Programs

Mentoring

Hopa Mountain helps citizen leaders further develop their skills to deliver strength-based programs, services, and organizational efforts that meet needs expressed in their individual communities. Hopa Mountain matches resources of all kinds to rural and tribal citizen leaders to help them achieve their goals.

StoryMakers - An early learning program for families with children 0-5

Youth Leadership Programs - Opportunities to strengthen teens' leadership skills

Youth Leaders in Service - Developing new youth-led service-learning programs

Strengthening the Circle - A Native Nonprofit Leadership Program

Native Science Field Centers - Culturally-grounded informal science programs

Native Science Fellows - Geosciences fellowship opportunities for college students

Nonprofit Leadership Programs - Custom training programs for communities and organizations

Imagine Montana - Civic engagement opportunities for citizen leaders across the state

Training

Hopa Mountain works to expand and enhance community-based opportunities for youth and adults. The majority of these efforts are informal (out-of- school) trainings for community leaders, with an emphasis on informal science education, program development, non-profit capacity-building, appreciative inquiry and strategic planning.

An Introduction to Youth-led Service-Learning and Learn and Serve America Sub-Grants (grant deadline June 30)

Hopa Mountain is pleased to announce the availability of competitive Youth Leaders in Service sub-award grants for community-based nonprofit organizations and rural and tribal schools in Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota's Pine Ridge reservation. The goal of Youth Leaders in Service is to help launch youth-led, community-based service-learning projects in rural and tribal communities. These grants are made available through a sub-award from the National Corporation for Community Service's Learn and Serve America program. For more information, please download the announcement.

Networking

Hopa Mountain facilitates regional networks of rural and tribal citizen leaders along with forums to exchange ideas, collaborate on projects and offer one another support.

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