The Healthy Relationships Project at the Missoula City-County Health Department works to promote healthy relationships and prevent relationship violence, including sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and teen dating violence.  We offer outreach and education to help people learn skills for having healthier relationships.  We also coordinate Make your Move! Missoula, a coalition of local organizations and community members engaged in efforts to change the social norms, beliefs, and behaviors that support sexual and intimate partner violence, thus creating a safer and healthier community.

Training and Workshops Offered

For Youth, we offer the following lessons or guest-speaking opportunities:

• Healthy Friendships for 3rd-6th Graders:  A 30-minute lesson and activity that can be delivered in after-school programs.
• Power Up, Speak Out! For 7th and 8th Graders:  A 5-lesson curriculum that encourages middle school students to think critically about healthy relationships, power dynamics, boundaries, and consent.  Each lesson is designed to be engaging and age-appropriate.
• Healthy Relationships and Consent for High School Students:  We offer 2, 45-50 minute lessons that can be delivered separately or during one, 90-minute block period.  These lessons can also be delivered in congregate care settings.

For Adults, we offer the following workshops:

• Bystander Intervention for Bars:  During this workshop for bars and other establishments that serve alcohol, staff will learn about how they can help prevent sexual violence by being positive bystanders.  For more information, visit the Make Your Move! Missoula website. 
• Workplace Sexual Harassment:  This workshop helps staff understand what is ok and what's not ok in the workplace through innovative and engaging activities.  This workshop is best suited for the service industry or other workplaces where dating between coworkers is common.  
• In-Service for Youth Groups and Youth-Serving Organizations:  During this 1-hour training, staff will learn about how their work already supports violence prevention as well as how to utilize teachable moments to promote social norms that protect against relationship violence.

Make Your Move! Missoula Coalition

For more information, resources, downloadable toolkits, and more, visit: Makeyourmovemissoula.org