Our mission is to build resilience and prevent substance misuse across Western North Carolina

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Mountain Strong is not a crisis center. If you’re thinking about suicide, are worried about a friend or loved one, or would like emotional support, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is available 24/7.

Need Immediate Help With a Mental Health or Substance Use Issue? Follow the link below.

The Continuum of Care

The Continuum of Care (a model created by the Institute of Medicine) helps us understand there are many ways to reduce problems with substance use, and they are all important. The different kinds of programs and services along the continuum can help people live healthier, happier lives, whatever their circumstances.

Promotion

Interventions to help improve overall emotional, mental, and physical well-being and help prevent substance misuse
Mountain Strong offers some of these services
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Prevention

Interventions to provide facts, skills, and other knowledge to help stop negative health behaviors
Mountain Strong offers some of these services
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Treatment

Interventions to provide clinical and other services that encourage and enable behavioral changes
Mountain Strong doesn't offer these services, but others do
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Recovery

Interventions to provide comprehensive services to help reach treatment goals and prevent relapse.
Mountain Strong doesn't offer these services, but others do
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Prime for Life is designed to help participants change their drinking and drug use behaviors by examining beliefs, internal motivations and risk perceptions. PRIME For Life® also provides people with the skills and knowledge they need to reduce the risk of alcohol and drug-related problems throughout their lives.

Prevention by the Numbers

1,212

Naloxone Kits

Distributed since 2023 to save lives in Swain County
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40

Combined Years

Experience in the substance misuse prevention field
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169,245

Number of People

Reached across seven counties with ads to prevent substance misuse in 2023-24
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90%

Number of Youth

in WNC who chose to avoid alcohol, vapes, and other drugs this past year. (Known percentages x school enrollment figures)
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News From Mountain Strong

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Mountain Strong Promotes Support After Helene

One of the many ways Mountain Projects and Mountain Strong lent a hand after Hurricane Helene caused massive destruction in Western North Carolina was by helping residents find all sorts of resources. Mountain Strong used Mountain Projects’ strong social media presence to guide readers to SAMHSA’s Disaster Helpline website, along

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Ross Awarded in Clay County

A huge congratulations to Lorrie Ann Ross, a preventionist with Mountain Strong, for being named the 2024 Champion for Children for Clay County! This special honor, awarded by the Region A Partnership for Children, recognizes her tireless dedication to improving the lives of children and families in our community. With

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