UM-TAC: Strengthening Montana's Prevention Workforce
Empowering Montana's prevention specialists and supervisors with evidence-based training and technical support to reduce substance misuse across all age groups, guided by SAMHSA's national strategic framework.
What is Prevention?
"Someone keeps rescuing people from a river, but eventually wonders—why are so many falling in? By going upstream to prevent people from entering the dangerous current, fewer need rescuing downstream. That’s the power of prevention."
Adopted from New England Prevention Specialist Onboarding and Orientation Roadmap
Upcoming Events
- Sustainability in Community Prevention, PTTC - July 21st, 1PM ET
- Bridging Prevention: Integrating Substance Misuse and Suicide Prevention Day 1, PTTC - July 22, August 5th, August 26th, 9AM MT
- Public Health Where We Live and Learn: Montana Strategies for School Engagement, MPHTC - July 23, 1PM MT
- What Works and What Doesn't: Selecting Effective Substance Misuse Prevention Strategies, PTTC - July 29th, 1PM - 3PM MT
- 5th Annual Montana Drug Information Opportunity Symposium (DIOS), Rocky Mountain HIDTA - August 4th, 2026, 8:30AM-4PM, Missoula
- Advocacy vs. Lobbying: Engaging Policymakers to Advance Substance Misuse Prevention, PTTC - August 18th, 2026, 9-10:30AM MT. Click to register.
- Building Better Behavior Supports, MTPLC - Sept 4th - May 7th, 2026 9AM-11AM MT
- Peer Support and Recovery Services Symposium, UM - September 17th, 2026, Fairmont Hotsprings
Opportunities
Headwaters Foundation Funding Opportunity
Headwaters Foundation is offering GO! Grants, providing $8,500 in general operating support for nonprofits working to strengthen health, belonging, and leadership for kids and families in rural Western Montana. GO! Grants focus on rural areas within the Foundation’s 15‑county service region, check to see if your region qualifies!