By: McKenzie Morgan, Fergus County Block Grant Overall, I’d say this event was a huge success! This event allowed me to engage key community stakeholders to include local businesses, the DUI task force, High School Aged Students who attended prom, the parents of these students, and school faculty. The attached messaging was given to …
By Beth Price Morrison, Cascade County Prevention Specialist Since 2019, the Cascade County Substance Abuse Prevention Alliance (SAPA) has partnered with the Great Falls Voyagers baseball team to share important messaging with our community about alcohol use and abuse. In 2021, we are excited to be promoting ParentingMontana.org! The Voyagers are very good to us. …
“Parents’ Night Out” Pilot Study Overview The “Talk. They Hear You.” national media campaign has developed an hour-long educational presentation for parents and caregivers of children ages 9–20 entitled “Parents’ Night Out.” This presentation focuses on key pieces of the campaign’s efforts to stop underage drinking and other drug use before they start. The “Talk. …
By: Ashley Toavs, PFS Roosevelt County The past few months, EMCMHC and I have been fortunate enough to work with Child and Family Services in Wolf Point. The goal in working with this agency was to provide foster care kids with backpacks filled with all sorts of good, necessary items. In the bags, we …
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What does nutrition have to do with our child’s mental and behavioral health? As parents we want to provide our children with the best nutrition we can. In our world today there are many barriers that can prevent us from giving our children the best nutrition whether it is our own eating habits or …
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies – The Montana Coalition (HMHB-MT) is working to create a public messaging campaign to combat the stigma associated with asking for help with mental health and unhealthy substance use. The campaign will target women who are struggling with these common problems during pregnancy or in the early years of their children’s …
Contact: Jon Ebelt, Public Information Officer, DPHHS, (406) 444-0936 Chuck Council, Communications Specialist, DPHHS, (406) 444-4391 Officials with the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) announced today the expansion of ParentingMontana.org, a website created specifically for parents and those in a parenting role The expansion includes new resources that provide practical tools to support …
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By: Kate Paolucci, PAX Tools Manager from the PAXIS Institute PAX Tools™ is a collection of trauma-informed, evidence-based behavioral strategies for families and communities to promote the development of self-regulation of the children in their lives. Adults who participate in PAX Tools Community Workshops receive the strategies and materials they need to effectively use PAX …
By Sara Mahoney As 2020 draws to an end and we find ourselves going into the holiday season, it’s often a time for reflection and being thankful. This year, it may seem a little harder to find the silver lining, but I promise you, it’s there. For example, as we look at how prevention efforts …
