Need advice on moving to Alaska.

In my family it is myself, my husband and our sons 10yrs & 7yrs (who is hearing impaired in his left ear & has to wear a hearing aid) & daughter 3yrs. We live in Lansing, MI & are pretty serious now about moving to Alaska due to the falling economy. I want to know more about any government assistance available if need be and also what it is like in the schools as far as diversity goes. We are a white and Hispanic family & I want to know what can my children expect because of this. I don't mean to be offensive to anyone but I know that sometimes even in today's world that race is an issue to some people still and I would hate to put my family. i.e. my kids through any racial or other discrimination. I want to be able to move and the place we move to feel welcoming and like a home should feel inside and out. If anybody has any questions for me that I can answer to get more beneficial advice from you then by all means please let me know. Thank you.

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I now this is a little late, but here it goes.
We moved to Alaska (Soldtona) in 03 from CA and had to move back to CA because of expenses. If you don't have a job lined up you might want to get one before going. We then went back to AK and my DH got a job on the slope. We stayed there for almost 3 yrs and then moved down to MO, big mistake. Soldotna was a bit to small for me, how ever the schools, Redoubt Elementary, was AWESOME!!!! We are going back to AK in 4 months, but now we are going to Wasilla, closer to Anchorage. We really had a great experience with the schools over there. As for the Hispanic thing, people there are welcoming, some of the natives look Hispanic. I don't think you have anything to worry about. ;-)
Hope this helps.

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