Category Archives: Programs
Heads Up Behavioral Health Camp
Heads Up Camp launches this summer and is designed for students interested in careers in the field of Behavioral Health. Students will explore a variety of career paths including social worker, counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, behavioral health aides and other positions within the field. Students will learn about key topics in behavioral health including stress, […]
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Community members are invited to trek a 2-mile expanse of the Milwaukee Trail, as part of Community Cancer Care and Prevention Center’s Missoula Walk with a Doc program. The program launches at noon Tuesday, Feb. 14, and will continue every Tuesday through May. “Doc,” in this case, stands for doctor. Each week, a different local […]
Continue readingBoys & Girls Club of Richland County Backpack Program
The Boys & Girls Club of Richland County Backpack Program supplies up to 75 backpacks filled with kid friendly, healthy meals and snacks for kids in need on a weekly basis during the school year. The project provides food backpacks for elementary children in need. They piloted a program last year with approximately 30 elementary students […]
Continue readingParents as Leaders
Parents as Leaders provides Circle of Security Parenting education to parents and caregivers in Missoula. The goal of the project is to strengthen families’ resiliency and prevent child abuse and neglect. Child abuse and neglect continues to be an issue in Missoula and around the state. In 2015, there were 173 cases of child abuse […]
Continue readingKids In Motion
Kids In Motion “KIM” is an active transportation educational program, encouraging young people and their families in the Billings Community to make economic and healthy transportation choices to reach schools, their friends’ homes, and stores. KIM is sponsored by St. Vincent Healthcare and facilitated by Billings Public Schools, The Education Foundation, The City of Billings, […]
Continue readingHealthy Lifestyles Program
Holy Rosary Healthcare has offered a Healthy Lifestyle program for those wanting to change their own person lifestyle since 2008. The program is for individuals interested in losing weight, increasing physical activity, and decreasing risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The Healthy Lifestyles program is based on a medically guided program that helps participants make long-term, […]
Continue readingScreen-Free Week!
Screen-Free Week is an annual, international celebration when families, schools, and communities swap digital entertainment for the joys of life beyond the screen. Instead of watching TV, surfing the web, or playing with apps and video games, they read, play, think, create, get active, and spend more time with family and friends. On May 1-7, […]
Continue readingDistrict 2 Alcohol and Drug Prevention Coalition
The prevention programs at District 2 Alcohol and Drug are primarily focused towards underage substance abuse and misuse. Currently, they are working on underage drinking prevention ages 12-20, underage drinking and driving ages 12-20, and prescription drug abuse and misuse ages 12-25. They also work with communities to create policies for […]
Continue readingPhillips County Coalition for Healthy Choices
The Phillips County Coalition for Healthy Choices is a prevention and education group formed in Malta, Montana. The Coalition for Healthy Choices focuses on underage drinking, drinking and driving, tobacco use, and drug abuse. The coalition was formed in 1999 and has been continuously accepting grants to further education throughout their county. A […]
Continue readingColstrip Parks and Recreation District
The Colstrip Community Center’s purpose is to help, serve, and improve the quality of life in Colstrip, Montana. The Colstrip Community Center fitness facilities get more use than any other facility in the park district. They try to keep up the best and safest equipment available for their countless users. In addition, they have a multitude of classes with all skill levels and well […]
Continue readingHealth Promotion/Disease Prevention Wellness Program
The Fort Peck Tribes have taken the lead to promote the health of their people. In 2003, they created the Health Promotion/Disease Prevention (HP/DP) Wellness Program, a tribally operated, locally controlled initiative whose mission is to restore the traditional values of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes and help their communities return to a healthier lifestyle. The program […]
Continue readingThe Healthy Teton County Coalition
The Healthy Teton County Coalition began in October 2013, when several concerned community members got together and brainstormed how business, organizations, and individuals living and working in Teton County could get together and advocate for healthier lifestyles. There are already a good number of resources available in Teton County that promote healthy living, and […]
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