Southwest Montana Youth Partners in the News
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“We formed a working group because we haven’t had child care for about 4 years".
-Rusty Giulio, Mayor of Boulder, MT
“If you’re considering helping your community get a child care (facility) you can only benefit from it, and everyone around you will benefit from it”
— Devyn Ottman, Teacher
Quotes from Child Care Connections — “Child Care in our Communities”
“The two main distracters in a lot of places is childcare and housing, so if we can address one of them with this facility and this organization…”
— Tim Norbeck, Southwest Montana Youth Partners Board of Directors
Quote from KPAX-TV — “Boulder partnership ready to hire child care provider after yearlong effort”
Boulder Child Care Facility Project
“…it capped a yearlong journey that started when a citizen group in Boulder self-formed to investigate ways to fill the city’s persistent child-care gap”.
“The (child care) gap in rural areas is significantly higher than in urban communities”.
“The need in Boulder has been severe. Its last licensed day care facility, Frog’s Corner Daycare, closed in 2018”.
— The Boulder Monitor • “How Boulder got its child care center” • 01/05/2022
“Southwest Montana Youth Partners took a major step forward in their journey to bring more childcare to Boulder this week…”.
“Dawson said it is the hope of SMYP to find a provider that can offer childcare at an affordable cost to the community…”.
“...we have a good model here, one that could expand past Boulder. Whitehall has seen what we’re doing here and they want to adopt the same program”.
— The Boulder Monitor • “Local childcare program seeking provider, to open this fall” • 07/27/2022
“Mayor Rusty Giulio, who paid $5,000 of his own money as earnest money on the building…said that apart from lack of housing, child care is the area’s ‘most important’ issue”.
“...Boulder currently has about 50 children in need of childcare in Boulder…”
— The Boulder Monitor • “The County spends $110,000 for child care facility” • 08/11/2022
Youth Leadership Program
“…encouraging participants to identify shared interests and begin working on community service projects of their own”.
“‘A sense of community service can help you navigate life. What you start doing as a volunteer can turn into a career’” - Mickey Senechal, Civic Organizer
— The Boulder Monitor • “In new program, tomorrow’s leaders learn from today’s” • 02/13/2024
“The $10,000 grant, provided by the Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, will seed Boulder’s Youth Leadership Program, affording an opportunity for 7th, 8th and 9th graders to build a culture of leadership through community engagement and hands-on education”.
“‘Skills, experience and service hours can really help students in the future’” - Rochelle Hesford, Executive Director at SMYP.
“‘Providing a safe place for kids to develop and strengthen lifelong skills is the ultimate goal’”- Rochelle Hesford.
— The Boulder Monitor • “New teen leadership program to launch in Boulder” • 11/14/2023
“Students spent 36 hours over the course of the semester learning about leadership and project development”.
“…projects included local clean up efforts, organized socializing in elderly care facilities, and issue advocacy campaigns”.
— The Boulder Monitor • “Leadership program host “A Night to Shine” in Boulder” • 06/07/2024