Category Archives: Programs
River Valley Farmer’s Market
River Valley Farmer’s Market River Valley Farmer’s Market aims to increase access to local fresh food, promote local businesses, promote physical activity, support community engagement, provide health education, and connect families to needed services. The River Valley Farmer’s Market combines food sales with health promotion in a new way. The Farmer’s Market includes access to […]
Continue readingEat Smart
Eat Smart Eat Smart is part of the public health project to improve the health of Missoula area residents through education, partnerships, policy, and environmental changes. This program is part of the Missoula Public Health Department. Eat Smart began in 2005, first funded through a NAPA grant and then through the City-County Health Department as […]
Continue readingMontana Healthy Food and Communities Initiative
Montana Healthy Food and Communities Initiative (MHFCI) Montana Healthy Food and Communities Initiative (MHFCI) encompasses three projects that work together to bring healthy, local foods to people across the state: the FoodCorps program, the Farm to Cafeteria Network, and the Grow Montana Food Policy Coalition. Together, these projects work to combat childhood obesity, reduce childhood […]
Continue readingNorthern Winds Recovery Center
Northern Winds Recovery Center The mission of the Northern Winds Recovery Center is “striving to build resilient children, nurturing family needs, and restoring cultural strengths by creating opportunities for care.” They do this by responding to behavioral health issues through prevention, intervention, treatment, rehabilitation and asset building services and by sharing hope and caring to […]
Continue readingCommunity Protective Measures Program: The Soil Swap Program
Community Protective Measures Program The Community Protective Measures Program (CPMP) is a county educational program to address Superfund related community concerns. Their goal is to ensure a clean and safe environment for all residents of Anaconda through education and outreach. The CPMP accomplishes its mission of protecting human health through education, outreach, and providing a […]
Continue readingProfile of the Week: Adult Resource Alliance Care Transition Team of Yellowstone County
Adult Resource Alliance Care Transition Team of Yellowstone County Adult Resource Alliance Care Transition Team of Yellowstone County aims to decrease utilization of emergency and hospital services in Yellowstone County by providing wraparound services for residents who are “super-utilizers” of emergency room and hospital services. The Care Transition Team receives client referrals from Billings Clinic, […]
Continue readingImproving Health Among Rural Americans (IPHARM)
RHI Profile of the Week Improving Health Among Rural Americans (IPHARM) Improving Health Among Rural Americans (IPHARM) is a project that focuses on increasing access to preventative health care services for rural and frontier Montanans. This project provides these health care services in many ways, such as providing health screening services, serving as rural ambulatory care […]
Continue readingFresh Food Initiative
RHI Profile of the Week: Fresh Food Initiative The Fresh Food Initiative aims to increase Montana residents’ access to healthy food and local products. The Fresh Food Initiative works on various activities, including: the Helena Food Share revitalization, distribution of locally grown food through the mobile farm stand; increasing nutritious food options through the Grocery […]
Continue readingMontana Tobacco Use and Prevention Program
On July 1, 2019, the Montana Tobacco Quit Line launched My Life, My Quit, a new free program specifically for youth under 18 who need help quitting tobacco (cigarettes, smokeless, cigars/cigarillos and e-cigarettes). Tobacco use among Montana youth remains high; one third of high school students currently use at least one form of tobacco product. E-cigarettes are […]
Continue readingMan Therapy
Profile of the Week: Man Therapy Man Therapy is a new program based in Helena, MT that launched in September of 2018. Men represent 78% of all U.S. suicides, and Man Therapy aims to combat that statistic by fostering social bonds in men as they get older. Man Therapy hosts social events, raises awareness, and […]
Continue readingSuffer Out Loud
RHI Profile of the Week: Suffer Out Loud A nonprofit organization leading an effort to reduce suicide rates in Montana by changing the stigma associated with mental illness. Suffer Out Loud is a nonprofit with the mission of reducing the suicide rate in Montana by lowering the stigma associated with mental illness. It is run […]
Continue readingPedlet Program
In the city of Great Falls, pedlets are becoming a quite popular option for community health advancement and quality. A pedlet is a wooden, movable structure that acts as a sidewalk extension beyond the existing curb line. These wooden structures are for pedestrian use only and allow for the sidewalk to be closed to provide […]
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