The Montana Afterschool Network is a statewide coalition working together to increase the availability and quality of out of school opportunities statewide. It includes licensed child care programs, school-based and school-linked programs, youth development programs, mentoring and crime/drug abuse prevention programs.  

 Thanks to everyone who participated in the Tenth Annual Afterschool Conference "Afterschool: Meeting Real Needs" April 8-9, 2010 at the Red Lion Colonial Hotel.

Thanks to keynote speaker, Attorney General Steve Bullock; Prevention Panel moderator and presenter Julie Fischer, Montana Board of Crime Control;  Prevention Panel participants, Ole Olson, Mayor James Smith, Sgt. Torey Keltner,  21st Century Representative Sandi Smith, DPHHS Suicide Prevention Coordinator Karl Rosston; Caroline Dettle, Carol Benesh - 4-H, Operation Military Kids; Craig Struble, Children's Mental Health; Sandy Hamlin, Job Service; Brian Dennis, Boys & Girls Club of Yellowstone County; Bryan Fischer, Montana Internet Crimes Against Children; Katie Bark, Montana Team Nutrition; Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer, Hopa Mountain; Jan Rouse, Michele Nelon, Carolyn Bielser, Ben Stewart, Tim Hansen, Montana Youth Challenge Academy; Steps of Hope and Little Giant Steps; Mary Duvernay, Carol Chisholm, AWARE, Inc.; Dr. Arthur Miller, Susan Court, OPI and UofM Dept. of Health and Human Performance; M.C. Beeby, Journeys from Home; Michelle Robinson, Writer's Block.

 

 

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  The Montana Afterschool Network is coordinated by the Montana Child Care Resource & Referral Network with support from the First Interstate Bank Foundation, Homer A. and Mildred S. Scott Foundation, The Steele-Reese Foundation, Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services, and Montana Office of Public Instruction.

The MCCR&R Network is a member of Montana Shares, a federation of Montana-based not-for-profit organizations working to expand support for our state's human, cultural, and natural resources.