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Top 5 Take-Aways from the Annual HIDTA Prevention Summit

On October 8, the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s (ONDCP) National High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program Office (NHPO) and A Division for Advancing Prevention and Treatment (ADAPT) sponsored the Annual Prevention Summit, titled Advancing Substance Use Prevention in HIDTA Communities: Standards, Strategies, and Support. This summit gave Yellowstone County’s coalition, Substance Abuse …

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Top Five Takeaways from the Positive Culture Framework Training

By: Matt Erdel, Blaine County PFS This month Prevention Specialists throughout the state of Montana had the chance to learn about the Positive Culture Framework (PCF). The PCF is an approach developed by the Center for Health and Safety Culture at Montana State University to help cultivate health and safety in organizations and communities. The …

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Sober Life Hi-Line Kickoff

Mary Miller, Toole County Prevention Specialists attended the Regional Meeting in Havre for the North Central District.  At that meeting, Thomas Rasburg, Alliance for Youth, Director of the Sober Life Group gave a presentation on his group out of Great Falls, Montana. This lit a fire under Mary, who thought it would be a good …

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NHTSA 2021 Campaign Calendar

There’s Always Something to be Thankful For

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 …

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More About PAX Tools Community Training

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 …

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Montana Expands Parenting Site for Those Parenting Infants All the Way to Teens

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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Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Campaign

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 …

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Nutrition and Mental/Behavioral Health

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 …

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Backpacks for Foster Care Children in Roosevelt County

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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