Program areas at Childrens Alliance of Montana
Member and professionals training attendees and scholarships: Child Forensic Interview Trainings, Fall, Summer and Spring (106 participants), Statewide Peer Review (168 participants), CAM provided 17 Statewide Trainings - 7 on-site trainings and 10 webinars and trained 619 professionals in 2023. In person Trainings included: Forensic Interview Trainings, Advanced Forensic Interview Training, Childrens Justice Conference (130 participants) &, NCA Leadership Conference (2), TF-CBT, CAC Rendezvous. Virtual training topics included: Advanced Medical and Advanced Victim Advocacy Trainings, Teleforensic Interview Training, New CPS Worker MDT/CAC Training, Rural Telemental Health, Cognitive Processing, Advanced FI Training, E3 - Early Engagement NCA, PSB Training - SafetyPlans, Cultural Humility - National Native Child Advocacy Center, and Ethical Considerations.
The CAM ED administers five grants that support the organization. She completes all grant applications, narrative and fiscal reports. CAM Staff administer the Outcome Measurement System Project for Montana CACs to gather on the quality of services provided to Montana children and their families and evaluates the MDT professionals satisfaction of the team process and CAC services. The CAM ED is responsible for furthering the Strategic Plan as adopted by the Board of Directors in 2021. The ED represents CAM at conferences and trainings throughout the year which includes participating on national and regional collaborative work groups. CAM ensures the outreach and awareness aspects of the Organization and the Strategic Plan through news releases, email notifications, presentations and publishing a quarterly newsletter and staffing booths at partner agency conferences. CAM staff conducted 914 technical assistance activities.
CAM provided technical assistance training and outreach to professionals working with communities, CACs, and MDTs including Tribal to develop and sustain an MDT or CAC or to achieve accreditation or re-accreditation with NCA. CAM completed 914 technical assistance activities to 38 counties last year. CAM distributed numerous TA manuals via email, at meetings and at statewide partner training and conference booths.