Welcome to Alternative Youth Care (AYC). Located in Northwestern Montana, we have been helping young men for over a decade to recapture their lives using a 12-Step AA Hazelden-based treatment philosophy. We are a long-term, transitional living, half-way house specializing in helping young men to develop a desire to pursue life without drugs or alcohol. Our Treatment Program is intended to pick up where inpatient treatment concluded. Our aspiration is long-term abstinence and a lifestyle of sobriety. We believe that the learning of genuine life and social skills, within a structured residential facility, is the answer for sobriety.

Residents complete the traditional 12-Step process that was begun in inpatient treatment. The 12-Step process is coupled with group and individual therapy, as well as a focus on social and family reunification. Experienced, caring, and certified (Licensed Addiction Counselors) staff assist the young men in their journey towards the life they were intended for.

We also offer a 3/4-way living environment for residents who have completed the half-way house program and are ready for more responsibility and less structure. This new, two bedroom, fully sufficient apartment has its own kitchen, laundry, internet station, cable TV, and telephone. Residents living in the 3/4-way house continue to attend one group and one individual session a week with a licensed counselor, enabling us to continue to monitor their progress. Residents are asked to provide leadership for the half-way house residents, obtain full-time work or school. Residents living in this environment are still required to check in and out of the facility and are only permitted to leave with people who have been approved by staff. Privileges for these residents are assessed on a individual basis.

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		"I don’t know how to thank you for your involvement in my sons’ recovery.  Alternative Youth Care has been an incredible blessing for my kids as well as for our family.  With the help of your incredible and loving staff, my sons have been able to address many of their issues and have grown into confident young men who feel good about themselves.  You kept them in your care until you knew they were equipped with the tools they needed to be successful in their home environment and for that I am truly grateful.  Not only did my sons learn about recovery during their stay at AYC, they had a great time with all the activities you provided and made friends that I know they will have for a lifetime.  Thank you for the nurturing environment, the structure and discipline, the love and caring you have given my boys over the past 20 months.  You guys are the best!!!
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