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Author: Kay Redfield Jamison
This work is a personal testimony from Kay Redfield Jamison: the revelation of her struggle with manic depression since adolescence, and how it has shaped her life. The book follows her through college, a love affair, her battle with the illness, bouts of madness, violence and attempted suicide.
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Author: Michael Gurian
The Wonder of Boys offers advice on how to understand and build strong father/son and mother/son relationships, stresses the importance of healthy discipline, and suggests methods of teaching boys about sex, relationships and spirituality. Parents and teachers of boys will find this book to be an insightful read.
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Author: Mark Haddon
The novel is narrated in the first-person perspective by Christopher John Francis Boone, a 15-year-old boy who describes himself as “a mathematician with some behavioural difficulties” living in Swindon, Wiltshire. Although Christopher’s condition is not stated, the book’s blurb refers to Asperger syndrome, high-functioning autism, or savant syndrome.
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Author: Emma Donoghue
The story is told from a five-year-old boy’s perspective. He has been isolated his whole life, living in a one-room secure building with his mother, who was abducted prior to his birth. When the boy and his mother are rescued, he is very scared and unhappy. Things are foreign to him and he is frightened by the physical distance from his mother.
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Author: Mary Pipher
At adolescence, says Mary Pipher, “girls become ‘female impersonators’ who fit their whole selves into small, crowded spaces.” Many lose spark, interest, and even IQ points as a “girl-poisoning” society forces a choice between being shunned for staying true to oneself and struggling to stay within a narrow definition of female. Pipher offers some prescriptions for changing society and helping girls resist.
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Author: Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The story of a young girl and her experiences as she ages out of the system. Her gift for flowers affects the lives of others.
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Author: Val Walker
What to say and do for people in distress.
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Author: Cris Beam
As reviewed in the New York Times in August 2013: “Early in Cris Beam’s remarkable new book, she outlines what she calls the core questions at the heart of America’s foster care system: “Who decides the correct way to raise a child? Who makes the moves on the moral chessboard where a family’s right to privacy opposes a child’s right to protection from harm? And who should get to keep a child: the parents who nurse and tend to him, or the parents who brought him into this world?”
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Author: Ashley Rhodes-Courter
A wonderful pairing to her first memoir, Ashley picks up her story where it left off after Three Little Words. Now an adult, she shares her experience and perspective as both a CASA/GAL, and later a foster and adoptive parent.
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Author: Ashley Rhodes-Courter
In her first memoir, Ashley Rhodes-Courter shares her own experiences of being removed from her mother and spending almost a decade in foster care, often being abused and neglected by the very system that was responsible for her care. As a resilient youth who eventually finds love and stability with her adoptive family, Ashley uses her voice to share her story and advocate for children like herself who find themselves in need of care.
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Author: Dave Pelzer
As reviewed by bestselling author John Bradshaw- “The Lost Boy standing shining as the premier book on the unique love and dedication that social services and foster families provide for our children in peril. Dave Pelzer is certainly a living testament of resilince, personal responsibility and the triumph of the human spirit.”
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Author: Jennifer Toth
Toth’s report from the frontlines of what is known as “substitute care” is not encouraging. As she follows the lives of five young people moving through the system—from Damien, a rape victim at age 8 who becomes a sexual predator by age 13, to Bryan, who struggles to benefit from one of the country’s best foster programs—Toth’s subjects are as heartbreaking as their success is improbable.
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Author: Andrew Bridge
Bridge’s memoir of surviving his childhood in a broken child-care system where the state acts as parents for the young certainly illustrates the complexity of such government institutions. After being removed from his mother by the state, Bridge spent a brief stint in a residential program before being put into foster care. His decade-long stay with an emotionally abusive and unsupportive family left its share of marks.
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Author: Rosie Lewis
In the much-anticipated follow-up to Sunday Times bestseller Trapped, foster carer Rosie Lewis tells the heartbreaking true story of 13-year-old Zadie. When the young teenage girl runs away from home and is discovered hiding on the city streets by the police, it is clear that all is not as it should be.
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Author: Kathy Harrison
With so much awful publicity surrounding foster parenting, Harrison’s story of opening her home to foster children, three of whom she later adopted, is tender and inspiring. It is also filled with heartbreaking truths about abused and neglected children and a social service system that is overburdened and occasionally negligent itself.
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Author: Rene Denfeld
Three years ago, Madison Culver disappeared when her family was choosing a Christmas tree in Oregon’s Skookum National Forest. She would be eight years old now—if she has survived. Desperate to find their beloved daughter, certain someone took her, the Culvers turn to Naomi, a private investigator with an uncanny talent for locating the lost and missing. Known to the police and a select group of parents as The Child Finder, Naomi is their last hope.
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Author: Lisbeth B. Schorr
In this solidly researched book, the author demonstrates that the knowledge and techniques exist to decrease the incidence of welfare dependency, poor single-parent families and alienated, uneducated youth, and describes 24 programs that have proved successful in changing the lives of seriously disadvantaged children.
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Author: Marc Parent
In this outstanding work of social commentary, Parent describes the harrowing conditions he worked under and the brutalization he witnessed during the four years he was employed as a caseworker by New York City’s Emergency Children’s Services. Parent convincingly argues for public scrutiny of child welfare agencies as well as a societal commitment to protecting children.
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Author: John Huber and Jill Wolfson
This raw, unmediated portrait of the machinery of juvenile justice, which includes the voices of the families and children as well as of service providers, reveals how intricate and interconnected the problems are. Writing with admirable conviction and convincing urgency, follow children and their families through shelters, courts and foster homes to see how the system really works.
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Author: Edward Humes
Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Humes spent 1994 surveying the largely futile attempts of Los Angeles to deal with its juvenile crime. He concentrates here on a few who have not let themselves be overwhelmed by the deluge of defendants-80,000 cases are pending at any given time. Humes follows closely the cases of seven young people who were caught up in the system, three of whom have been saved by it. Maybe.
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Author: Holly Schlaack
Invisible Kids tells the stories of many children and foster families. It tells them straight and backs them up with statistics and facts that show why the system works, why it doesn’t, and where it needs help. It describes ProKids Building Blocks, the program Schlaack created for early identification of red flags in the lives infants and toddlers. It also identifies more than a dozen ways that anyone can make a difference.
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Author: Lisa Wingate
For readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale comes a “thought-provoking [and] complex tale about two families, two generations apart . . . based on a notorious true-life scandal.”*
Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents—but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facility’s cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and uncertainty
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Author: Robin Benway
A contemporary novel about three adopted siblings who find each other at just the right moment.
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Author: Amy Ellis Nutt
The inspiring true story of a transgender girl, her identical twin brother, and an ordinary American family’s extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and celebrate the uniqueness in us all, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning science reporter for The Washington Post
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Author: Ann Kimble Loux
Loux tells the story of her family’s decision to adopt two sisters removed from their alcoholic biological mother. This personal account tells of Loux’s attempt to raise these girls along with her three biological children. In the conclusion, Loux suggests alternatives to traditional adoption for the care of troubled older children.
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Author: Michael Dorris
This is the heartrending story, full of compassion and rage, of how the author’s adopted son grew up mentally retarded, a victim of fetal alcohol syndrome, a boy whom no amount of love could make whole. The volume includes a short account of his own life by the 20-year-old Adam.
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Author: Jake Dekker
The true story of a single dad and his experience adopting a young boy who had been placed in foster care due to abandonment, abuse and neglect.
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Author: Tara Westover
Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home.
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Author: Jeanette Walls
In her childhood memoir, The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls offers a blow-by-blow description of growing up with parents whose capacity for loving their children is greater than their ability to care for them.
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Authors: Bruce Perry and Maia Szalavitz
Traumatized children can teach us about loss, love and healing. A psychiatrist carefully examines and explains attachment disorders including RAD.
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Author: Michael Lewis
When we first meet the young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story, he is one of 13 children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or any of the things a child might learn in school. And he has no serious experience playing organized football. What changes? He takes up football, and school, after a rich Evangelical Republican family plucks him from the mean streets. Their love is the first great force that alters the world’s perception of the boy, whom they adopt.
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Author: Dominic Carter
TV anchor Dominic Carter recounts his story of abuse at the hands of his mother.
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Author: Gregg Tyler Milligan
A recovery memoir in which the author draws readers into his insights and the path he traveled along the road from childhood abuse to healing and deliverance. Milligan provides readers proof that no matter what struggles afflict us, we can all emerge amazingly strong and drive headlong into the possibilities that await us.
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Author: Cathy Glass
A small girl is placed into a foster home (the author’s) and is unable to form relationships and mature due to past abuse. “I liked this book because it showed some of the results of both physical and sexual abuse on a child’s ability to grow and mature normally.”
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Author: Dave Pelzer
The true account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history.
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Author: Eileen Munro
A true story of neglect and abuse.
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A Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer (also known as Guardian ad Litem) is a trained citizen who is appointed by a judge to represent the best interest of a child involved in the court system due to abuse or neglect.
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A CASA volunteer makes recommendations to the Court based on an independent investigation of the child’s circumstances in order to help the court make sound decisions about that child’s future. The CASA helps to coordinate services for the child, monitors the case to ensure that all court orders are being followed, researches services to benefit the child, and builds a relationship with the child in order to advocate for their best interest.
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CASA volunteers build a relationship with the child that allows them to provide sound advocacy throughout the onerous legal process. The volunteer reviews all records pertaining to the child (school, medical, case file, etc.). In addition, they talk with parents, family members, care providers, social workers, school officials, health providers and others that are familiar with the child or family and able to provide input on the history and/or needs of the child. Through this investigative work, the volunteer is then able to make objective recommendations and advocate for the needs of the child with Child Protective Services and the Courts.
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Each volunteer is thoroughly screened, including an extensive background check, and must complete an initial 30-hour training before taking a case.. In addition, each volunteer receives one-on-one mentoring throughout their first case. Each month the program also offers an hour long in-service training and peer-to-peer gathering opportunities.
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Children who have been removed from their parents or caregiver due to abuse and neglect. CASAs are assigned to children of all ages, races and ethnicities. Many of these children have learning disabilities, physical disabilities, and/or severe emotional and mental problems due to the trauma they have experienced. Some are just “typical” kids caught up in a very difficult situation. All of these children have experienced some level of loss and trauma and could use the help of someone who cares about them.
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In an overloaded and bureaucratic system, the CASA is able to focus solely on the child’s needs and feelings about the situation. Through providing a voice for the child, the CASA can be the difference between a system that is cold and impersonal and one that helps the child thrive. Hope can make all the difference to a child struggling to understand the confusion and hurt these cases bring to their lives. Having a CASA to talk to, to lean on, to provide consistency and care, is often the catalyst to grasping on to hope and coming out the other side resilient and stronger. The CASA is often the most stable presence in the life of a child in foster care. They are the only person not paid to care for them and the only person expressly appointed to advocate only for their best interest.
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The District Court Judges in Gallatin County have noted the value of the information that CASA’s bring to the proceedings and are appreciative of the unique perspective presented. In addition, national studies show that a child who has been assigned an advocate spends less time in court and in foster care than those who do not have a volunteer advocate assigned to them.
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Our CASA volunteers range in age from 21 to 70+, come from all walks of life, and have a variety of professional and educational backgrounds. There are no special requirements other than a flexible work schedule to accommodate court hearings and a heart for children. Volunteers must agree to a comprehensive background check.
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Volunteers generally have only one case at a time and spend an average of 10 hours a month on their case. The beginning of a case is typically more “court heavy” and may require additional hours. Moving forward in a case, the bulk of the volunteer time is spent visiting with the child, phone calls with various individuals knowledgeable about the child, and occasional Child Protection Services meetings and court hearings.
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The volunteers continues until the child has permanency and the case is dismissed. Permanency is achieved in one of four ways: Reunification; Adoption; Guardianship; or placement with a protective parent. One of the primary benefits of a child having a CASA assigned is that, unlike others involved (foster placements, social workers, etc.); the CASA volunteer is a consistent figure in the proceedings and provides continuity in their life.
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Social workers are employed by the State of Montana and are sometimes working on as many as 20+ cases as well as working on voluntary plans with families, doing investigations, and maintaining other ongoing related workload. The CASA volunteer has more time and is usually serving only on one and sometimes two cases at a time. They are solely devoted to the wellbeing and advocacy of that one child or family of children. They do not replace the social worker and do not have decision-making authority. The CASA is an independent appointee of the court.
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The CASA volunteer does not provide legal representation or give legal advice. However, in cases where the child is not also appointed an attorney (more often than not), the CASA does convey to the judge the child’s expressed wishes in addition to advocating for their best interest.
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You can donate financially to help CASA/GAL of Gallatin County continue to have the funds needed to serve every child involved in an abuse and neglect case in our community. You can become a “Friend of CASA/GAL” and serve in other ways – participating in or hosting a fundraiser, providing gift cards to help us meet the material needs of the children we serve, volunteering for an hour at an event, donating snacks or a meal for one of our trainings, or helping out with office work.
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It is safe and secure. The money you donate will strengthen our agency and help provide advocacy for our community’s most vulnerable children. You may also donate by mail: CASA/GAL of Gallatin County, 615 S. 16th Ave, Suite 313, Bozeman, MT 59715. CASA/GAL of Gallatin County is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and all gifts are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
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You can pay online or by checks: CASA/GAL of Gallatain County, 502 S. 19th Ave., Suite 103, Bozeman, MT 59715. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us directly. THANK YOU for your donation!
*Online donations have a 3% charge deducted from the total donation
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1812 North Rouse Ave
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 587-2434
steamlinebus@thehrdc.org 
https://streamlinebus.com/routes-schedules/
Weekday Service:
Monday thru Friday 6:30am – 10:00pm ( Service after 7:30pm may be deviated)
Seasonal Livingston Service:
Monday thru Friday during winter months 5:50am – 6:45pm
Weekend Service:
Saturday and Sunday 9:15am – 6:15pm
Belgrade (Pinkline) Service:
Monday thru Friday 7:00am – 7:00pm
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1812 North Rouse Ave
Bozeman, MT 59715
To schedule a ride call: (406) 587-2434
galavan@thehrdc.org 
https://thehrdc.org/how-we-help/transportation/door-to-door/
Galavan is a program of the HRDC, which provides free transportation to the elderly and disabled. Individuals must be over 59 or disabled to qualify. Online applications and scheduling are available.
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(406) 763-6270
Namibozeman.mt@gmail.com 
https://namibozeman.org/
https://www.namimt.org/
The Bozeman chapter provides local support groups, education classes and peer to peer education classes. Visit their Facebook page for information on upcoming meetings, classes and special events: https://www.facebook.com/namibozeman
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1501 S. 3rd
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 994-4113
http://www.montana.edu/hhd/humandevelopmentclinic.html
Hours:
Monday – Thursday 9:00am – 8:00pm
Friday 9:00am-4:00pm
The MSU HDC is staffed by faculty and graduate students of the counseling program within the Department of Health and Human Development at MSU. The clinic provides low cost mental health services to the great Gallatin Valley, as well as to students and staff at the University. Services include couples counseling, individual counseling, marriage and family therapy and referral services. The clinic offers a sliding fee scale dependent on income.
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2 Hot Springs Loop
Ennis, MT 59729
(406) 551-1058
info@mtpeernetwork.org 
https://mtpeernetwork.org/about-us/
The Montana Peer Network is a state-wide peer run non profit recovery organization with a mission to lead the expansion and development of recovery oriented behavioral health services in Montana. They are a peer run organization, run by people who are themselves in recovery, and who promote the concepts of hope, self-reliance, peer support and resiliency. MT Peer Network offers a variety of services including consulting, a peer mentorship program, multiple training throughout the state and a Recovery Coach Outreach Program.
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1106 S. 6th Ave
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 994-5937
INSIGHT@montana.edu 
http://www.montana.edu/oha/insight/
INSIGHT/Alcohol and Drug Assistance Center is a multi-level alcohol and drug assistance and intervention program and is open to all MSU students. The center assists with promoting and supporting alternative student programs and activities, offering referral assistance to students and their friends who have alcohol and other drug use issues, offering workshops, seminars and training, and disseminating information on local treatment and recovery program options.
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421 E. Peach Street
Bozeman, MT 59715
Walk in number: (406) 586-3333
Resources: Dial 211
Crisis & Suicide Hotline: Dial 988 
https://www.bozemanhelpcenter.org/
The Help Center is a 24-hour crisis hotline and referral service. The hotline is available to anyone needing assistance with issues ranging from suicidality, depression/anxiety, to relationship and family dynamic issues. Also a member of the Montana 211 Coalition, the Help Center provides referrals for human services throughout the state. Suicide Outreach and Sexual Assault follow up counseling and referrals are also provided.
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215 W Mendenhall
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 582-3100 
http://www.healthygallatin.org/
The Gallatin City County Health Department is overseen by the Board of Health and is dedicated to promoting the health of county citizens. Programs run through the department include immunization, WIC nutrition services, chronic disease, public health home visits, communicable disease and cancer screening and tobacco use prevention. They also provide a comprehensive resource list to the Gallatin County community.
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1695 Tschache Lane
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 585-1360 
Community Health Partners medical clinics provide primary care services matching patients with caring providers to assist them in addressing issues from pediatrics to chronic health issues, as well as dental and mental health care. All CHP clinics accept all forms of insurance and provide a sliding fee scale to anyone not enrolled in an insurance program. CHP has clinics in Bozeman, Belgrade, Livingston and West Yellowstone.
CHP Belgrade: (406) 924-5754
19 E Main St.
Belgrade, MT 59714
CHP W. Yellowstone: (406) 222-1111
440 Yellowstone Avenue,
West Yellowstone, MT 59758
CHP Livingston: (406) 222-1111
112 W Lewis St.
Livingston, MT 59047
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1288 N 14th, Suite 201
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 587-0681 
Bridger Care is committed to providing reproductive and related health care in a setting that respects the dignity and privacy of each individual. Fees are based on patient income and family size, although Bridger Care provides services regardless of an individual’s ability to pay. Medicaid and private insurance programs are accepted.
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370 Strand Union Building
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 994-7069 
http://www.montana.edu/oha/voice/
The Voice Center is a 24 hour confidential support hotline for MSU students affected by sexual assault or relationship violence. Advocates can assist with reporting, referrals, academic concerns, protective orders and medical advocacy. Anonymity is also an option if needed. Walk in hours are also available from 8 am to 4 pm during the regular academic semester. The Voice Center also provides services for witnesses, friends and family members of survivors.
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(800) 666-6899
http://www.mtlsa.org/mlsa-legal-helpline/
www.montanalawhelp.org
MLSA gives free legal help to low income qualifying families living in Montana. Services are free but there may be court costs. After initial intake, qualified families and/or individuals will receive guidance from MLSA on how to proceed with their case, or they will receive referral information on pro-bono programs in their area.
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121 N. Rouse Ave.
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 582-2038 
https://havenmt.org/emergency#legal-advocacy
Housed in the Bozeman Safety Center, Haven’s Legal Advocates provide guidance and support throughout the legal process for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. The legal advocate can provide assistance in obtaining temporary and permanent orders of protection by assisting with the necessary paperwork and by accompanying the victim to their court hearings. The advocates can also provide more comprehensive guidance on obtaining legal counsel, either through Haven or other offices/agencies.
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(406) 543-8343 ext 207
Call to make an appointment. The Gallatin Legal Assistance Clinic (GLAC) is an independent program organized by a group of Gallatin County legal professionals and provides free legal assistance to people with limited income who are representing themselves in family law legal matters. Individuals will be screened to determine financial eligibility for GLAC services. Clinics are scheduled on a regular basis but times and locations will vary. Individuals should make sure to visit the Self Help Law Center first before contacting GLAC.
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615 South 16th Ave, Suite 313
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 582-2075 
The Victim Assistance Program (Victim Services) is a prosecution based victim assistance program. The goal is to provide information, support and advocacy services to victims of violent crimes. Examples of types of crime include partner family member assault (PFMA), stalking, robbery, assault, criminal endangerment and intimidation. Victim Services frequently works in conjunction with Haven’s legal advocacy program for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
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615 South 16th Ave
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 582-2158
Located in the Law and Justice Center (basement). Advocates cannot provide legal advice but can offer information and guidance on obtaining the appropriate legal services, mainly pertaining to family law and landlord/tenant information. Call for current hours.
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2015 Wheat Drive
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 585-4896 or (406) 556-1123 (Warming Center) 
https://thehrdc.org/housing/homeless-services/emergency-shelter/
The Emergency Shelter/Warming Center is a program of HRDC. The Center provides computer access, day storage, housing case management, housing navigation, job search assistance, peer support and recovery groups, personal laundry, sock exchange, and showers: nightly during overnight season and Sunday thru Thursday 9am -12pm during Day Center season.
Emergency Shelter Hours: Open nightly from 7pm – 8am and check-in is between 7pm to 9pm
Drop-In Center Hours: Available 9am – 4pm Monday – Friday ( with 2pm – 4pm by appointment only)
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32 South Tracy Ave
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 585-4884 
https://thehrdc.org/how-we-help/housing/
The HRDC provides comprehensive assistance in housing issues ranging from homelessness to home ownership. Their housing programs work to ensure that every member of the community can afford to have and preserve a place to call home, whether it is in the form of emergency shelter, transitional housing, affordable rentals, rental subsidies, down payment assistance, home buyer education and counseling, or foreclosure prevention. HRDC incorporates its community development and strategic planning initiatives into a housing strategy to meet both the needs of the community and their customers. Services include providing affordable properties, home ownership counseling, down payment assistance, housing first initiatives, foreclosure interventions, homebuyer education and rental assistance.
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230 Arden Drive
Belgrade, MT 59714
(406) 388-8225 
An affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, Habitat for Humanity Gallatin Valley seeks to partner with families and the greater Gallatin Valley community to provide well-built affordable housing. In addition, HHGV also provides Critical Repairs, Brush with Kindness and Weatherization programs. Applications for the programs can be obtained by calling the office.
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132 Pond Row
Bozeman, MT 59718
(406) 586-7689
(406) 586-4111 (24-Hour Support) 
HAVEN is committed to reducing the incidence and minimizing the impact of domestic abuse on families and communities. They provide emergency shelter, crisis intervention, on-going support, referrals, a 24-hour support line, and education. Their shelter, the Barnard Shelter, is pet-friendly and gender-inclusive, with 40 beds, and a separate space for male survivors and their children.
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1603 Tschache Lane
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 582-7388 
http://www.familypromisegv.org/
Family Promise of Gallatin Valley works to empower families experiencing homelessness to achieve self-sufficiency through early learning opportunities, partnerships, services, and advocacy. Within their shelter, prevention, and stabilization programs, hey offer services to anyone over the age of 18 who has at least one child in their primary custody. Family Promise services these families through two emergency shelter units and 8 transitional housing units.
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407 S Ferguson Ave
Bozeman, MT 59718
(406) 587-3840
Thrive is a Bozeman based organization that seeks to provide area children with the opportunity to grow, succeed and become valuable members of the greater community. Thrive offers a number of individual and family-based programs including the CAP mentor program (Child Advancement Project), The Partnership Project, The Parent Place, Parent Liaison Program, and Girls for a Change. Thrive also offers parenting support in the way of Love and Logic Parenting classes as well as Circle of Security and the Dynamite Dads Program.
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32 South Rouse
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 586-5813
(800) SAL-ARMY
https://bozeman.salvationarmy.org/
The Salvation Army is a faith-based non-profit that seeks to provide the basic needs of food, clothing and disaster recovery to the underserved in the Bozeman area. Please call the number above if you are in need of rental assistance, heating (utility bill, sleeping bags, tents, propane), water bills, transportation, grocery assistance (voucher to local store so clients can purchase the foods they desire) and laundry assistance (voucher so folks can do laundry to have clean clothes).
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12 North 3rd Street
Bozeman, MT 59715
(888) 706-1535
https://dphhs.mt.gov/hcsd/officeofpublicassistance
Apply for food, medical or cash assistance through the state. This includes SNAP and TANF programs as well as Medicaid and Healthy Montana Kids.
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141 Discovery Dr.
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 587-3008 (Help Line available M-Th 10-2)
Love INC is a non-profit Christian ministry made up of a partnership of several local Christian churches serving individuals and families in need in Gallatin County. Love INC provides services such as a local clothes closet, a personal care pantry, auto clinic, life skills classes and a help line. Love INC does not provide emergency shelter or other urgent services.
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189 Arden Drive
Belgrade, MT 59714
(406) 388-6701
https://www.careertransitions.com/
Career Transitions seeks to assist families and individuals in becoming self sufficient through workforce and community development, education, training and employment. They offer a variety of services including Career Assessment Counseling, HiSET Readiness classes, Job Readiness and Computer Literacy classes, Job Seeker services, Employer Services, TANF education and Workforce Development. Career Transitions also manages the Gallatin Valley Farmer’s Market. Classes are also available for obtaining basic “Ready 2 Work” certifications such as Commercial Drivers License or Certified Nursing Assistants.
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1336 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 2
Bozeman, MT 59718
(406) 586-0231
https://www.careersinmontana.com/
Career Concepts specializes in pairing individuals with the best-fit career options locally available. Staff will work with job seekers to asses their skills as well as short and long term career goals in order to find the most appropriate match.
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121 North Willson Ave
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 582-9200
https://montanaworks.gov/job-service-montana
This is a division of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry and is a certified one-stop center in Bozeman. Hours are 8-5 Monday through Friday. Job seekers can obtain assistance with securing unemployment benefits, help with employment applications, gain access to training and educational services and receive veteran-specific job assistance.
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(406) 539-2260 
www.greaterimpact.us
info@greaterimpact.us
Greater Impact is a Bozeman community-based non-profit that seeks to assist families in three main areas: auto care and repair, home maintenance and repair, and financial and life coaching. Team members work diligently with families in need to make sure they can remain in their cars, homes and retain employment so they can continue to succeed.
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3316 W. Babcock Street
Bozeman, MT 59718
(406) 585-8544
Hearts and Homes services include providing a safe and supervised home-like location for families who have children in foster, kinship, or dual care to visit their children. They provide practical support to foster families, including educational materials and loans of car seats and age-appropriate equipment and furnishings, and intensive and individualized family support services to promote reunification of children with their parents. Clients are referred to Hearts and Homes through CPS and/or the courts.
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206 E Griffin
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 586-7600 
https://gallatinvalleyfoodbank.org/
Food Service hours in Bozeman are Monday through Thursday 1-4 pm, Tuesday evenings 5-7pm, and Friday 9am-12pm. Additional locations are in Three Forks, Belgrade and Big Sky.
216 1st Ave W
Three Forks, MT 59752
(406) 285-3559 
Food Service Hours are Tuesdays & Thursdays 10am-2pm and Wednesdays 2-6 pm.
47995 Gallatin Road
Big Sky, MT
(406) 995-3088
Food Service Hours are Tuesdays & Thursdays 3-7 pm and Wednesdays & Fridays 11 am to 3 pm.
Peace Lutheran Church
203 Jackrabbit Lane
Belgrade, MT 59714
Food Service Hours are the 2nd and 4th Mondays from 5-6 pm.
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206 E Griffin Dr.
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 587-4225 
https://www.forkandspoonbozeman.org/
Fork and Spoon provides the basic need of food in a respectful and dignified manner to everyone who walks in the door. Montana’s only “Pay What You Can” restaurant, serving dinner six days a week, Monday through Friday, 5-7 pm.
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Bozemanfaces@gmail.com
www.facesmt.com
FACES is a local, non-denominational organization that offers a variety of supportive and resourceful connections to help adoptive parents and their families in the Gallatin Valley thrive. FACES hosts annual, quarterly and monthly events to help families navigate the adoption process. These events include an annual conference, Kids Night Out, Mom’s coffee hours and summer picnics.
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2415 W. Main St. Suite 1
Bozeman, MT 59718
(406) 587-7786
Child Care Connections is a non-profit organization serving families in Gallatin and neighboring counties by providing referrals for child care and community resources, financial assistance for childcare, early childhood professional development, and family and community outreach. CCC is also a provider of the Best Beginnings Scholarship, which provides working families with child care payment awards.
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PO Box 310
Bigfork, MT 59911
406-837-2247
info@childbridgemontana.org
www.childbridgemontana.org
Child Bridge effectively utilizes a faith-based model to provide homes and families for children in need. Child Bridge works to create awareness regarding the need for families to care for children. The system is complex, and Child Bridge strives to bridge the gap between churches, communities and government to serve children and families in communicative, effective and efficient ways. Child Bridge offers varying resources and supports to families, including access to our monthly Foster/Adoptive Parent Resource Groups. Additionally, Child Bridge is able to provide some assistance to families in the form of items such as fire extinguishers, gift cards, dining out cards, and a limited ability to assist families with a modest stipend for basic needs when the family receives a placement.
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(406) 314-3527
https://www.bozemansepta.org/
https://www.facebook.com/bozemansepta
Bozeman SEPTA is a coalition of families, teachers, administrators and other advocates united in the effort to promote quality education and services for children with special needs and their families. Membership is free and services include an IEP Buddy Program, Resource Auditing and Financial Planning and Budgeting support for families. SEPTA is also involved in several programs throughout the year including legislative forums on disability, special needs support groups, holiday events and a monthly activity group for children with special needs ages 6-12 called Bozeman Area Our Kids.
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A program of Family Promise
risingstars@familypromisegv.org
(406) 209-8498
https://www.familypromisegv.org/risingstarselc
“At Rising Stars, we help families in our community achieve sustainable, independence by offering a Safe, Trusting, Accepting, Respectful, and Secure learning environment for their children, while offering a family programming geared towards the unique needs of the families we serve.”
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1609 W Babcock, Suite A
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 585-9402
A Montana-based children’s mental health-based non-profit since 1981. The goal is to provide mental health treatment for kids with behavioral challenges and to provide support and resources to their families. Services include therapy, case management, family education and support, foster and respite care, therapeutic youth home care and substance abuse treatment.
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32 South Tracy Ave
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 586-9652
https://thehrdc.org/how-we-help/children/head-start-preschool/
HRDC Early Childhood Development is a federally funded program for preschool children aged 3 to 5 years old from low income families. The Early Childhood Development program consists of Head Start as well as our Montana Preschool Development Grant classes. HRDC Head Start is funded to serve 152 children annually with a focus of providing for healthy development of children and the strengthening of families.
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1315 East Main Street
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 587-2477
Family Outreach is a non-profit agency that serves children and adults who have intellectual disabilities or developmental delays. Services and Programs include developmental information and training, behavioral supports and routine based Early Intervention. Family Outreach equips families with the necessary skills to assist their child or children with developmental, behavioral, social, educational and/or self-help skills.
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32 South Tracy Ave
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 587-4486
Chafee is an HRDC referral-based program which provides eligible foster care youth support while in foster care and continues to provide assistance when transitioning into the greater community. The program provides guidance in life skills, vocational training, job training, financial assistance and budgeting, substance abuse prevention and transition to self-sufficiency. Referrals are usually made through CPS.
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3864 Baxter Lane
Bozeman, MT 59718
(406) 587-8442
The Boys & Girls Club seeks to promote and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging, and influence. There is a focus on character and leadership development, education and career development, health and life skills, the arts, and sports and recreation. After school care, PIR day events and summer camps are just some of the programs offered by the Boys and Girls Club.
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225 East Mendenhall
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 551-9660
Big Sky Youth Empowerment provides opportunities for vulnerable teenagers in the Gallatin Valley to experience success and become contributing members of our community through group mentorship and experiential adventures. Entrance into the program is self-driven: students in 7th through 12th grades are eligible to apply.
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15 South 8th Ave
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 587-1216
https://bbbs-bigskycountry.org/
The Big Brothers Big Sisters’ mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. Each child in the program is paired with a volunteer that seeks to ensure that the child builds confidence, avoids risky behaviors, and receives emotional and educational support. Children ages 5 through 18 are eligible for the program through a simple online application.
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Paper Tigers follows a year in the life of a high school that has radically changed it’s approach to disciplining its students, becoming a model for how to break the cycles of poverty, violence and disease that affects families.
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A series of short films created to promote awareness and understanding of the complexity of child abuse and the foster care system.
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In 1991, Shaka Senghor shot and killed a man. He was, he says, “a drug dealer with a quick temper and a semi-automatic pistol.” Jailed for second degree murder, that could very well have been the end of the story. But it wasn’t. Instead, it was the beginning of a years-long journey to redemption, one with humbling and sobering lessons for us all.
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Actual tape of a child’s desperate call for help in a domestic violence and alcohol abuse situation.
Our next CASA Training is scheduled for September 2025. Volunteers participate in 30+ hours of pre-service training to prepare them to build relationships with a child who has come from hard places, to investigate and monitor the case and to learn how to effectively advocate for the needs and best interest of that child. Please […]
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May is National Foster Care Month and throughout this month we will be highlighting various aspects of Foster Care, the children who are experiencing out-of-home placement, and those caring for them. Every young person deserves a safe and stable home, a supportive community, and a chance to pursue their hopes and achieve their goals. There are many ways to support children experiencing foster care and the caregivers providing homes for them.
Offer practical help – a meal, childcare, help with errands or household chores, transportation needs
Emotional support – empathy, active listening, understanding and compassion, check in regularly and offer support
Donate – donate clothing, shoes, gift cards to department and grocery stores and/or restaurants, and as one foster parent suggested – brownies, brownies fix a world of woes!
May is National Foster Care Month and throughout this month we will be highlighting various aspects of Foster Care, the children who are experiencing out-of-home placement, and those caring for them. Every young person deserves a safe and stable home, a supportive community, and a chance to pursue their hopes and achieve their goals. There are many ways to support children experiencing foster care and the caregivers providing homes for them.
Offer practical help – a meal, childcare, help with errands or household chores, transportation needs
Emotional support – empathy, active listening, understanding and compassion, check in regularly and offer support
Donate – donate clothing, shoes, gift cards to department and grocery stores and/or restaurants, and as one foster parent suggested – brownies, brownies fix a world of woes!
Come out and join us at these Bike Rodeos hosted by the Gallatin County Sheriff`s Office. Our table will be giving away bike and helmet decor and free books!
Come out and join us at these Bike Rodeos hosted by the Gallatin County Sheriff`s Office. Our table will be giving away bike and helmet decor and free books!
CASA Supporters - WE APPRECIATE YOU! Thank you for showing up and GIVING BIG! We are eternally grateful for your generosity and are committed to using your dollars to provide the best advocacy possible for vulnerable children. THANK YOU!
CASA Supporters - WE APPRECIATE YOU! Thank you for showing up and GIVING BIG! We are eternally grateful for your generosity and are committed to using your dollars to provide the best advocacy possible for vulnerable children. THANK YOU!
Are you ready to GIVE BIG?! This is CASA`s 9th year participating in Give Big Gallatin Valley and it has become our main fundraising opportunity of the year. We are eternally grateful for all of the donations and support our amazing community continues to offer. Give Big GV 2025 kicks off at 6PM tonight. Thank you for considering CASA/GAL of Gallatin County when making your giving choices. https://www.givebiggv.org/organizations/casa-gal-of-gallatin-county
Are you ready to GIVE BIG?! This is CASA`s 9th year participating in Give Big Gallatin Valley and it has become our main fundraising opportunity of the year. We are eternally grateful for all of the donations and support our amazing community continues to offer. Give Big GV 2025 kicks off at 6PM tonight. Thank you for considering CASA/GAL of Gallatin County when making your giving choices. https://www.givebiggv.org/organizations/casa-gal-of-gallatin-county
Our generous and engaged Board of Directors has offered a matching donation during Give Big of $2,500. When you donate, your donation will be doubled - double the effectiveness, double the ability to change a child`s story, double the opportunities for children to have enrichment activities. THANK YOU to our amazing Board members for their generosity! #GiveBigGV #changeachildsstory™️
Our generous and engaged Board of Directors has offered a matching donation during Give Big of $2,500. When you donate, your donation will be doubled - double the effectiveness, double the ability to change a child`s story, double the opportunities for children to have enrichment activities. THANK YOU to our amazing Board members for their generosity! #GiveBigGV #changeachildsstory™️
What exactly does a CASA volunteer do, you ask? Spending approximately 10 hours a month in their role as a Court Appointed Special Advocate, volunteers:
~Represent a foster child`s best interest throughout the court process
~Serve as the eyes and ears of the judge
~Conduct interviews with everyone involved in the child`s life - parents, teachers, caregivers, medical and therapeutic professionals, and many others
~Attend court hearings, case related meetings, and educational meetings
~Complete written court reports for every hearing
~Maintain contact with the child at least monthly and others involved regularly
~Maintain case records
~Attend ongoing trainings
Who is a CASA volunteer?
~Over 21 years of age
~Able to maintain confidentiality
~Objective
~Willing to attend 30+ hours pre-service training
~Able to maintain cooperative relationships with many personalities
Our CASA volunteers give of their hearts, time, and talents to ensure that every child in need of best interest advocacy throughout the child welfare and court process has someone dedicated just to them.
If you`re interested in serving on our team, please complete the application at: https://mt-gallatin.evintosolutions.com/VolunteerApplication
What exactly does a CASA volunteer do, you ask? Spending approximately 10 hours a month in their role as a Court Appointed Special Advocate, volunteers:
~Represent a foster child`s best interest throughout the court process
~Serve as the eyes and ears of the judge
~Conduct interviews with everyone involved in the child`s life - parents, teachers, caregivers, medical and therapeutic professionals, and many others
~Attend court hearings, case related meetings, and educational meetings
~Complete written court reports for every hearing
~Maintain contact with the child at least monthly and others involved regularly
~Maintain case records
~Attend ongoing trainings
Who is a CASA volunteer?
~Over 21 years of age
~Able to maintain confidentiality
~Objective
~Willing to attend 30+ hours pre-service training
~Able to maintain cooperative relationships with many personalities
Our CASA volunteers give of their hearts, time, and talents to ensure that every child in need of best interest advocacy throughout the child welfare and court process has someone dedicated just to them.
If you`re interested in serving on our team, please complete the application at: https://mt-gallatin.evintosolutions.com/VolunteerApplication
🧩 Autism Awareness & Child Welfare 💙
Every child deserves to be seen, heard, and supported. During #AutismAwarenessMonth, let`s shine a light on the unique needs of children on the spectrum — especially when it comes to their safety, care, and well-being.
Children with autism may experience the world differently — and that includes how they communicate distress or express needs. In child welfare, this means we must listen more closely, advocate more fiercely, and act more compassionately.
Let’s break down stigma. Let’s build understanding. And let’s ensure every child — neurodivergent or not — has a safe, nurturing environment to grow and thrive.
#AutismAcceptance #ChildWelfare #Neurodiversity #EveryChildMatters #ProtectAndEmpower #ChangeAChildsStory
🧩 Autism Awareness & Child Welfare 💙
Every child deserves to be seen, heard, and supported. During #AutismAwarenessMonth, let`s shine a light on the unique needs of children on the spectrum — especially when it comes to their safety, care, and well-being.
Children with autism may experience the world differently — and that includes how they communicate distress or express needs. In child welfare, this means we must listen more closely, advocate more fiercely, and act more compassionately.
Let’s break down stigma. Let’s build understanding. And let’s ensure every child — neurodivergent or not — has a safe, nurturing environment to grow and thrive.
#AutismAcceptance #ChildWelfare #Neurodiversity #EveryChildMatters #ProtectAndEmpower #ChangeAChildsStory
Are you ready to GIVE BIG? In just one week our community will come together to GIVE BIG to deserving non-profit organizations. Come visit CASA at our donor booth on Friday, May 2nd from 10AM - 5PM at Maven`s Market! #GiveBigGV
Are you ready to GIVE BIG? In just one week our community will come together to GIVE BIG to deserving non-profit organizations. Come visit CASA at our donor booth on Friday, May 2nd from 10AM - 5PM at Maven`s Market! #GiveBigGV
🌍 Happy Earth Day! 🌱
Today, we celebrate the planet we all call home—but let’s not forget who we`re protecting it for. 💚
Every child deserves a healthy, safe, and sustainable future. From clean air to safe water, green spaces to stable communities—caring for the Earth is caring for our children.
Let’s raise our voices for both environmental protection and child welfare. Together, we can build a world where every child can grow, thrive, and dream—on a planet that can sustain them.
#EarthDay2025 #ForTheChildren #ProtectOurPlanet #ChildWelfare #ChangeAChildsStory #FutureGenerations
🌍 Happy Earth Day! 🌱
Today, we celebrate the planet we all call home—but let’s not forget who we`re protecting it for. 💚
Every child deserves a healthy, safe, and sustainable future. From clean air to safe water, green spaces to stable communities—caring for the Earth is caring for our children.
Let’s raise our voices for both environmental protection and child welfare. Together, we can build a world where every child can grow, thrive, and dream—on a planet that can sustain them.
#EarthDay2025 #ForTheChildren #ProtectOurPlanet #ChildWelfare #ChangeAChildsStory #FutureGenerations
It`s #AlcoholAwarenessMonth—a time to learn the risks of alcohol misuse & its impact on individuals & communities. Whether it’s recognizing signs of drinking too much, preventing underage drinking or knowing where to seek support, resources are available: samhsa.gov/alcohol
It`s #AlcoholAwarenessMonth—a time to learn the risks of alcohol misuse & its impact on individuals & communities. Whether it’s recognizing signs of drinking too much, preventing underage drinking or knowing where to seek support, resources are available: samhsa.gov/alcohol
Endless possibilities! 258 non-profits, coming together to raise crucial funds to support our missions. Each one has a role in helping our community continue to be the great place to live we all know and love. Many of these organizations are our partners in serving vulnerable children and families. Please consider supporting Bienvenidos, Family Outreach, Family Promise, Greater Gallatin United Way, Hopa Mountain, HRDC, ReadMontana, Reach, Inc., The Rock Youth Center, and Thrive. These as well as many others are causes worthy of your support! #GiveBigGV #ChangeAChildsStory #casagal
Endless possibilities! 258 non-profits, coming together to raise crucial funds to support our missions. Each one has a role in helping our community continue to be the great place to live we all know and love. Many of these organizations are our partners in serving vulnerable children and families. Please consider supporting Bienvenidos, Family Outreach, Family Promise, Greater Gallatin United Way, Hopa Mountain, HRDC, ReadMontana, Reach, Inc., The Rock Youth Center, and Thrive. These as well as many others are causes worthy of your support! #GiveBigGV #ChangeAChildsStory #casagal
