Domestic Violence Resource Collection
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AlaskaLawHelp's library of resources on domestic violence can be found under our "Protection from Abuse" topic. Use this shortcut to find the collection of self-help materials, forms, and information about domestic and family violence issues.
By: Alaska Legal Services Corporation
What You Need to Know About Dating Violence: A Teen's Handbook
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This handbook, written for teens, follows the story of two teenagers who are involved in a violent dating relationship. The handbook includes information on how and when friends can get involved and provides guidance to those involved in an abusive relationship.
By: Love Is Not Abuse (Liz Claiborne, Inc.)
Tough Talk -- What Boys Need to Know About Relationship Abuse
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This online handbook was designed to help men start a conversation with the boys in their lives about developing and maintaining positive relationships.
By: Love Is Not Abuse (Liz Claiborne Inc.)
Alaska's Young Workers: Know Your Rights
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If you are 14 to 17 years old and looking for a job, or have a job, make sure you know your rights.
By: State of Alaska
Find It! By Topic....Youth & Labor
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This page has several links to various different topics under Youth & Labor. Topics include job safety, placement assistance programs, hazardous jobs, resources for parents of young workers, safety, state labor laws and much, much more.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
Independent Living Program
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The Independent Living Program is aimed towards increasing the skills young people in foster care need for self-sufficiency in adulthood. The program also helps to increase the educational, vocational, and housing opportunities for youth who age out of foster care.
By: Office of Childrens Services, State of Alaska
Emancipation Handbook
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A packet designed to inform you, as a minor, about the process of emancipation and a framework for evaluating your chances of being emancipated. Includes a series of factors to weigh in deciding whether to petition for emancipation, a copy of the Alaska emancipation statute, and an example petition for emancipation to use as a model as you write your own petition.
By: Alaska Youth and Parent Foundation
What is Emancipation?
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The term "emancipation" refers generally to the legal process by which a minor child is released from some or all of the legal disabilities of childhood, and receives the rights and duties of adulthood before the age of 18. The information provided here by the Family Law Self-Help Center lists five requirements that are set out by statute.
By: Family Law Self-Help Center
Dating Violence
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This page answers several questions about dating violence like, what is it, what you might do if your are a victim, and helping yourself. There are support suggestions and advice here also.
By: national Center for Victims of Crime
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