Montana Prevention Coalition

A state-wide initiative to reduce underage and
binge drinking by youth under the age of 21

Boyd Andrew Community Services was awarded a contract with the State of Montana, Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) in 2011 to administer and manage the Montana Prevention Coalition (MPC). MPC’s goal is to reduce underage drinking to include youth and young adults up to the age of 21. The Montana Prevention Coalition consists of eleven separate ‘state approved’ chemical dependency treatment and prevention programs who will provide environmental prevention services within all 62 Montana counties.

This is achieved by using the Strategic Prevention Framework to identify needs to be addressed, expand the capacity of MPC coalitions to address those needs, select specific evidence based environmental policies and practices based on the results of the assessment processes, implement the strategies according to community resources and readiness and continually evaluate each strategy for effectiveness throughout the life of the project so changes in program delivery or activities can be made as necessary.

To realize its goal MPC members will change community norms that support underage drinking; it will reduce the availability of alcohol for minors through increased law enforcement activities and provide alcohol servers training: it will develop community groups to create policies that prevent underage drinking by building new and supporting on-going coalitions; and it will change local policies and practices around alcohol and address emerging substance abuse and drug related issues through the establishment of a statewide SAPT-BG advisory committee.

MPC works closely with the Native American Chemical Dependency Directors Association (NACDDA) to ensure activities are culturally relevant to the Native American population and to better integrate prevention services through out Montana.

The eleven coalition participating programs are:

Alcohol & Drug Services of
Gallatin County
2310 N. 7th Avenue
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 587-1238
Director Shelly Johnson
Email
www.adsgc.org
Serving Gallatin County.

Butte-Silver Bow Chemical Dependency
25 West Front Street
Butte, MT 59701
(406) 496-5400
Prevention Specialist Dan Haffey
Email
Serving Beaverhead, Butte-Silver Bow, and Madison Counties.

District II Alcohol & Drug Program
119 South Kendrick
Glendive, MT 59330
(406) 377-5942
Director Jerry Schlep
Email
Serving Blaine, Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Phillips, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Valley, and Wibaux Counties.

EMCMHC Substance Abuse Programs
2508 Wilson Street
Miles City, MT 59301
(406) 778-7142
Program Manager John Rex
Email
Serving Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Rosebud, and Treasure Counties.

Flathead Valley Chemical Dependency Clinic
1312 North Meridian
Kalispell, MT 59904
(406) 756-6453
Director Mike Cummins
Email
www.fvcdc.org
Serving Flathead, Lincoln, and Sanders Counties.

Gateway Community Services
26th Fourth Street N.
Great Falls, MT 59403
(406) 727-2512
Director Tom Perdew
www.gatewayrecovery.org
Serving Cascade, Glacier, Liberty, Pondera, Teton, and Toole Counties.

SCRMHC Addiction Services
1245 North 29th Street
Billings, MT 59101
Program Manager Laura Harper
Email
Serving Big Horn, Carbon, Fergus, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, Musselshell, Petroleum, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland, and Yellowstone Counties.

Southwest CD Program
430 East Park
Livingston, MT 59047
(406) 223-1613
Director Jean McCauley
Email
Serving Broadwater, Meagher, and Park Counties.

Western Montana Tri-County Addiction Services
307 E. Park Street
Anaconda, MT 59711
(406) 563-7038
Director Jody Daly
Email
Serving Deer Lodge, Granite, and Powell Counties.

Western Montana
Addiction Services
1325 Wyoming Street
Missoula, MT 59801
(406) 532-9800
Director Elmer “Skip” Rosenthal
Serving Jefferson, Lake, Lewis & Clark, Mineral, Missoula, and Ravalli Counties.

White Sky Hope Center
RR1 Box 664
Box Elder, MT 59521
(406) 395-4818
Director Lenore Myers
Email
Serving Choteau and Hill Counties.

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