AWAIC’s Mission
AWAIC’s mission is to provide domestic violence safe shelter, intervention, and prevention. Our core values are advocacy, compassion, dignity, and collaboration.
Domestic Violence and Homelessness Are Deeply Connected in Alaska
Domestic violence is one of the forces contributing to Alaska’s homelessness crisis. For many survivors, leaving an abusive relationship means leaving behind housing, financial stability, belongings, transportation, community support, and sometimes even personal documents. That choice is never simple. Survivors may be forced to decide between staying in a dangerous situation or stepping into...
Protecting Survivor Privacy Through Safer Address Confidentiality Laws
For survivors of domestic violence, safety does not always end when they leave an abusive situation. In many cases, the need for protection continues long after someone has found shelter, relocated, or begun rebuilding their life. A revived Alaska bill would help address one important part of that safety: keeping home addresses private for victims of domestic violence and other qualifying...
Federal Funding Uncertainty Threatens Domestic Violence Services Across Alaska
Domestic violence shelters and advocacy organizations across Alaska are facing a serious and immediate concern: uncertainty around federal funding could force some providers to reduce services, cut programs, or close entirely. For organizations serving survivors of domestic violence, funding is not just a budget issue. It determines whether a shelter can remain staffed, whether a crisis line can...
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Protecting Survivor Privacy Through Safer Address Confidentiality Laws
For survivors of domestic violence, safety does not always end when they leave an abusive situation. In many cases, the need for protection continues long after someone has found shelter, relocated, or begun rebuilding their life. A revived Alaska bill would help...
Federal Funding Uncertainty Threatens Domestic Violence Services Across Alaska
Domestic violence shelters and advocacy organizations across Alaska are facing a serious and immediate concern: uncertainty around federal funding could force some providers to reduce services, cut programs, or close entirely. For organizations serving survivors of...
Why Anchorage’s Alcohol Tax Matters for Survivor Safety
Five years after Anchorage voters approved a local alcohol tax, the conversation around how those dollars are spent continues to matter deeply for organizations serving people in crisis. The tax was created with a clear purpose: to support public safety, prevent...
The Most Important Investment Is Stability
In today’s philanthropic landscape, funders are often drawn to innovation: new programs, pilot projects, fresh initiatives, and short-term ideas that promise visible change. Innovation has its place, but for organizations providing emergency services to people in...
Protecting Alaska Teens Requires Action, Not Delay
Across Alaska, advocates, service providers, parents, and community members continue to call attention to a painful reality: young people remain at risk of sexual exploitation, coercion, and abuse. Recent public discussion around Alaska’s age-of-consent laws has...
Sexual Assault Awareness Month | Line One
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Alaska remains among the worst states in the nation for sex offense crimes. Focusing the conversation on awareness, advocacy and prevention, host Prentiss Pemberton speaks with two organizations that have been working for...
Careers
A commitment to the community of Abused Women’s Aid in Crisis (AWAIC), with support from AWAIC’s Board of Directors:
AWAIC stands with those we serve and is dedicated to empowering our community. We are committed to providing vital services to victims of domestic violence and preventing violence through education and outreach efforts. Our goal is to teach people to live and love without violence. We understand that many forms of violence are interconnected. AWAIC recognizes that we cannot address the cycle of abuse in our community by not addressing these issues.