For nearly 20 years, the formerly known Montana Collegiate Tobacco Prevention Initiative (MCTPI) has supported college and university efforts to reduce use and exposure to tobacco across the state. In 2017, the initiatives expanded its scope of work beyond tobacco to include additional chronic disease prevention areas of concern. With the expansion, the project name of MCTPI no longer accurately described the efforts of our campuses. Healthy Colleges Montana, or HCM, was selected by the coalition as the new project name. 

Healthy Colleges Montana is a grant funded coalition of institutions of higher education. Healthy Colleges Montana (HCM) works with 19 campuses across the state to help create a healthier Montana. HCM supports collegiate prevention and health promotion efforts by providing technical assistance, creating statewide professional development opportunities, and advancing data collection and analysis. Creating healthier campuses is accomplished by fostering a network of Montana campuses & communities, partnering with state partners, and capitalizing on NASPA's expertise.

The goal of HCM is to continue building a coalition of institutions of higher education in the state of Montana to address the issues of highest priority. These include: alcohol and other drug abuse and misuse, mental health, help seeking behaviors, and utilizing campus and community resources. To better understand these behaviors and to learn more about the current status of Montana collegiate students, HCM created a statewide data set utilizing the National Collegiate Health Assessment (NCHA), which is administered by the American College Health Association (ACHA). To meet the needs of our campuses, HCM is continuously seeking and building partnerships with state and national organizations to provide evidence-based and evidence-informed resources to work more effectively and efficiently.

Healthy Colleges Montana is managed by the Health, Safety, and Well-being Initiatives team of NASPA. HCM supports trainings and technical assistance, campus and community partnerships, and educational programming as we work towards making our campuses a safer space for students to live, work, learn, and grow.

This resource hub will serve as a avenue for Healthy Colleges Montana advisors and students to have access to tools and resource to support their work.