When Milo was born, his cord blood tested positive for meth. Child and Family Services implemented a voluntary safety plan with Milo’s parents to try and keep him in parents’ care. However, soon after, the parents stopped checking in at the local housing shelter....
Stories & Blogs
It Takes A Village
He has been in State custody for 6 of his 11 years. His life's timeline looks like this -- in State care for 2 years and 5...
Extremism, Social Media, and Children in Care
In March last year, Neely Blanchard allegedly abducted her twin daughters from the court-ordered care of their grandmother in...
Advocate Spotlight
Peer Coordinator Kathy James Kathy has lived in Montana since she was born. She grew up on a farm near Cascade MT, went to nursing...
Share the Love This Valentine’s Day
Batman and Robin. Rodgers and Hammerstein. Barack and Michelle. Through the years, there have been couples (romantic and otherwise)...
Come On and Zoom
During my undergraduate studies at Penn State, I worked as a research assistant analyzing the temporal and causal links between...
So Long, 2020!
I have never been much for celebrating a New Year. I could never muster delight in flipping the calendar from one month of winter to...
A CASA Love Story
Being a CASA is hard, taxing work—sometimes physically, almost always mentally and emotionally. I have personally worked three...
A time to keep silent, and a time to speak
The COVID-19 pandemic has left many reeling as livelihoods, schedules and institutions have been turned upside down. This is nothing...
Online Safety in a Time of Distancing
Yellowstone County continues to grapple with the coronavirus, and we have entered the dog days of summer. Some kids and teens love...