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BlogMay 23, 2025

Creating a Supportive Home Environment for Teen Mental Health

Creating a Supportive Home Environment for Teen Mental Health Teens deal with school pressure, social stress, and constant online noise. Your home can help ease that load. Creating a supportive home environment for teen mental health doesn’t mean overhauling everything. It’s about making small, steady changes that help your teen feel heard, respected, and safe. …

BlogApril 30, 2025

State of Mind, YAM, Mental Health and More

Gina Lamb, Phillips/Valley Counties Phillips County hosted State of Mind in Malta earlier in April, a free theatre and public dialogue event that is visiting over 20 Montana communities between September 2024 and May 2026. The project aims to address the mental and behavioral health crisis in Montana by using theatre and creative arts to …

BlogApril 30, 2025April 30, 2025

April Regional Training

We had a great regional training (as evidenced by your evaluations) focusing on sustainability. There’s so much good evidence-based work happening across the state. Yay! Jody always needs her huckleberry shake! The beautiful …

Senior Yard Signs

Marcia McDonald, Golden Valley County Marcia delivered senior yard signs to several of her schools. Photos are from Lavina. Superintendent Nicole Hanson was so appreciative. They rounded up some of the seniors for a photo. They also invited her to help put the signs out in front on their school. It was a great day for …

Father Daughter Dance and Prom

Vivian Webb, Blaine County Vivian hosted a “Father/Daughter Dance,” for the youth and parents, creating family bonding, great memories and fun for all. This event was so cute, to see the smiles and glowing faces from them was priceless! The father’s stepped up and made this a memorable night for their daughters. It was grand! …

BlogApril 29, 2025

Go Bluey/Denim Day

Anita Wotkyns, Ravalli County In conjunction with several Ravalli County organizations, including SAFE, Bitterroot Discovery Children’s Museum, The Bitterroot Cares Prevention Coalition, and many others, we held a community family event entitled, “Go Bluey/Denim Day.” This all-day event will support the prevention messaging of National Child Abuse Prevention Month (known in Montana as Strengthening Families …

Fallon County Happenings

Beth Regan, Fallon County Fallon Fallon County Prevention Specialist, Beth Regan, set up a table at the Baker Jam basketball tournament providing supplies for children, families and teams to make posters supporting their favorite team or player. A new feature this year was a wheel that players could spin. Whatever number the wheel stopped at …

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BlogApril 28, 2025

Why Substance Use Spikes During School Vacations

Substance use among teens often increases during school breaks. Research shows that substance abuse spikes during school vacations, especially in the summer and winter. This trend stands out compared to school months, where structure and daily routines create natural barriers. In contrast, vacation periods remove those boundaries, leaving more time for risky choices. Many young …

BlogApril 21, 2025

New Research Identifies Risks of Cannabis Use

Shared from the CADCA blog post. Two alarming studies were released recently that highlight the association between cannabis use and serious health concerns. One study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, analyzed the information from over 4.6 million individual health records and found that cannabis users were six times more likely …

BlogApril 1, 2025

Mental Health Pop Up

Logan Nugent, Missoula County In 2021 31.5% of Montana high school students reported that their mental health was most of the time or always not good. (Poor mental health includes stress, anxiety, and depression, during the 30 days before the survey) In 2021 41.4% of Montana high school students reported feeling sad or hopeless (almost every …

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