More Child Casualties of Alaska's Hidden War
State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Family and Youth Services (Now known as the Office of Children's Services) Published in November of 2002.
An 11-year-old child was left with her aunt while the child’s mother went to fill out a job application. Later, the mother called from a bar and made threats to the child over the phone. Both of the child’s parents remained in the bar drinking. The aunt called (OCS) to report she could no longer care for the child and could not located the parents, who both have a history of neglecting the child.
A four year old girl was observed in a car driven by her intoxicated mother. The child had come to a neighbor’s house earlier that day hungry, filthy, her hair uncombed and wearing dirty oversized clothes. The neighbor said that the child’s mother had been intoxicated nearly every day for the past month.
A grandfather reported that his grandchildren, ages 7 and 8 , were dirty, hungry and unsupervised by his son and that the children’s father was incapacitated by intoxication, Having just come from the family’ house, the grandfather described it as an “absolute disaster” that the night before there had been a big fight and that someone had been beat up (not one of the children). The father won’t buy food, and won’t let the grandfather take food stamps to buy food for the kids.