoff explicit
“That leaves $3 million, which greatly changes how we put money out. Or we don't fund ASD, they don't have funding to fill that in. That's 8 classrooms with 100-plus, maybe 200-plus, I don't know, kids that would then lose that preschool.”
Alaska children on Medicaid face triple the rate of severe childhood trauma
“suicide has been the leading cause of death for Alaskans aged 15 to 24, with the rate remaining at 42.3 per 100,000”
Alaska eyes $3B carbon revenue from 600,000 burned acres
Alaska plans to earn over $3 billion by replanting 600,000 burned acres as carbon offsets over 20 years. • Work requires 5,000 tree planters yearly plus nurseries and equipment, creating seasonal jobs. • Carbon market collapsed in 2024 but is recovering, with oversupply ending in 18 to 24 months.
Alaska, Forest Service sign 20-year shared stewardship timber deal
Alaska and Forest Service signed a 20-year timber deal to jointly manage federal lands and boost restoration work. • State aims to harvest young growth forests in Southeast Alaska for 400 to 500 million board feet annually. • Current harvest is only 100 to 120 million board feet per year, down from nearly a billion three decades ago.
Senate approves mental health education bill after six-year push
Senate approved a bill requiring schools to develop mental health education guidelines, with parental opt-out rights, after six years of pushing back against Alaska's youth suicide crisis.
Alaska House passes mental health education bill after emotional debate
Alaska House passed a bill requiring the state to develop mental health curriculum guidelines for schools, responding to the nation's highest youth suicide rate among teenagers.
Alaska Advances Mental Health Education Guidelines Without Mandates
The House Finance Committee advanced a bill to create voluntary mental health guidelines for schools to address Alaska high youth suicide rates.