Healthy Colleges Montana

Health, Safety, and Well-being Mid-Level

For nearly 20 years, the formerly known Montana Collegiate Tobacco Prevention Initiative (MCTPI) has supported college and university efforts to reduce use and exposure to tobacco across the state. In 2017, the initiatives expanded its scope of work beyond tobacco to include additional chronic disease prevention areas of concern. With the expansion, the project name of MCTPI no longer accurately described the efforts of our campuses. Healthy Colleges Montana, or HCM, was selected by the coalition as the new project name.

Healthy Colleges Montana is managed by the Health, Safety, and Well-being Initiatives team of NASPA. Please email HCMontana@naspa.org with any inquiries.

About

Mission: HCM is a coalition of Montana institutions of higher education dedicated to creating healthier communities for college students to live, work, learn, and grow. HCM supports health and well-being training, technical assistance, partnerships, educational programming, and professional development for all Montana colleges and universities.

Vision: Be the leading health and well-being coalition for Montana’s higher education institutions.

Benefits of joining HCM:

Be a part of the united and strategic statewide direction for upstream prevention efforts
Be a part of the cultures and environments that foster healthier choices in higher education
Benefit from grant funding opportunities
Access regional networking opportunities
Access professional development opportunities
Access to high-quality trainings and webinars for staff and student leaders
Access to the online coalition resource hub and monthly newsletters
Receive consultation with other campuses and professionals
Receive technical support
Be a part of coalition leadership opportunities

Funded by the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program (MTUPP) and staffed by The Health, Safety, & Well-being Initiatives of NASPA, HCM has nineteen participating Montana Campuses including:

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Healthy Colleges Montana Resource Hub

The HCM utilizes an online system, HCM Resource Hub, designed to help college and university prevention teams share resources, implement best practices, and learn from each other. Any member of a Montana higher education institution can access professional development, resources, and strategies for collaborative problem solving through HCM Resoruce Hub. Click here to access the HCM Resource Hub, through NASPA's Online Learning Community. This community allows for the breakdown of geographical barriers to foster knowledge sharing and collaboration.

For more information regarding HCM, please email our project team.

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Upcoming Trainings

For upcoming HCM trainings, please visit this website.

ACHA-NCHA HCM Statewide Data Report

The Spring 2023 ACHA-NCHA HCM Statewide Data Report can be found here.

Collegiate Traffic Safety Toolkit

This updated toolkit is for practitioners on college campuses to help promote proactive traffic safety on and around campus. We would like to thank the Montana Collegiate Traffic Safety Group for their help in creating this resource.

Commercial Tobacco Cessation and Prevention

This video was produced by the truth initiative to highlight the "This Is Quitting" resource for young adults to quit commercial tobacco and nicotine. Below are more resources from the truth initiative, Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program (MTUPP), and others.

Commercial Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Resources

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