Statewide CTC Highlights

Multiple of the new CTC Communities, as part of the DPHHS CTC Expansion, have been very busy this summer!  In Phase 1, CTC coordinators spent significant time meeting with leaders in their community, discussing the leaders’ perspectives on youth behavior in their community as well as getting buy-in from these leaders to support moving CTC …

Youth C.A.R.E.S.

Angelica Mozqueda, BG Musselshell & Golden Valley Musselshell County Prevention has worked all summer with a group of youth. The goals of the youth were to create a peer on peer team that can be sustainable. The youth created “YOUTH C.A.R.E.S” Cares stands for CULTIVATING ACCEPTANCE RESPECT EMPATHY AND SUPPORT   The youth is hoping …

Youth Backpacking Trip

Justin Matthews, Park County Southwest Montana Prevention, Park Connect Youth Group, Park County Youth Courts, and Crazy Mountain Ventures Wilderness Guides put together our first annual youth backpacking trip. This trip consisted of a two-day 14-mile hike to an alpine lake in the Crazy Mountains. The kids learned the history of Crazies, leadership skills, backcountry …

Substance Use Presentation

Prevention collaborated with Montana State University Extension Office (MSU Ext. Office) to provide a 1.5 hour parental session on opioids and stimulants, highlighting the dangers of counterfeit pills and fentanyl, and education on reducing the stigma surrounding opioid use disorder at the Superior Courthouse. The 14 attendees included the Sheriff, Mayor of Superior, St. Regis …