Thrive was elected ‘Best Non-Profit’ in Bozeman 2011!

CAP reached record numbers during the 2010-2011 school year: The program matched 561 K-12 students with a caring mentor. The 552 mentors volunteered a total of 8,488 hours. Apply now to be a mentor here!

Two-hundred and twenty six girls came from thirty-four Montana communities to participate in the 2011 Girls for a Change ‘The World You Want’ conference. Five reservations were represented.

The Parent Place Dynamite Dad’s program reached record numbers of dad’s and kid’s participating in October and November of 2010! Over 234 children and their male caregivers were in attendance during our November event at Museum of the Rockies.

In 2010, an independent researcher, studied CAP and Parent Liaison programs and verified increases in student academic, social and behavioral performance. This research will makes Thrive eligible to be recognized in the National Registry for Evidence Based Programs and Practices (NREP).

Throughout 2010, Montana officials from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of Public Instruction and Montana Children’s Trust Fund came to Bozeman to learn more about Thrive program models.

Received Montana Children’s Trust Fund grant in 2010 for training at schools in Belgrade- Pint-Sized Play, Engaging Parents As Partners and Powerplay.

Girls for a Change members received scholarships to attend the first ever Montana Women In Business Conference in Big Sky in June 2010 thanks to Prospera Business Network and the Women’s Center.

Two-hundred and four girls came from forty-one Montana communities to participate in the 2010 Girls for a Change conference. Five reservations were represented.

CAP reached record numbers during the 2009-2010 school year: The program matched 518 K-12 students with a caring mentor. The 498 mentors volunteered a total of 8,106 hours. CAP is on their way to another record year in 2010-2011!! Apply now to be a mentor here!

Completed second year of Pups and Pals Program in 2010 with local partners Heart of the Valley Animal Shelter and Murdoch’s Ranch and Home Supply.

Thrive was elected “Best Non-Profit In Bozeman” in 2010!

Thrive was elected ‘Best Non-Profit’ in Bozeman 2009!

Presented CAP and Parent Liaison Comprehensive Model and School District Collaboration with Bozeman Schools at National School-Based Mentoring and Volunteerism Conference, Kansas City, MO in 2009.

Added CAP and Parent Liaison programs to new Hyalite Elementary School in Bozeman, 2009.

For the 2008-2009 time frame, the number of fathers and mothers we are serving through the Parent Place parent/child groups are almost the same. We served 160 fathers and 178 mothers. Traditionally mothers have had much higher representation, but with specific programming to meet father’s needs we continue to provide programs that impact the entire family.

Thrive grant for CAP evaluation 2008. Thrive received a “Service to Science” grant award. Only 26 sites in the nation receive this prestigious award. This award will help to strengthen our evaluation of the CAP program. The internal evaluation capacity of the program will be strengthened in the areas of organizing and reformatting data for professional analysis, submitting evidence-based articles for peer-reviewed publication, and developing an application for recognition in the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP).

Montana Children’s Trust Fund discusses replication of Gym Day and Dynamite Dads in 2008.

In 2008,Community Health Partners – Livingston replicates Gym Day, a Parent Place program for parents.

In 2007, a study conducted by an independent research team at the University of Washington, funded by the National Institutes for Health, Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research and the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, Thrive’s Partnership Project showed the most significant impact compared to the other programs in improving family health literacy. Improved health literacy increases timely access to appropriate health services and reduces untreated illness in children. Seven family support programs nationwide participated in this study.