About AK Child and Family Jesse Lee Campus
AK Child and Family Jesse Lee Campus is a psychiatric residential treatment program in South Anchorage, Alaska, serving children and adolescents from across the state.
The campus provides trauma informed, relationship care addressing serious emotional disturbances, trauma, self-harm and co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
Their mission centers on healing young people through structured therapeutic care woven into a campus-style environment that supports growth, connection and family involvement.
Youth Psychiatric Residential Treatment in Anchorage
Jesse Lee Campus offers 24-hour supervised residential treatment for youth, with two cottages housing up to 10 children each in a home-like setting on 25 wooded acres.
Care includes comprehensive assessment, psychiatric evaluation, medication management, nursing services, milieu therapy and individual, group and family therapy.
Treatment draws on the Sanctuary Model, ARC (Affect, Regulation and Competency), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Trust-Based Relational Intervention.
Sessions help youth process trauma, build coping and social skills and stabilize through educational support, recreational therapy and consistent therapeutic relationships.
Family-Centered, Trauma Informed Care
Families and guardians play an integral role in treatment direction at Jesse Lee Campus, partnering with clinicians on goals and progress.
As the only Sanctuary-certified agency in Alaska, AK Child & Family integrates trauma informed practices across psychiatric, educational, recreational and spiritual supports, including a prayer garden, sweat lodge, recreation center and wooded trails.
Admissions and Access
Jesse Lee Campus provides in-person residential care in South Anchorage, serving youth and families statewide through a single point of entry admissions process.
The program accepts Medicaid, private insurance, TRICARE, state-financed insurance and self-payment, with possible financial assistance for eligible families.
