When I came to Florence Crittenton, I was 16 years old and pregnant. My pregnancy was unplanned and was a result of a very abusive relationship. I was scared and desperately in need of help. I had people advising me to terminate the pregnancy or make an adoption...
My journey to Florence Crittenton began when I was 21 years old. Before coming to Florence Crittenton my life was very tough. I had a difficult childhood, my mom passed away when I was 3 and my Dad was in and out of my life until he too passed away in 2017. My older...
Before coming to Florence Crittenton, I was living in Big Timber, Montana. I was struggling with staying in school, using drugs and spending time with people a lot older than me that were not a good influence. I was living with my Grandma because my mom didn’t want...
I was 16 and pregnant when I was sent to Florence Crittenton 9 years ago. I had had a really difficult childhood, my parents didn’t really care about me and I had been in several foster homes and group homes. I ended up staying until my daughters 3rd birthday and...
My story begins about 13 years ago. It was a normal spring day, and I had stayed home sick from school. Someone my family had trusted, someone I trusted, raped me in my home that day. Needless to say, things would never be the same for my family and I again. My mother...
Dear Florence Crittenton Staff, Before I came here I was in a bad place in many different ways, most of which you all know about. I was a very damaged person about to bring a baby into the world and I was very scared even if I never told anyone. After I got here I was...
Join us for Florence Crittentton’s 10th Annual Support Our Girls, this year with a quirky little twist. Support Our Girls has moved to Girls Night In! Gather a group of friends at home, pick up your party box including delicious appetizers, wine and fun decorations, and tune in online for a hilarious auction of incredible decorated bra packages. Back by popular demand the wine pull and raffle where everyone’s a winner!
For more information and to reserve your party box go to www.supportourgirls.com. All proceeds benefit the young families participating in Florence Crittenton’s life changing programs.
Florence Crittenton is delighted to offer a wide range of parenting classes to all parents and caregivers in our community. These classes are an excellent opportunity to learn some great skills and understand your child’s developmental stage and their needs.
Love & Logic for All Ages
Love & Logic is a relationship-based, natural consequences approach to parenting. This is a video-based curriculum facilitated by our parenting educator which will provide discussion, tools and tips to try with your own family.
Next Sessions:
June 18 – July 23, Thursdays, 5 – 7pm
Circle of Security®
Circle of Security® Parenting is an attachment-based nurturing approach to understanding children’s needs.. The program is based on decades of research about how secure parent-child relationships can be supported and strengthened.
Next Sessions:
June 15 – August 3, Mondays, 5 – 6.30pm
Loving Your Baby from the Inside Out
A nurturing prenatal baby-focused course, designed to empower and prepare young pregnant mothers for bonding throughout pregnancy, for labor, delivery, and the postpartum period.
This class is ongoing, join at anytime during your pregnancy
Class time: Ongoing on Mondays from 3 – 4pm
Services for Families with Substance Use:
Nurturing Parenting Classes
Florence Crittenton is delighted to be offering Nurturing Parenting Classes for adults who are in treatment and/or recovery for substance use problems, and who are in parenting relationships with children. It is also useful for partners of parents with substance use problems and extended family members who are parenting the children of adults with substance use disorders.
This unique curriculum is taught by 2 Master Nurturing Parenting trainers, 1 who is also a Licensed Addictions Counselor.
Next Session: Mid June – October
Community Substance Use Group Therapy Sessions
Substance Use Groups are ongoing and are held on Mondays from 1:00 to 2:30 pm and Tuesdays from 9:00 am to 10:30 am
Groups are an open format and are influenced by cognitive behavioral interventions with the hopes of identifying goals and ambitions for clients and how to reach those goals and how continued substance use could impact them reaching those goals.
Groups are open to parents and caregivers of all ages and both mothers and fathers are welcome.
How to register:
Please email our Admissions Coordinator Isabelle Hunt to register for one of our groups and classes.
Payment:
All classes are billable to insurance, Medicaid or private payment. Scholarships available for those unable to pay.
Location:
Community Outreach Center at 901 N Harris, Helena, MT 59601.
