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CCC's Employee Committee supports community organizations including donating yearly to nine local high schools for their "Safe Graduation Parties" or scholarships and supports Hi-Line Women Against Breast Cancer every year. In 2007, the committee started a program that they hope will become an annual event, delivering Christmas presents to needy children in several area towns.

Crossroads Correctional Center is involved in the community in many ways.

CCC's Employee Committee supports community organizations including eight local high school districts and the American Cancer Society. CCC has an Outside Inmate Work Force Crew, which participates in various local projects for the city of Shelby. The facility has a Community Advisory Committee which consists of approximately 13 members from the local community including the Mayor, County Commissioner, and the County Sheriff. Each quarter, the facility hosts a luncheon for all the committee members.

FAITH-BASED: CCC employs a full-time chaplain that oversees all religious programming and coordinates all volunteer services. Crossroads provides a Sweat Lodge for Native Americans, which comprises about 25% of the general inmate population. Over a hundred volunteers provide a multitude of religious programming, which is available to all offenders. SUBSTANCE ABUSE: Intensive Treatment Unit-12 step recovery, Primary Care-Chemical Dependency, Relapse Prevention, Alcoholics Anonymous, UA Education Program-video program for those inmates who have failed a urinalysis EDUCTIONAL: Basic GED, Math and Advanced Math, Art History, English Literature, and Chemistry. Dante classes are also offered so the inmate can apply for college credit. Crossroads has also partnered with Browning Community College to offer inmates the opportunity to take college level courses and earn credit. VOCATIONAL: woodworking and computer competency courses LIFE SKILLS: cognitive principles and restructuring, parenting classes, anger management and instructive programs focused on employability OTHERS: Recreation and hobby- basketball, handball, weight lifting, running/jogging/cardio, softball, frisbee, horseshoes, volleyball, flag football and pickle ball Hobby- horsehair/leaster, hobby shop art, art beading, needlecraft and music Youth awareness- inmate volunteers host high school tours to discuss the issues of choices and consequences. Inmates are frank in discussions about their lifestyles before entering the prison system. Transitional Assistance Program- TAP provides inmates with access to community resources and assistance to allow them to better reintegrate into the community they are relocating to. Canine Companions for Independence Dog Program Inmate volunteers raise and train puppies from a California company. The dogs eventually become service dogs for handicapped (mostly wheelchair bound) individuals.

Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and holidays

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From Great Falls, MT-- Heading north on I-25, take Exit 358 (Marias Valley). Turn right at the first stop sign. Travel down the hill to the next stop sign. Turn left onto the frontage road. The traveling direction will still be north, parallel to the interstate. Follow the frontage road for approximately 3 miles. Take a left hand turn that will take you under the overpass and onto Heath Rd. At the stop sign directly after the overpass, make a right hand turn and follow the pavement to the parking area of the facility.

If traveling on Hwy 2 from either east or west, turn onto the frontage road, which is between Pizza Hut and the Crossroads Inn. Follow the curve on the frontage road and travel up the hill past the Comfort Inn and the American Flag. continue traveling south until the first right hand turn (Heath Rd.), which goes under the overpass. At the stop sign directly after the overpass, make a right hand turn and follow the pavement to the parking area of the facility.