Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation 2026

Blackfeet Meadowlark Connections

The Blackfeet Tribe’s Southern Peigan Health Center (SPHC) provides primary care, integrated behavioral health, case management, and school-based services on the Blackfeet reservation. SPHC will recruit a care coordinator who will work with SPHC’s Meadowlark behavioral health provider to coordinate services across settings where maternal care occurs. This includes the Indian Health Service (IHS) Women’s Health Clinic, SPHC primary care and behavioral health, Tribal social service programs, and other community locations that serve perinatal patients. Grant funds will support the care coordinator position. Partners include the Blackfeet Community Hospital and Blackfeet Tribal Social Services, along with multiple community- based programs located on the reservation that include Sukapi Lodge, Blackfeet Tribal Behavioral Health, Tribal Health Improvement Program, Blackfeet Early Childhood Center (Head Start and Early Head Start), FAST Blackfeet (food pantry), Domestic Violence Programs, Blackfeet Housing and Crystal Creek Lodge.

Grant Amount

$50,000

Term

12 month

2026

Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation 2026

Blackfeet Tribal Emergency Operation Plan Rewrite

The Blackfeet Tribe will update and implement its Tribal Emergency Operations Plan. Through this project, the tribe will also train every agency that serves a role within the completed plan, improving emergency preparedness across the tribal government. The project will be led by Blackfeet Homeland Security and the Blackfeet Emergency Preparedness program. Grant funds will be used to support a consultant who will coordinate with 15 tribal programs to identify roles and responsibilities in the event of an emergency. Completion of plan will also facilitate access to federal funds that will improve the long term stability of essential tribal services.

Grant Amount

$15,000

Term

12 month

2026

Central Montana Childcare Alliance 2026

Creating Healthy Communities through Childcare Excellence

The Central Montana Childcare Alliance (CMCA) is a community-based organization serving Wheatland, Fergus, Judith Basin, and Petroleum Counties in Central Montana. CMCA provides training and technical assistance to current and prospective childcare providers to expand licensed childcare facilities, enhance quality of care, and improve the economic viability of operating these facilities. This project will create a licensed childcare facility in Wheatland County (one of five Montana counties without licensed childcare), which will require recruiting 3-5 new childcare workers. CMCA will also support 45+ existing providers with monthly online training and site visits, and provide a one-day, in-person training to approximately 100+ providers across the state. MTHF funds will be used to support contract staff costs for the executive director and education coordinator, costs associated with the training, marketing, and communications. Partners include the state departments of Health and Human Services, Child and Family Services, and Labor), the City of Lewistown, county commissions of all four counties, multiple non-profits, school districts, and healthcare providers, including Wheatland Memorial Healthcare.

Grant Amount

$150,000

Term

24 month

2026

Chippewa Cree Housing Authority 2026

Home Accessibility & Safety Referral Program

The Chippewa Cree Housing Authority (CCHA) serves tribal members in the Rocky Boy’s Reservation. The goal for this project is to improve health outcomes and support safe, independent living for elders, individuals with disabilities, and medically vulnerable members of the community by providing medically necessary home repairs. This project will build a coordinated system that allows health care providers to identify patients with medical or functional safety needs and connect them with resources for essential home modifications, such as ramps and basic safety improvements. As such, the program will support patient safety and independent living. Grant funds will be used to hire licensed contractors to complete all approved home repairs and accessibility modifications. This is a collaboration between the Chippewa Cree Housing Authority and the Rocky Boy Health Center.

Grant Amount

$100,000

Term

12 month

2026

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation 2026

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe Food Sovereignty AmeriCorps Site

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes' Food Sovereignty Program works to restore traditional food systems, improve community health, and increase access to traditional foods and land-based practices on the Flathead Reservation. This grant will support two AmeriCorps members who will lead education, outreach, and food system development efforts. They'll create and teach lessons on food sovereignty, gardening, and cooking to youth, adults, and families, while developing easy-to-understand materials about traditional foods, healthy eating, and food sovereignty. Grant funds will cover the cost share for the AmeriCorps service members.

Grant Amount

$23,000

Term

12 month

2026

Helping Hands Food Bank 2026

Expanding Equitable Food Access Across Big Horn County by Strengthening the Regional Food Economy

Helping Hands Food Bank in Hardin is a nonprofit that works to improve food access, quality, and education in Big Horn county. This project will support Helping Hands to purchase a vehicle with refrigeration and a lift gate. The new truck will allow Helping Hands to receive and distribute a much higher volume of fresh and frozen foods and in turn, enable them to expand food access to partner organizations across Big Horn and Rosebud Counties, specifically on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Reservations. The project will support collaboration with a large number of food system partners, including the Yellowstone Valley Food Hub, Western Montana Growers Co-op, the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Tribal Health Improvement Programs (THIP), Plenty Doors Community Development Corporation, Black Lodge Community Center, Mighty Few Community Development, Northern Cheyenne Food Pantry, Centerpole, Biiluke Strong, Mountain Shadow, Faith Hope and Love Ministries, Arrow Creek Food Pantry, Big Horn Ministerial Association, Little Big Horn College, Hopa Mountain, Family Service, Montana Food Bank Network, Messengers for Health, Montana State University Extension, Hardin School District Farm to School Program, and local farmers and ranchers.

Grant Amount

$40,000

Term

12 month

2026

Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana 2026

Enhancing Organizational Culture and Leadership Through Core Concepts Training

The Little Shell Health Clinic, operated by the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana since July 2025, provides comprehensive primary and preventive care to over 2,500 clients in Great Falls and surrounding counties. This grant will support the tribe in its efforts to build an organizational culture and leadership practices that support outstanding, client-centered care. To accomplish this, the tribe will send the clinic’s executive leadership team to Southcentral Foundation in Anchorage, Alaska. The team will participate in Southcentral Foundation’s Nuka Core Concepts Training, followed by focused work sessions to translate their learning into practical tools, clinic processes, and culturally centered service practices across the clinic. Grant funds will cover travel costs and tuition.

Grant Amount

$20,000

Term

12 month

2026

Livingston Food Resource Center 2026

Expanding the Kamut for Community Bread Program to Strengthen Rural and Indigenous Food Access

The Livingston Food Resource Center (LFRC) combats food insecurity and promotes community wellness throughout Park County. The Kamut for Community Bread Program will expand access to nutritious, preservative-free bread in rural and Indigenous communities while strengthening local food systems. The project will source grains from Montana farmers and the Chippewa Cree Tribe at Rocky Boy’s Reservation, and use them to produce nutrient-dense bread. The bread will be distributed by the Yellowstone Basin Food Pantry Collaborative, a regional network under the Montana Food Pantry Collaborative that includes Helping Hands Food Pantry (serving the Crow Nation), Northern Cheyenne Food Pantry, and Gardiner Food Pantry. MTHF funds will support ingredient procurement, staff coordination, delivery logistics, and outreach to ensure culturally meaningful, healthy food reaches those most impacted by food insecurity and health disparities. Partners for this project include the Yellowstone Basin Food Pantry Collaborative; the Chippewa Cree Tribe, who will provide the flour; Montana Flour and Grain, which will provide organic whole wheat flour; and other partners, including Hopa Mountain and the Montana Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Bureau.

Grant Amount

$87,927

Term

18 month

2026

Messengers for Health 2026

Messengers for Health Transportation Program AmeriCorps

Messengers for Health is a nonprofit that supports community-driven health programs for people on the Crow Indian Reservation and surrounding areas. This grant will support hiring an AmeriCorps member to help develop and fully implement Messengers for Health’s new Transportation Program. The AmeriCorps member will support core operations of the program, including responding to client inquiries and processing Transportation Program applications, as well as engaging Crow Tribal Health and the Medicaid Transportation Program to align services and explore opportunities for sustaining them through Medicaid reimbursement. Grant funds will cover the cost share for the AmeriCorps service member.

Grant Amount

$11,500

Term

12 month

2026

Messengers for Health 2026

Building Feasibility Study with Bannack Group

Messengers for Health works to improve the health of people on the Crow Reservation and neighboring communities through empowering people to manage their health care and chronic illnesses effectively. This grant will support Messengers to conduct a feasibility study for a new building to house their programming on land owned by the grantee in Crow Agency. The feasibility study will include interviews with key community members, prospective donors, and institutional funders to determine the depth and breadth of interest in and likely philanthropic support for campaign priorities. MTHF funds will be used to hire a consultant to conduct the feasibility study.

Grant Amount

$30,000

Term

12 month

2026

Opportunities Inc 2026

Housing Stability Services (HSS)

Opportunities, Inc. is the community action agency serving Cascade County through programs that address housing, energy, Head Start, and behavioral health services for residents with low incomes. This grant will support Opportunities, Inc to plan and develop housing support services for individuals housed in the recently opened Baatz Block Apartments, the community’s first single-site permanent supportive housing (PSH). The Baatz Block apartments were developed by Neighborworks Great Falls, with Opportunities, Inc. the lead partner to provide services on site for residents. The grant will also support Opportunities, Inc to explore revenue streams to sustain housing and substance use treatment services beyond the grant. Partners include Neighborworks Great Falls, Alluvion Health, and Continuum of Care participants. MTHF funds will be used to support staffing costs (primarily in year 1) for services seeking full or partial reimbursement in year 2, including the LAC, Outreach Coordinator, Supportive Services Coordinator, and Housing Stability Specialists.

Grant Amount

$100,000

Term

24 month

2026

Red Shield 8 Nations Inc 2026

Red Shield 8 Nations Creative Process

Red Shield 8 Nations (RS8N) is a newly formed nonprofit created by seven Montana tribes and the Montana Consortium of Urban Indian Health Centers (MCUIH) to build a new, tribally led regional healing center. This one-year grant will provide the basis for creative marketing of RS8N as a nonprofit business. MTHF funds will be used for communications costs, including logo design, branding, and website development.

Grant Amount

$30,000

Term

12 month

2026

Rocky Boy Health Center 2026

THRIVE: Teaching Health, Resilience, and Indigenous Values for Early Life

Rocky Boy Health Center (RBHC) is a tribal health department serving the Chippewa Cree community on the Rocky Boy Reservation in northcentral Montana. This grant will support RBHC to expand and improve its Meadowlark services for obstetric patients. Through this project, called "THRIVE: Teaching Health, Resilience, and Indigenous Values for Early Life," RBHC will improve maternal, infant, and family health outcomes by providing an integrated, culturally grounded continuum of care from pregnancy through the child’s first year of life. The project will be led by Rocky Boy Health Center in partnership with the Mīyō Pimātisiwinkamik Youth Wellness Center, RBHC Behavioral Health, and a collaborating OB/GYN physician, with coordination across tribal and community programs. Funds will be used to support the continuation and expansion of integrated behavioral health services including screening, warm handoffs, individual counseling, care coordination and workforce support.

Grant Amount

$100,000

Term

24 month

2026

Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council 2026

2026 National Community Health Aide Program Symposium – From Vision to Practice: Strengthening CHAP for the Next Generation of Tribal Health

Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council (RMTLC) is a tribally led organization serving tribal nations in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. This project will support a National Symposium on the Community Health Aide Program (CHAP) Symposium that will be held in Billings, Montana. This 3-day convening will advance workforce development, strengthen collaboration among tribal, state and national partners, and support planning, implementation, and long-term sustainability of CHAP through education, policy alignment, and shared learning. Grant funds will support meeting space, speaker honorariums, conference materials and direct student support. Partners include Montana Tribal Nations, Northwest Portland Area Health Board, Southern Plains Indian Health Board and the California Rural Indian Health Board.

Grant Amount

$25,000

Term

12 month

2026

Salish Kootenai College 2026

Americorp service member Salish Kootenai College Health Promotion Practices Department

Salish Kootenai College’s (SKC) Health Promotion Practices Program prepares students to promote health and wellness in tribal and rural communities. This grant will support SKC to hire an AmeriCorps member to conduct a community-building and outreach project for the Health Promotion Practices program. This project will strengthen connections between SKC’s public health programs and the communities they serve, helping to build a culturally grounded public health workforce across Tribal and rural Montana. The AmeriCorps member will build partnerships with tribal health departments, local employers, and high schools statewide to increase awareness of public health careers and align the Health Promotion Practices Program with current community health worker initiatives. Grant funds will cover the cost share for the AmeriCorps service member.

Grant Amount

$11,500

Term

12 month

2026

University of Montana, Montana Public Health Training Center 2026

Engaging health departments in the Public Health in the Schools Initiative

Through this grant, the University of Montana Public Health Training Center (MPHTC) will build interest in public health careers among rural high school students through a partnership between MPHTC, ruraal schools, local health departments, and students. Public health officials will give talks in schools, and students will have the opportunity to explore public health careers through hands-on experiences such as job shadowing and interactive sessions. In turn, students will help the MPHTC develop messaging that explains and builds enthusiasm for public health through student-created essays, poems, art, and photography. Partners include the Richland County Health Department, Riverstone Health, and several rural health departments and schools, each of which have agreed to provide staff time and participate in this project. Grant funds will support MPHTC staff to develop the toolkit, engage students and local health department staff, and develop a public health branding campaign through insights and materials from participating students.

Grant Amount

$77,119

Term

24 month

2026

Adult Resource Alliance of Yellowstone County 2025

The Merger for a Mission Project

The Adult Resource Alliance is a nonprofit organization that has served seniors in Yellowstone County since 1975. Their mission is to provide effective services and lead collaborative efforts to ensure seniors remain independent with the highest possible quality of life. This grant will support planning for a merger between Adult Resource Alliance and Big Sky Senior Services (which also serves seniors in Yellowstone County), with the goal of providing more comprehensive and efficient services to address the needs of seniors in the community. The boards of both organizations have agreed to partner to complete this merger. The merger project requires a thorough due diligence process, legal compliance work, human resources integration, and operational strategy development to build a foundation for successful implementation. Grant funds will be used for consulting services and staff time to plan for a successful merger.

Grant Amount

$50,000

Term

12 month

2025

Aware Inc. 2025

Nature-Based Occupations for Increased Quality of Life for Rural Dwelling Brain Injury Survivors

Liberty Place Inc. is a residential rehabilitation facility in Whitehall, offering services to help individuals with brain injuries reach their highest level of independence and enhance their quality of life by giving them the freedom to try. The goal of this project is to implement low-cost interventions that require fewer materials and are accessible to all ability levels to improve the health and well-being of brain injury survivors. This project will provide participants with an opportunity to engage in outdoor nature-based activities, including gardening, river rafting, fishing, animal-assisted therapy, sensory processing, functional movement, and nature-based crafts, that offer cognitive, sensory, physical, and emotional benefits. Grant funds will support travel costs, materials and resources, and staff time to develop and implement the program. This project will happen in partnership with Danielle Menter, a doctoral student in Rocky Mountain College's Occupational Therapy program.

Grant Amount

$2,500

Term

12 month

2025

Aware, Inc. 2025

Strategic Communications Development and Support

AWARE (a statewide mental health, substance use, and developmental disabilities provider) is in the process of acquiring and merging with Western Montana Mental Health Center (a mental health and substance use provider). This grant will support public-facing and internal communications throughout the planning and implementation of this transition. Clear, accurate, and effective communications about the reasons for this merger and any changes in services and providers that may occur will be essential to retaining staff and maintaining and building trust with the communities served by these large mental health providers. Grant funds will be used to secure the services of an experienced, respected, Montana-based communications firm.

Grant Amount

$50,000

Term

24 month

2025

Benefis Health System Foundation 2025

Psych on Peds: Program Development

The Benefis Health System Foundation provides resources to support and enhance care for patients and families throughout north central Montana and beyond. Through this grant, Benefis will develop and pilot Psych on Peds, a new service at Benefis Health System that will provide case management and psychotherapy services to children with acute psychiatric needs who are admitted to the inpatient medical unit (including children in psychiatric boarding). The goal of this program is to increase continuity of care across medical and psychiatric service systems, thereby shortening hospitalization stays. Grant funds will be used for staff time on the project, clinical training and consultation, and incentives to support stakeholder engagement in needs assessment and quality improvement tasks. The primary partner is Shodair Children's Hospital in Helena.

Grant Amount

$50,000

Term

12 month

2025

Big Horn County 2025

Big Horn County Housing Workgroup

This grant will help Big Horn County establish a county-wide housing work group to address needs identified in the county's recently completed housing needs assessment. Big Horn County recently hired a full-time economic development and housing manager to lead this work. Partners include Big Horn County, the City of Hardin, Apsáalooke Nation Housing Authority, and Northern Cheyenne Housing Authority. Funds from MTHF will support the travel costs of workgroup members for participation in community engagement events, outreach, and a community housing summit. Big Horn County staff also participates in MTHF's Rural Housing cohort, which provides a forum for communities addressing housing needs to share challenges and solutions.

Grant Amount

$10,000

Term

12 month

2025

Billings OBGYN Associates 2025

Improving Perinatal Mental Health in Southeastern Montana

Billings OB/GYN Associates (BOBGYN) will implement The Meadowlark Initiative in Billings and surrounding communities in Southeastern Montana. BOBGYN delivers an average of 150 babies per month at St. Vincent Regional Hospital, which constitutes roughly 75% of the Billings market. The project will improve perinatal outcomes by adopting the Meadowlark model of care, including routine screening and prompt treatment for mental health and substance use issues. BOBGYN has hired a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner who is already seeing patients. BOBGYN will use grant funds to hire a care coordinator to work with Meadowlark patients and intends to build a larger behavioral health team during the grant term. St. Vincent Regional Hospital is the main partner in this project.

Grant Amount

$150,000

Term

24 month

2025

Billings School District 2025

Biomed Career Pathways Expansion in Billings Public Schools

Billings Public Schools (BPS) is located in Billings, Montana and serves 16,675 students in grades pre-k through 12th grade across 21 elementary, 6 middle, 3 comprehensive high, 1 Career Center, and 3 public charter schools. BPS educates 11% of all K-12 public school students in the state. This grant will supporte BPS in expanding its healthcare career pathway. BPS will hire a new healthcare pathways expansion coordinator to lead strategic planning, coordinate cross-sector collaboration, and oversee phased implementation of expanded courses, certifications, and dual credit offerings. Grant funds will be used towards the salary of the coordinator's salary. Partners for this project include Billings Clinic, Intermountain Health, RiverStone HEalth, Billings Urban Indian Health & Wellness Center, MSU Billings and other post-secondary institutions, Big Sky Economic Development Authority, and the Montana Department of Labor & Industry.

Grant Amount

$75,000

Term

24 month

2025

Blackfeet Community College Department of Nursing 2025

National Accreditation for a Tribal College Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program

The Blackfeet Community College provides higher education opportunities for the Blackfeet Nation. Blackfeet Community College has created a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program and is now preparing to seek national accreditation with the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Accreditation will involve a site visit by peers and an in-depth evaluation of the curriculum and training to ensure the program meets national standards for content and quality. The Montana Board of Nursing conducted a site visit in March 2025 and provisionally approved the program through 2025. The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education's process will specify any additional requirements and recommendations that must be met and implemented for national accreditation. Grant funds will be used to hire a nursing education accreditation consultant and implement any specific requirements identified through the national accreditation process.

Grant Amount

$50,000

Term

12 month

2025

Blackfeet Tobacco Prevention Program 2025

Blackfeet Tobacco Prevention helping teach about Traditional Tobacco

The Blackfeet Tobacco Prevention Program is housed under the Blackfeet Tribal Health Department and serves the Blackfeet community. Tobacco Prevention provides education on the harmful effects of commercialized tobacco and encourages the use of traditional tobacco in a traditional/ceremonial way. The goal of this project is to support smoking cessation in a program that honors and builds on the cultural importance of traditional tobacco. The program will offer smudge kits that include a wooden box, sage, and sweet grass, education on the harmful effects of commercial tobacco, and resources to help patients quit smoking, vaping, and chewing tobacco. Elders will be present at events to provide words of wisdom and guidance. Partners include Blackfeet Community Elders and community members who want to quit commercial tobacco.

Grant Amount

$10,000

Term

12 month

2025

Butte Native Wellness Center 2025

Integrated Behavioral Health Expansion at Butte Native Wellness Center

Butte Native Wellness Center (BNWC) is the Urban Indian Organization providing primary care, behavioral health, nutrition, and cultural services in Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, Madison, Beaverhead, and Powell counties since 2022. This grant will support BNWC in implementing culturally responsive team-based primary care that integrates behavioral health services. BNWC will expand its behavioral health team by hiring a second licensed addiction counselor (LAC), an IBH clinician, and an IBH care manager. Through this project, BNWC will offer brief, same-day, and short-term behavioral health interventions, longer-term therapy, and care coordination that bridges medical, behavioral, and cultural care. Grant funds will support a portion of salaries and fringe benefits for three new positions. The multidisciplinary team will bring a strong foundation of collaboration, cultural expertise, and clinical experience to ensure the timely and effective implementation of IBH services. Project partners include Montana universities, Billings Area IHS, local psychiatric providers, Southwest Montana Community Health Center, the local pre-release program, Montana Chemical Dependency Treatment Center, Butte Rescue Mission, Butte-Silver Bow City-County, and the Montana Consortium of Urban Indian Health (MCUIH).

Grant Amount

$150,000

Term

24 month

2025

Central Montana Food Hub 2025

Central Montana Food Hub Facility Planning Grant

The Central Montana Food Hub (CMFH) is a producer-led marketplace and distribution network that supports small and medium-scale farmers, ranchers, and producers by marketing, aggregating, and delivering locally produced meats, eggs, honey, grains, produce, and value-added goods across communities in Central Montana, and also connects to other food hubs across the state. This project will support planning for a food aggregation and distribution facility in Harlowton, MT, including architectural, engineering, and business planning. CMFH has secured the project site and received a funding award from the Montana Department of Agriculture's Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure program (RFSI) to build the facility. The project sets out four key objectives: establishing infrastructure for post-harvest processing, providing tailored warehouse and kitchen space, building a reliable distribution network, and improving the efficiency of the supply chain. High Plains Architects will develop the plans. Partners include Snowy Mountain Development, Mission West Community Development, Hopa Mountain, Abundant Montana, and Western Montana Growers Cooperative. MTHF funds will pay for architecture and engineering costs associated with the building's design, and support Snowy Mountain Development to finalize the financial proforma.

Grant Amount

$40,000

Term

12 month

2025

Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy Reservation 2025

Chippewa-Cree Tribe Food Chain Development

The Chippewa-Cree Food Sovereignty Program is housed under the Chippewa-Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy Reservation in North Central Montana. With this grant, the Chippewa-Cree Food Sovereignty Program will develop value-added products that honor cultural heritage and use locally grown foods. The grantee will focus on placing value-added products such as kamut flour, meat, and vegetable products in local grocery stores, public schools, local businesses, and tribal food service entities. By marketing existing products and developing new, healthier food options, they seek to enhance food security and encourage more nutritious choices in the community. During the grant they will provide training for local producers, helping them navigate marketing and understanding compliance and food codes. Grant funds will support staff to support local growers in becoming value-added product producers. Funds will also be used to support outreach and marketing. Partners include Buffalo Child Ranch, the Garden, the Cattlemen’s Association, Rocky Boy Health’s P4 Program, and Stone Child College Extension Program.

Grant Amount

$100,000

Term

12 month

2025

Community Food & Agriculture Coalition 2025

Building a Strategic Sustainability Plan for Montana’s Double SNAP Dollars (DSD) Program

Farm Connect Montana (formerly CFAC) serves as a connection between local farmers, institutions, and consumers to build a strong regional food system. This grant will support Farm Connect Montana to create a plan to secure the long-term viability of Montana’s Double SNAP Dollars (DSD) program and strengthen the statewide food access network. Farm Connect Montana will lead a planning process with the DSD Network Steering Committee and regional partners to assess financial and organizational capacity, convene structured planning sessions, and gather input from farmers, markets, tribal leaders, health care providers, and SNAP participants. The project will design a roadmap through 2030 that builds durable financial models, governance structures, and grassroots strategies for markets and regional coordinators to apply locally to ensure that DSD programs are sustainable even in a reduced Federal funding environment. MTHF funds will support staffing and facilitation costs for the plan’s development. Confirmed partners include National Center for Appropriate Technology, Land to Hand Montana, FAST Blackfeet, and Yarrow Consulting, alongside 11 steering committee member organizations representing diverse stakeholders.

Grant Amount

$20,000

Term

12 month

2025

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation 2025

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Homelessness Strategic Planning

This grant will support the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) Homelessness Task Force Coalition to develop a strategic plan to address homelessness in the communities of the Flathead Reservation. CSKT will hire a facilitator to convene the Task Force and partners and work through a structured strategic planning process. Funds from MTHF will support supplies and consulting/facilitation services. Partners include Salish Kootenai College, the Montana Continuum of Care Coalition, the Tribal Defenders Office, and the CSKT Homelessness Task Force (which includes elected leaders and multiple tribal departments who work to address homelessness).

Grant Amount

$100,000

Term

12 month

2025

Culbertson Public Schools 2025

Behavioral Health Services in Culbertson Schools

Culbertson School District is a Class C K-12 school with an enrollment of 275 students and 50 staff. The goal of the project is for the district and Roosevelt Medical Center to formalize their partnership to bring school-based behavioral health services on-site at the school and provide behavioral health training to staff. They will do this by creating a safe and private space in the school for a therapist and providing behavioral health professional development activities for school staff. Grant funds will be used for the therapist's office and behavioral health training for staff. Roosevelt Medical Center is a confirmed partner for the project.

Grant Amount

$50,000

Term

24 month

2025

Elliston School 2025

Upgrade Kitchen Equipment at the Elliston School

Elliston, population 350, is a rural community about 20 miles west of Helena. The Elliston school food service program serves breakfast and lunch to 30 students, two thirds of whom receive free or reduced price lunch. This grant will allow the school to replace obsolete, non-commercial equipment with a commercial stove and hood and upgrade food storage capacity. The cook prepares recipes from scratch, which saves a considerable amount of funding and allows for the incorporation of healthy, local foods. Replacement of the cooking equipment and increased cold storage will allow for increased bulk buying, creating cost savings and increased sustainability for the program. The program will also partner with the Montana Project to End Childhood Hunger food service directors' cohort to increase capacity.

Grant Amount

$9,800

Term

12 month

2025

Fallon County Health Department 2025

Fallon County Vision Project

The Fallon County Health Department is a community-focused agency dedicated to promoting and protecting the health and well-being of all residents in one of Montana’s southeastern counties. The goal of the vision project is to provide access to vision screenings and optometry services in rural and frontier settings at no cost. In partnership with the Caring Foundation of Montana and the Care Van Program, the health department will provide access to vision screening machines, public health staff to decipher vision screening results, optometry care, and transportation. Grant funds will pay for glasses for those needing corrective lenses, as well as for those individuals needing repairs to broken glasses. The project will primarily serve elementary school students in Baker or Plevna, and project partners are the Caring Foundation, Care Van, and the elementary schools.

Grant Amount

$10,000

Term

12 month

2025

Family Promise of Great Falls 2025

Homeless to Housed Hub

Family Promise of Great Falls (FPGF) is a non-profit housing and services provider in Cascade County that provides emergency housing, permanent housing, and services to stabilize housing and prevent homelessness. They lead the Homeless to Housing Hub (HHH), a collaborative effort among Great Falls-based housing and service providers including YWCA, Alliance for Youth, St. Vincent de Paul, Housed Great Falls, Great Falls Public Schools, The Little Shell Tribe, Neighborworks Great Falls, Opportunities, Inc., Alluvion, and Many Rivers Whole Health. This consortium has submitted a proposal to the Diocese of Great Falls to lease the vacant Poor Clare Monastery. The property is home to several buildings and property for potential future development and represents an excellent opportunity for the community to meet housing needs both immediately and long-term. Grant funds will be used to hire a land-use consultant to assess the buildings and overall property and work with City officials, partners, and stakeholders to create a plan for immediate building uses, mid-term renovation needs, and long-term planning for new permanent housing. FPGF will also contract with a consultant to formulate a capital stack and fund development plan for the project.

Grant Amount

$30,000

Term

24 month

2025

Fort Peck Tribal Health Department 2025

Fort Peck Tribal Health Title V Planning Project

Fort Peck Tribal Health serves the American Indian population of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. With this grant, Fort Peck Tribes intends to complete the planning process to execute a Title V compact with the Indian Health Service (IHS) to assume responsibility for providing health services. Fort Peck will attend a tribal self-governance training, complete an initial Title V plan, engage the community, and carry out a survey to align the plan with community needs and priorities, and apply to the IHS for entry into the Tribal Self-Governance program. The Tribes have considered using a phased approach that starts with adding new Title I 638 contracts for certain services and delays final plans for compacting pending successful implementation of those contracts. Grant funds will be used by consultants to carry out the community survey and develop policies, as well as training and travel to attend self-governance training and site visits.

Grant Amount

$112,537

Term

12 month

2025

Geraldine Public School 2025

Strengthening Rural Nutrition Through Reliable Food Storage

The Geraldine Public School food service program serves breakfast and lunch to 67 students and has a strong scratch-cooking program. MTHF funds will be used to replace their refrigerator and freezer system and cover installation costs. The current food storage system is over 50 years old and experiencing multiple failures, resulting in food loss, higher costs, and compromised safety. Replacement will ensure safe storage, prevent food loss, and sustain their scratch-cooking meal program. Partners include the school staff and the Montana Project to End Childhood Hunger.

Grant Amount

$10,000

Term

12 month

2025

Good Housing Partnership 2025

Eastern Montana and Whitefish Scattered Sites Preservation

This PRI to Good Housing Partnership (GHP) will provide $740,000 in predevelopment financing to assist in acquiring, renovating, and preserving affordability for 273 housing units in six existing housing developments in Glasgow, Sidney, and Whitefish. The PRI will fund the assessments required for each property to access Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), which are reimbursed at the closing of the LIHTC partnership. Rents are targeted to be affordable to people earning less than 60% of Area Median Income. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) subsidies are available to ensure that households do not pay more than 30% of their income toward rent, regardless of their income. The planned renovations will substantially improve accessibility, safety, indoor air quality, and energy efficiency for tenants while preserving long-term affordability. The $740,000 PRI will be repaid with 2% interest at the closing of the LIHTC deal, which will happen within 24 months of the date of this PRI. The PRI will leverage $48.6 million in bond financing and LIHTCs that make up the majority financing package for this multi-site project. Remaining sources for the $67.5 million project include deferred developer fees and a seller note.

Grant Amount

$740,000

Term

24 month

2025

Granite County Medical Center 2025

Providing Access to Total Health

Granite County Medical Center (GCMC) is a 25-bed critical access hospital that serves the rural communities of Philipsburg and Drummond with a total population of 3300 residents. This project aims to implement integrated behavioral health in GCMC’s two rural health clinics. GCMC will contract with Roots & Resilience, a nonprofit community mental health agency, for an on-site clinician one day/week and access to on-call providers as needed. The work plan includes training providers and staff on integrated care and universal screening, updating the electronic health record (EHR) with data collection templates, and updating billing processes with appropriate behavioral health codes. Grant funds will support a portion of project staff salaries, a contract for Roots & Resilience, a contract for data collection and EHR optimization, and equipment/supplies. Project partners are Roots & Resilience for clinical services, Health Equity Solutions for EHR optimization and billing technical assistance, and the Healthy Granite County Network for referrals to community resources.

Grant Amount

$124,976

Term

36 months

2025

Great Plains Veterans Services Center 2025

Building Sustainable Veterans Support Services

Great Plains Veterans Services Center (GPVSC) is a nonprofit founded by veterans in 2015 to address the pressing needs of American Indian Veterans in Montana’s most isolated communities. GPVSC serves Rocky Boy, Blackfeet, and Fort Belknap reservations and both Native and non-Native veterans in Hill, Chouteau, Glacier, and Blaine counties. The goal of this project is to create a comprehensive sustainability plan that strengthens GPVSC’s Veteran Support Services, enhancing mental health care and partnerships for lasting community impact. GPVSC will hire a consultant to complete strategic planning, feasibility analysis, and sustainability planning. Funds will be used for consultant salary, travel, and meetings. The primary partner is the Great Falls Vet Center.

Grant Amount

$50,000

Term

12 month

2025

Harvest Food Pantry, Inc. 2025

Food Pantry Client-Choice Model Implementation

Harvest Food Pantry is a volunteer-led organization working to address hunger and improve the health and well-being of people in Cut Bank and the neighboring community of Seville. Through this grant, Harvest Food Pantry will implement a self-service shopping model for customers, allowing them to select foods that meet their family's tastes and needs. Self-shopping improves customer experience by enhancing dignity and choice, allowing more intentional selections to create nutritious meals, and increasing the likelihood that people in need will use this critical community service. Funds from MTHF will be used to purchase a glass-door freezer, stanchions, rope dividers, a printer, and a laminator to implement the food pantry's self-shopping model.

Grant Amount

$6,917

Term

12 month

2025

Helena College 2025

Occupational Therapy Assistant Program

Helena College is a two-year institution within the Montana University System offering 28 degrees and certificates with nearly 1,500 students enrolled. This grant will enable Helena College to establish an Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) training program. The OTA program will help meet a growing demand for qualified occupational therapy professionals, equipping graduates with the skills to work in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, school districts, pediatric clinics, and other health care settings. To develop this program, Helena College will upgrade classrooms with the necessary technologies to teach occupational therapy skills and add an academic fieldwork coordinator and full-time faculty member. Grant funds will support staff salaries, equipment, and supplies. Confirmed partners, including Intermountain, the Helena School District, Rocky Mountain College and University of Montana, Helena OT Specialists, and Rosebud Healthcare Center, will offer students valuable learning environments and mentorship.

Grant Amount

$100,000

Term

24 month

2025

Helena Indian Alliance 2025

School Based Services Expansion Project

Helena Indian Alliance (HIA) is an Urban Indian Health Center and a federally qualified health center look-alike. Through this grant, Helena Indian Alliance will expand its successful school-based service program to two elementary schools in the Helena School District, Smith and Jefferson. HIA will provide behavioral health and case management services in those schools and anticipates offering services two days per week at each school. Grant funds will support the salary of the behavioral health provider during the startup period. The primary partner for the project is the Helena School District.

Grant Amount

$50,000

Term

12 month

2025

Helena Pediatric Clinic 2025

MTAAP’s Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) initiative

Helena Pediatric Clinic (HPC) is a family-centered, private pediatric practice serving Helena and neighboring communities. Through this grant, HPC aims to implement behavioral health services for all pediatric patients, with the ultimate goal of improving health outcomes and reducing healthcare costs for clinic families. HPC is the first grantee to join a planned cohort of pediatric practices that will implement integrated behavioral health, through a partnership supported by the Montana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (MTAAP) through a grant from the Montana Healthcare Foundation. Grant funds will be utilized to administer the initiative, recruit and provide initial funding for a licensed pediatric/family mental health clinician, and track the project's inputs and outcomes. Informal partners include community-based pediatric psychiatrists, therapists/counselors, social workers, occupational therapists, and speech language pathologists.

Grant Amount

$75,000

Term

36 months

2025

Hopa Mountain 2025

Increasing Access to Local Food for Rural Montanans

This grant will support Hopa Mountain to build and maintain a Local Food Marketplace (LFM) web portal and expand access to food hubs and producers around the state. The LFM is a customer-facing website that shows aggregated local food available through food hubs and small producers for purchase by institutional buyers, commercial sellers, and individuals. LFM will also assist food hubs in creating and managing their online stores. LFM is one component of the Local Food for Local Families collaborative (LFLF). Partners include Mission West Community Development Partners, Western Montana Growers Cooperative, Livingston Food Resource Center, Great Northern Development Corporation, Farm Connect Montana, the Montana Food Bank Network, and food hubs and producers. Funds from MTHF will support staff time, software, training, and website development for LFM to develop the Buy Local Montana website.

Grant Amount

$50,000

Term

24 month

2025

Human Resource Development Council of District IX, Inc. 2025

Human Resource Development Council IX loan application for the Belgrade Trailer Court to preserve critical affordable homeownership opportunities.

This program-related investment (PRI) will support HRDC in its effort to preserve affordable housing in the Belgrade Trailer Court, a 20-unit mobile home community. HRDC purchased the property with a market-rate loan in 2024 to protect residents from displacement due to development pressure and give residents time to work toward converting the property to a resident-owned cooperative (ROC). Households in the Belgrade Trailer Court currently pay lot rents of $600 per month, well below prevailing market rents, and most residents qualify for other HRDC services (such as Low-Income Energy Assistance Program) that have income qualification standards. HRDC’s purchase will temporarily stabilize rents while residents work toward creating a resident-owned cooperative and assuming ownership of the property from HRDC. In the longer-term, converting the property to a resident-owned cooperative will provide long-term stability in housing costs, as well as the opportunity to build equity. Owning the land their homes are on will also allow residents to access more favorable financing for home improvements that will enhance the health and safety of their homes. MTHF’s $500,000 investment will provide low-cost, longer-term debt that supports the financial viability of the project. This lower cost financing will allow HRDC to phase in more sustainable rents while working on the long-term development, which includes an approximate $1 million in infrastructure improvements such as establishing connections to city services. Partner contributions include technical assistance from NeighborWorks Montana, infrastructure assistance from the City of Belgrade, rent stabilization assistance from Gallatin County, and primary financing from Clearwater Credit Union.

Grant Amount

$500,000

Term

Other

2025

Identity, Inc 2025

Tribal Communities Impact Ambassadors Course Development

Identity Inc. fosters a positive identity for Montana's Native people by supporting Native youth and adults to elevate stories of success and accomplishment through a lens of resilience that is often overlooked in mainstream media and public perception of American Indian communities. This grant supports Identity, Inc to develop a culturally grounded course that will equip "Impact Ambassadors" to showcase excellence across athletics, arts, culture, education, and community leadership. Input from trusted mentors, elders, artists, educators, and youth will blend storytelling, media skills, leadership training, and culture to prepare participants as trusted voices for their nations and communities. Grant funds will be used to support curriculum design, community engagement, stipends for youth and elders, travel, and the creation of training materials, laying the foundation for a sustainable program launch. Partnerships will be established with schools and their athletic programs, as well as art organizations, through this grant.

Grant Amount

$20,000

Term

12 month

2025

Indian Family Health Clinic 2025

Improving Patient Outcomes through Data Integration and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Alignment

Indian Family Health Clinic (IFHC) is an urban Indian health center that serves the Great Falls region. The goal of this project is to strengthen IFHC’s capacity to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care by integrating its clinical data systems. IFHC will work with a consultant to improve its ability to extract and report clinical data from its electronic health record system, eClinicalWorks (eCW). Through this grant, IFHC and consultant Azara DRVS will develop user-friendly dashboards that highlight key patient care trends and extract measures for required reporting under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Staff will also be trained to enter and utilize data more effectively, ensuring that patient interactions contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the health needs of IFHC's user population. Grant funds will be used for technical consultation, staff training, and development of reporting tools. Partners for this project include Azara Drives, the eClinicalWorks (eCW) support team, and IFHC’s Quality Improvement and Information Technology staff.

Grant Amount

$20,000

Term

12 month

2025

Kalispell School District #5 2025

Enhancing Student and Staff Wellness

Kalispell Public Schools (KPS) is a Title I district that serves over 6,000 K-12 students in the Kalispell area. This project aims to strengthen the partnership with Greater Valley Health Center (GVHC) to enhance students' and staff's access to medical and behavioral health services and create a culture of wellness across the district. KPS will do this by employing a Wellness & Mental Health Support Specialist (WMHSS), who will serve as the project manager for a district-wide initiative aimed at increasing awareness and uptake of the GVHC school-based health centers, and by establishing a KPS School Wellness Advisory Council. The WMHSS will manage the overall program, including coordination, communication, and program evaluation, to better integrate GVHC's services into the district's existing support systems for students and staff. Grant funds will be used towards the salary of the WMHSS, supplies, and communications.

Grant Amount

$75,000

Term

24 month

2025

Lame Deer Public Schools 2025

Empowering Indigenous Youth Voices for Health Equity with School Based Health Centers

Lame Deer Junior/Senior High School (LDJSHS) serves nearly 300 students and is located on the Northern Cheyenne reservation. This project will support the inclusion of youth perspectives in ongoing development of the newly established LDJSHS school-based health center. This "youth voice" project will engage middle and high school students (grades 7–12) to shape how health services are delivered and increase the SBHC’s clinic use. They will do this by engaging students in leadership roles, health career exploration, and skill building activities such as Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) training, participation in national youth conferences, and healthcare career immersion experiences. Grant funds will be used for staffing, contracts, travel and supplies. Confirmed partners for the project include Northern Cheyenne Tribal Health Department and Montana State University College of Nursing One Community in Health Program (OCIH) Program, which currently provides health services at the clinic.

Grant Amount

$75,000

Term

24 month

2025

Liberty County Hospital DBA Logan Health - Chester 2025

Behavioral Health Service line- Chester Montana

Logan Health Chester is a 25-bed critical access hospital serving the rural communities of Liberty, Hill, and Toole Counties on the Hi-Line in northcentral MT. This project will add integrated behavioral health (IBH) to the rural health clinic’s primary care practice. Logan Health Chester will hire a full-time behavioral health provider to offer a hybrid model of brief interventions and traditional therapy. The IBH program will be supervised by Logan Health’s Hi-Line behavioral health manager, who oversees behavioral health staff for hospitals in Conrad, Cut Bank, and Shelby, facilitates education and connections with local schools and community providers, and oversees marketing and outreach for IBH. Grant funds will support the salary of the new behavioral health provider and a portion of the Hi-Line behavioral health manager’s salary, as well as supplies and equipment. The other Hi-Line critical access hospitals in the Logan Health system are project partners. Logan Health Cut Bank will offer all previous materials, policies and procedures, and budgetary tools to help Logan Health Chester mirror its successful IBH service line. Partners include the Chester school district and community social service agencies.

Grant Amount

$125,000

Term

24 month

2025