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MT AMERICORPS*VISTA Projects & Contact Info
October 7, 2008

Prevention Resource Center (PRC)
Through a very successful and innovative approach, this project is working to reduce youth substance use and violence, school drop out rates, child abuse and teen pregnancy across the state.

Contact Information:
Vicki Turner at (406) 444-3484; vturner@mt.gov or visit www.prevention.mt.gov.
PRC - Department of Public Health & Human Services
PO Box 4210
Helena, MT 59604
FAX: 406-444-4435
Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) Projects include expanding the resources available to domestic abuse victims, creating sustainable asset development strategies, and developing legal resources to assist MLSA in providing free civil legal assistance for low-income Montanans.

Contact Information:
Steven Dorr at (406) 442-9830; sdorr@mtlsa.org or visit www.mlsavista.org
Montana Legal Services Association
616 Helena Ave.
Helena, MT 59601
FAX: 406-442-9817
Montana Campus Compact (MTCC)
MTCC VISTA members serve to connect the resources of higher education with community needs in child literacy, hunger, housing and health. Working closely with faculty members, students and community members, MTCC VISTAs help communities develop long-term solutions to Montana’s poverty problems.

Contact Information:
Cody Lillstrom at (406) 243-5451 or Lillstrom@mtcompact.org or visit www.mtcompact.org.
Montana Campus Compact - University of Montana
302 University Hall
Missoula, MT 59812-3960
Fax: (406) 243-5407
Communities In Action (CIA)
Administered by the Richland County Health Department in Sidney, Montana, the project incorporates a multi-faceted approach to creating healthy communities in Eastern Montana. CIA is building an infrastructure in response to the modern day needs of frontier life through identifying, developing, implementing, sustaining, and evaluating healthy approaches to community development.

Contact Information:
Melissa Boyer at (406) 433-6926 or mboyer@richland.org or visit www.richland.org/health.
CIA - Richland County Health Department
1201 West Holly, Suite #1
Sidney, MT 59270
Fax (406) 433-6895