Cayuse Prairie School - Community & Parent Resources

Jackie Bourriague, M.Ed.

District Homeless Liaison

School Counselor

Cayuse Prairie School District #10

897 Lake Blaine Rd

Kalispell, MT 59901

Office:  (406) 756-4560, ext. 230

Fax: (406) 756-4570

jbourriague@cayuse.k12.mt.us 

Crisis Support: https://courts.mt.gov/external/selfhelp/resources/flathead.pdf

Housing Support:
1. McKinney-Vento Families in Transition https://opi.mt.gov/Leadership/Academic-Success/Federal-Programs/Homeless-Children-Youth

McKinney-Vento Families in Transition 

The purpose of this program is to ensure that "each child of a homeless individual and each homeless youth has equal access to the same free, appropriate public education."

How do we determine if a child is homeless?

A child who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence may be classified as homeless under the law known as the McKinney-Vento Act 42 U.S.C. 11434a(2), which is also known as Title X, Part C, of the No Child Left Behind Act. A child’s living situation must meet one of the following criteria:

• Shelter resident
• Shared housing (two or more families living in a home)
• Motel/hotel resident (because affordable housing is not available)
• Campground or tent
• Unaccompanied youth (not living in the physical custody of a parent or legal guardian and lacking a regular, fixed, nighttime residence)
• Substandard housing (the home lacks electricity or running water)
• Car or abandoned building
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  2. The Sparrow’s Nest https://www.sparrowsnestnwmt.org/ 

Food Programs
1. MT Food Bank BackPack Program  https://mfbn.org/backpack-program/
2. SNAP https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program 
3. WIC https://dphhs.mt.gov/ecfsd/wic/index


Family and Student Support  http://opi.mt.gov/montana_students 

Family Resources and Child Care
1. Kalispell Heart Program https://www.kalispellheartprogram.org/programs
2. The Nurturing Center  https://nurturingcenter.org/ 

A List of Childcare Places/Options

Know Your Community - Resource Booklet https://dailyinterlake-mt.newsmemory.com/?special=Know+Your+Community

Girls on the Run https://www.girlsontherun.org/

Additional Resources:

Healthy Montana Kids (HMK)

CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Plan)

Community Action Partnership of Northwest Montana (CAPNM)

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Tobacco Cessation Program

Parents & Guardians: We believe the article " The Anxiety Paradox" will be of great benefit. 

Parenting Pre-K to 19 yrs

Parenting for Brain
https://www.parentingforbrain.com/

Parenting Montana 
https://parentingmontana.org/

Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Family Resources
https://www.pta.org/home/family-resources

Rural School Mental Health
https://ncrsmh.3cimpact.com/resourceCenter?tab=Resources&tag=Parent/Guardian

Parenting Teens

A Guide to Parenting Teens 
https://www.parenting.org/guides/Pages/parenting-teens.aspx

Center for Restorative Youth Justice (CRYJ)???????
https://restorativeyouthjustice.org/

Parenting for Brain - Teenagers
https://www.parentingforbrain.com/parenting-teenagers/

Parent Teen Connect???????
https://www.parenteenconnect.org/

School Based Curriculum and Programs

Early Identification System (EIS) (3rd-8th grade)
https://ruralsmh.com/intervention-hub/

Kaleidoscope Connect (8th grade)
https://www.brightwayslearning.org/kaleidoscope-connect

Kelso's Choice (2nd grade)
https://kelsoschoice.com/about/for-parents/

Kimochis (LM and K)
https://www.kimochisway.com/educators/ecc/

PAX (LM - 8th grade):
https://www.paxis.org/community-based-programming/

Second Step (1st-7th grade)
https://www.secondstep.org/families
https://www.secondstep.org/free-sel-resources/families

Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) (8th grade)
https://www.y-a-m.org/ 

State and Local Community Resources and Family Supports

Big Brothers Big Sisters of NW Montana
https://www.bbbsnwmontana.org/

Center for Restorative Youth Justice (CRYJ)
https://restorativeyouthjustice.org/

Department of Public Health and Human Services: Family Supports
https://dphhs.mt.gov/familysupports

Feeding the Flathead Meals
https://communitykitchen-feedingtheflatheadinc.com/meals

Food Banks
http://www.flatheadresourceguide.org/food-banks.html

Greater Valley Health Center
https://greatervalleyhealth.org/

Kalispell Heart Locker
https://www.kalispellheartprogram.org/programs

Medicaid / Healthy Montana Kids Healthy Kids 
https://dphhs.mt.gov/HCSD/medicaidupdates/index

The Nurturing Center
https://nurturingcenter.org/