Northwest Outreach Center
The Northwest Outreach Center serves the area of Nome, 15 villages in the Bering Straits Region, Kotzebue, and the 11 villages that make up the Northwest Arctic Borough. The population of this region is 16,505, spread over an area of 80,000 square miles. All communities in the district must be reached by air; even the hub communities of Nome and Kotzebue require air travel to reach because there are no roads into this region from the rest of the state. Eighty three percent of the region’s population is Native Alaskans including Siberian Yupik, Central Yupik and Inupiaq.
Hours and Location: Our office is currently closed. We are on the west side of Northwest Campus to the north of the Nagozruk Administration building, in the Community Outreach building (just behind the main building on the boardwalk) Rooms #102. Our physical address is 400 E Front Street.
The CES office offers many publications and workshops on a wide variety of subjects including food safety, nutrition, health, gardening, arctic construction, child development and family finance. The CES office also coordinates the monthly Nome Interagency Meeting which offers agencies an opportunity to work collaboratively.