In October of 2019 Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center got the opportunity to open an extension of their offices in Glendive, Montana. This allowed for myself, the Block Grant Prevention Specialist and Stacey O’Tremba, the Partnership for Success Prevention Specialist, to move to the new office. With Prevention moving to the new location, we …
Montana’s prevention program was taken to the next level in 2019 by getting connected and trained to maximize the effectiveness of their prevention efforts across the state. Through available funds from the Strategic Opioid Response grant, Montana kicked off the beginning of the year by having 19 prevention leaders attend the 2019 Forum. Training and …
By Tami Martin February 2019 I was hired to be the CONNECT Admin for Deer Lodge County. There were a lot of unknowns then as it was going but not Statewide yet. I didn’t let that keep me from learning everything I could about CONNECT. I perused the website, signed up to receive the blogs, …
Dillon Middle School 8th graders, Brooklyn Williams and Olivia Kailey, members of the Be the Change 406 Youth Coalition, traveled to Washington D.C. last week with adult coalition members; Kim Martinell, Katherine Buckley-Patton and Andrea Schurg to attend CADCA’s 30th Annual Leadership Forum. While there, Brooklyn and Olivia had the opportunity to attend workshops: Empowering …
CADCA Overview-Sue Brurud-Hill/Blaine County Prevention Specialist As a prevention specialist just finishing my first year on the PFS grant, I learned so much at the CADCA conference in DC. All of the classes were very educational, well organized and engaging. I was able to meet adults and youth engaged in prevention work throughout the country, …
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By Mary Cameron Initially, all I’d ever known about Mental Health First Aid was that everyone I’d ever talked to that had taken it, had loved it. Natasha Sailer, Stillwater County Public Health Nurse emailed me the 6 page application and a flyer that read, “What to Expect at a Mental Health First Aid Instructor …
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What a great time!!! Dawson County PFS Prevention Specialist Stacey O’Tremba teamed up with the local Foster Care Support Group to hold their first annual Christmas Party for foster children and their foster families. After talking with foster parents in the support group about needs they had, they expressed the desire to just have fun …
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Thoughts from Vicki Turner: As I wrap up lose ends, all I can think about is, “did I make a big enough difference for tomorrow’s generation” because prevention work is never completely done. We can only hope we work ourselves out of a job to truly get to a state of prevention! How does one …
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https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2755867 Key Points Question Is parental marijuana use associated with marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol use and opioid misuse by adolescent and young adult offspring living in the same household? Findings In this cross-sectional study including 24 900 father-offspring or mother-offspring dyads, parental marijuana use was associated with increased risk of marijuana and tobacco use and opioid misuse …
State Leadership in Roadside Drug Detection Shared from Responsibility.org The limited amount of data on drug-impaired driving is directly tied to existing protocols in impaired driving investigations which often end with the administration of evidential breath tests. For years, my partner has stated that DUI remains the only crime where an investigation ends after minimal …
