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

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

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

Livingston Healthcare 2025

Enhancing Access and Collaboration: Expanding the Ranger Clinic for Comprehensive Youth Health Services in Park County

Livingston HealthCare (LHC) is a fully accredited, integrated, not-for-profit healthcare organization that primarily serves the residents and visitors of Park and Sweet Grass Counties. The goal of this project is to expand access to the current school-based health center at Livingston High School, explore strategic partnerships, and elevate youth voice. They will do this by expanding hours of the current school-based health center at Park High and adding an additional site at Sleeping Giant Middle School. Both are school-wide Title I schools. They will also dedicate staff time to a school-based program manager position and a care coordinator role. The school-based program manager position will focus on coordinating efforts with the school district and other partners. The care coordinator will provide support to both the medical and behavioral health teams in the schools. Grant funds will be used towards staff salaries including the program manager, care coordinator, psychologist and nurse practitioner. Livingston School District is a confirmed partner in this project.

Grant Amount

$199,230

Term

36 months

2025

Livingston Public Schools 2025

Expanding School-Based Healthcare

Livingston School District is a PK-12 school district serving 1,200 students in Park County. The goal of the project is to increase utilization of the school-based health center that they have on campus, in which Livingston Health offers primary care and behavioral health services. They will do this by hiring a staff member to serve as a liaison with Livingston Health. This staff member will analyze utilization data and use this information to develop appropriate branding, outreach, and systems to facilitate utilication of the services. Grant funds will be used for project staff salaries, travel and supplies. Confirmed partners for this project are Livingston Health and Livewell 49.

Grant Amount

$75,000

Term

24 month

2025

PureView Health Center 2025

PureView School Based Health Four Georgians Elementary School

PureView Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center serving Lewis and Clark County and Lincoln. PureView provides behavioral health services in three schools in the Helena School District. With this grant, PureView will expand services to an additional school, Four Georgians Elementary School (4 G's). Helena School District identified this school as a priority for services, and has agreed to contribute funds and support to support the project. Grant funds will be used towards the salaries of the clinicians and project supplies.

Grant Amount

$25,000

Term

12 month

2025

Roosevelt Medical Center 2025

Culbertson School Based Behavioral Health

Roosevelt Medical Center (RMC) is a 25-bed critical access hospital located in Culbertson and serving neighboring communities including Bainville and Froid. RMC offers hospital, outpatient, emergency, ambulance, and ancillary services. The project aims to address the emotional, social, and psychological needs of students in the Culbertson School District and, in turn, improve academic success and overall well-being. Through this project, RMC will work with the district to implement school-based services, including individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, and strategies to promote positive behaviors. RMC will provide a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) on-sight once or twice a week to implement this project. Providing these services in the school setting will make them more accessible and minimize school absenteeism. Grant funds will be used to offset the school's behavioral health provider's start-up cost and the supplies needed to start the services. The confirmed partner for this project is Culbertson School District.

Grant Amount

$150,000

Term

24 month

2025

Billings School District 2024

Improving Systems and Sustainability for Mental and Behavioral Health

Billings Public Schools (BPS) serves 16,675 students in grades pre-k through 12th grade across thirty-three school buildings, educating 10% of all K-12 public school students in the state. This project will implement a sustainable multi-tiered system of support for behavioral health to proactively address students' needs by aligning academic standards and behavioral expectations. BPS will do this by engaging with a consultant to develop a vision and comprehensive implementation plan based on assessing the needs for improving student wellness and behavioral health. Grant funds will support the consultant, staff time to support the project, supplies, and meetings. BPS will partner with Riverstone Health, which operates two school-based health centers and provides behavioral health support through another grant-funded project; they also hope to strengthen their partnership with the Billings Urban Indian Health Center through this project.

Grant Amount

$75,000

Term

24 month

2024

Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribal Health 2024

Reservation School Based Behavioral Health Services

The Confederated Salish & Kootenai (CSKT) is located on the Flathead Reservation in Western Montana and is home to three tribes: Bitterroot Salish; Upper Pend d’Oreille; and Kootenai. CSKT Tribal Health offers both in-person and telehealth services, and provides wrap-around services including audiology and speech therapy, behavioral health, dental, medical and community health, optical services, pharmacies, physical therapy, radiology, and health and wellness. The goal for this project is to establish a comprehensive school-based behavioral health care program to improve the mental well-being of students and school staff by providing accessible, on-site services throughout the Flathead reservation. They will start their school-based program by serving Polson School District, Ronan School District, Charlo School District, and St Ignatius School District. In the initially proposed service area, there are 15 schools identified as high priority schools. Polson includes five Title I schools and one Targeted school, Ronan includes two Title I schools and one Targeted School, Charlo includes 2 Title I schools and one Targeted School, and St. Ignatius includes three Title I schools. They will accomplish their goal by developing a school-based health program and hiring a full-time behavioral health provider to serve the schools. As part of their project, CSKT will also partner with Logan Health. Logan Health will provide medical services to two of the school districts, Charlo and St Ignatius with their mobile medical unit. CSKT and Logan Health will participate in joint planning to serve those two districts together to provide both medical and behavioral health services. Grant funds to CSKT will be used for towards the salary and fringe for the new full-time behavioral health provider that will serve the schools.

Grant Amount

$300,000

Term

24 month

2024

Logan Health 2024

Expansion of School Based Health Services at Conrad Public Schools

Logan Health-Conrad (LHC) is a critical access hospital and rural health clinic serving Pondera County and the surrounding areas. Through this grant, LHC will partner with Conrad Public Schools to provide a school-based health center that serves 500 students and 80 faculty in the district. This project will improve access to primary care services and behavioral health services with minimum disruption to the students, staff, and their families. Grant funds will be used towards the salaries of the nurse, medical provider, and behavioral health provider. The primary partner for the project is Conrad Public Schools.

Grant Amount

$75,000

Term

24 month

2024

Logan Health Foundation 2024

School-Based Health Center, St. Ignatius and Charlo School Districts

Logan Health Medical Center is non-profit health system that includes five critical access hospitals and 68 health clinics that serve Northwest and Northcentral Montana. The goal of the project is to extend Logan Health's mobile school-based model to Lake County and serve schools in St. Ignatius and Charlo. They will do this in partnership with the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes (CSKT), which will provide behavioral health services in these schools. There are six schools designated as high priority in the two communities. Charlo includes 2 Title I schools and one Targeted School and St. Ignatius includes three Title I schools. To accomplish the goal of the project, Logan Health will hire a team to provide services in their newly acquired mobile unit and they will bring that unit to each of the communities once a week to provide medical services in partnership with CSKT's behavioral health services. CSKT is a confirmed partner in this project. Grant funds will be used towards the salaries of the staff on the mobile medical unit and some supplies.

Grant Amount

$200,000

Term

24 month

2024

Poplar Public Schools 2024

Enhancing Health Coordination in School

Poplar Public Schools is one of the largest schools on the Fort Peck reservation, with approximately 850 students in the K-12 district. Situated in the remote town of Poplar, the school plays a pivotal role within the Fort Peck Tribes, with an enrollment consisting of approximately 99% Native American students. The project will improve health and educational outcomes by improving coordination with the longstanding school-based health center. Fort Peck's Health Promotion and Disease Prevention program has been operating school-based health services in Fort Peck since 2007, augmented by consulting from Montana Pediatrics. Through this grant, the schools will establish health coordinator positions responsible for developing tailored health initiatives, assisting with student health needs, coordinating health appointments for students and their families, and foster partnerships with local health organizations. The health coordinators will work closely with the school nurse to identify students that need additional health resources and connect them to the school-based health center and other service providers as needed. Grant funds wills be used for the health coordinator positions and supplies. The confirmed partners for this project are Fort Peck Tribes Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Programs and Montana Pediatrics.

Grant Amount

$50,000

Term

24 month

2024

RiverStone Health 2024

School-Based Health Clinic Expansion

RiverStone Health is a federally qualified health center that is located in Billings. RiverStone has a longstanding partnership with Billings Public Schools through which it operates school-based health centers in two schools. This project will allow Riverstone to expand school-based services to two additional schools in Billings Public Schools, Senior High School and the Career Center. RiverStone will implement primary care and behavioral health at Senior High School and behavioral health at the Career Center. The grant funds will be used for initial support for salaries of the therapist and the advanced practice provider. Billings Public Schools is the main partner in this project.

Grant Amount

$300,000

Term

24 month

2024

Big Fork School District 2023

Bigfork School-Strengthing Partnerships to Improve Student Health Outcomes

The Big Fork School District operates three schools serving 956 students in grades K-12. This project will support the school district in hiring a family health liaison who will work closely with students, families, and staff to connect with needed resources, including the school-based health center. It will also provide staff training and education on the multi-tiered support structure systems. Grant funds will be used for the school district staff time to support the project, and for staff training. The primary partner is Logan Health, which operates the school-based health center.

Grant Amount

$50,000

Term

24 month

2023

Columbia Falls School District #6 2023

HOME – Health Outcomes Made Easy

The Columbia Falls School District is a K-12 district that serves 2,400 students. The district includes two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. The goal of the project is to strengthen the partnership with the school-based health center, integrate the school-based health center into the tiered system of support for the students, and develop a student advisory council. They will use the funds towards the salary of the school district staff member supporting the project, staff training, and outreach. The primary partner is Logan Health, which operates the school-based health center.

Grant Amount

$50,000

Term

24 month

2023

Dodson School District 2023

Dodson School Mental and Physical Health Plan

The Dodson School District will partner with Fort Belknap Tribal Health to improve the health and education outcomes of the students it serves. The Dodson School District is a K-12 public school district in Northcentral Montana serving 85 students, 94% of which are Native American. Fort Belknap Tribal Health received a grant from MHCF in 2022 to implement school-based health centers in Dodson, Harlem, and Hayes-Lodge Pole. This grant will facilitate Dodson School District’s participation in planning, implementation, and sustainability activities in collaboration with Fort Belknap Tribal Health for the school-based health center. As part of this project, the district will identify a staff member to work directly with tribal health. It will also install vape detectors to deter vaping in bathrooms and locker rooms and implement a prevention curriculum. Grant funds will be used to support the project director, supplies, development of a prevention curriculum, and motivational speakers. The vape detectors support the drug-free environment that the district is striving for and will also help the school identify students that would benefit from services. The goal of the partnership between the district and tribal health is to improve the school climate and positively impact disciplinary procedures.

Grant Amount

$50,000

Term

24 month

2023

Helena Indian Alliance 2023

Lewis and Clark County School Based Mental Health 

Helena Indian Alliance is an Urban Indian Health Center and a federally qualified health center look-alike. Through this grant Helena Indian Alliance will implementing school-based health care services in two schools in the Helena School District, Helena High School and CR Anderson Middle School. Initially, they will provide behavioral health services, and they will explore implementing medical services in the future. Grant funds will be used towards the salaries of the behavioral health providers. The primary partner for the project is Helena School District. 

Grant Amount

$125,000

Term

24 month

2023

Helena School District 2023

Helena Public Schools SBHC Implementation Grant

The Helena School District is a public school with 16 schools serving over 7,000 prekindergarten through 12th-grade students in the Helena area. This project will help the district implement school-based health services in its schools in partnership with the Helena Indian Alliance and PureView Health Center. Grant funds will be used to support the salary of the director of student health services. This position oversees district programming and services which support student mental and physical health, including school-based health and school-based health centers.

Grant Amount

$75,000

Term

12 month

2023

Logan Health Cut Bank 2023

Logan Health- Cut Bank School Based Clinic

Logan Health-Cut Bank is a critical access hospital and rural health clinic serving Glacier County and surrounding communities. With this project, Logan Health-Cut Bank will create a new school-based health center that will improve access to high-quality, affordable health care for students and staff in the Cut Bank School District. The school-based health center will serve over 700 students and 150 school district staff. The school-based health center will be located at the middle school and will serve all eight schools in the district. The services will include primary care and behavioral health services. Grant funds will be used towards the salaries of the medical providers and project supplies. The primary partner is Cut Bank School District.

Grant Amount

$200,000

Term

24 month

2023

Marias Healthcare Services, Inc. 2023

School-Based Healthcare Services in Schools – Montana’s Golden Triangle Region

Marias Healthcare Services is a Community Health Center serving four counties in Montana’s Golden Triangle Region, along with patients from Great Falls and Havre. Through this grant, Marias Healthcare will develop school-based health centers in Valier, Sunburst, and Shelby School Districts, improving access to high-quality, affordable health services and, in turn, supporting better academic outcomes for approximately 680 students. The services will include primary care, mental health screening and referral, diabetes screening, preventive care, and vision screening. Grant funds will be used towards the startup costs, including salaries of the medical providers, recruitment fees, and project supplies. The project partners are the three school districts served: Valier Public Schools, Sunburst Public Schools, and Shelby Public Schools.

Grant Amount

$286,280

Term

24 month

2023

Missoula County Public Schools 2023

Integrated School-Based Supports: A Vision for Coordinated Care

The Missoula County Public Schools District (MCPS) is a K-12 district that serves 9,763 students. The district includes nine elementary schools, three middle schools, and three high schools. The goal of the project is to implement the Community Schools model and the multi-tiered systems of support structure within the district. They will do this by developing an organizational and operational infrastructure to weave together school, home, and community resources, including health, children, and family resources. They will use the funds to hire a school coordinator at one of the identified high-priority schools with the goal of developing the framework to expand to the rest of the district. They will partner closely with Partnership Health, which operates the school-based health center in the district.

Grant Amount

$75,000

Term

12 month

2023

PureView Health Center 2023

PureView School Based Health Center

Pureview Health Center is a Community Health Center serving Lewis and Clark County and Lincoln. With this project, Pureview Health Center will improve access to high-quality, affordable health care by implementing school-based health care in Helena School District. Initially, they will provide behavioral health services, with the goal of implementing primary care services in years two and three. Grant funds will be used towards the salaries of the clinicians and project supplies. The primary partner for the project is the Helena School District.

Grant Amount

$125,000

Term

36 month

2023

School Administrators of Montana 2023

Strengthening Initiatives in School-Based Behavioral Health Services in Montana

The School Administrators of Montana (SAM) is a nonprofit organization supporting the professional needs of more than 1000 public school leaders across Montana. There are six affiliate organizations that make up the SAM Governing Board. Those groups include superintendents, high school principals, elementary principals, special education directors, technology directors, and county superintendents. The project aims to strengthen partnerships to support school-based health services. They will do this by completing a formal inventory of school-based health services, developing a resource guide, and providing technical assistance to schools and health partners. Grant funds will be used for staff, contracts, and travel for meetings. The confirmed partners for the project are the Office of Public Instruction, the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, the University of Montana's Montana Safe Schools Center, and the SAM-associated affiliates.

Grant Amount

$75,000

Term

24 month

2023

Vaughn Public Schools 2023

School Based Health Center Awareness and Enhancement

The Vaughn School District is a K-8 school district that educates approximately 150 students. Vaughn School District is located 14 miles from Great Falls and does not have health services available in the community aside from the school-based health center. This project will enhance the partnership between the district and the school-based health center that is operated by Alluvion Health. Grant funds will be used for partial salaries of staff positions that will support increased communication about the available services, district participation on the advisory committee, and the development of tiered systems of support for students that includes the school-based health center.

Grant Amount

$50,000

Term

24 month

2023

Blackfeet Tribal Health 2022

Southern Piegan School Health – TeleHealth

Blackfeet Tribal Health's school-based health center, Southern Piegan School Health, will implement a telehealth program to increase access to medical and behavioral health services for students and staff. Southern Piegan School Health provides school-based health services to rural communities throughout the Blackfeet Reservation. This project will increase access to services in Browning, Babb, Heart Butte, and East Glacier. This project will implement telehealth services to enhance the services provided by the physical school-based health center. Funding will support a nurse and software to run the telehealth program. Project partners include the Blackfeet Tribe and the Browning and Heart Butte School Districts.

Grant Amount

$300,000

Term

36 month

2022

Browning Public Schools 2022

Browning Public School staff & students Wellness Project

The Browning School District will host monthly holistic wellness activities for students and staff to improve the school wellness climate. These activities will be done in collaboration with community partners, including Blackfeet Tribal Health and the on-site school-based health center. These monthly activities aim to increase awareness and access to services, including the school-based health center. Browning School District is located on the Blackfeet Reservation; the school district serves approximately 98% American Indian population and is the largest geographical school district in the state of Montana. Grant funds will be used for consultants' participation in the events, supplies, and outreach. The primary partners for the project are Browning School District, Blackfeet Tribal Health, Blackfeet Crystal Creek, Honor Your Life programs, Fast Blackfeet, Blackfeet Manpower, Blackfeet Native Connections Culture and Hope and Rise above Stigma, and Blackfeet Tobacco Prevention Program.

Grant Amount

$50,000

Term

24 month

2022

Evergreen School District 50 2022

School and Health Community Liaison

The Evergreen School District, located in the Kalispell area but separate from the Kalispell School District, serves students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The district used this grant to support the startup and access to school-based health services on school premises, with the goal of improving student health and academic outcomes. The district hired a school and health community liaison to strengthen its partnership with the school-based health center run by the Greater Valley Health Center, work closely with school district staff and leaders, and connect with students and families in need to help them better understand and access the health services provided by the district. The liaison met with families, provided them with information regarding services, helped them overcome barriers to accessing services, and followed up with them during and after services were provided. The liaison made 717 referrals to various services, including the on-site school-based health center, as well as assistance with food, clothing, housing, and insurance. The district was able to document improvements in attendance, academic performance, and behavior after the implementation of the liaison position.

Grant Amount

$75,000

Term

24 month

2022

Fort Belknap Tribal Health 2022

School-Based Health Program: Pearson Project

The Fort Belknap Indian Community (FBIC) Tribal Health Department, in partnership with the Harlem, Dodson, and Hays-Lodgepole school systems, will begin providing school-based health services. The project aims to improve the health, wellness, and educational systems to support higher academic achievement among all students attending each school. The Tribe will provide behavioral health services and primary care in school-based health centers. The project seeks to improve the overall school climate, enhance the classroom experience for teachers and students, and ultimately reduce student disciplinary referrals and improve academic and health outcomes. Funding will support the contracted position with Xanovea to lead the project and a salaried behavioral health psychologist position. Primary partners are the Office of Public Instruction, the FBIC Tribal Health Department, the FBIC Tribal Council Education Committee, and the Dodson, Harlem, and Hays Lodge Pole Schools. 

Grant Amount

$300,000

Term

36 month

2022

Heart Butte Schools 2022

School-based Case Management Enhancement Project

Heart Butte Public Schools will enhance their collaboration with the school-based health center to promote positive health outcomes within the school and community. This project will build on the already-established relationship between Blackfeet Tribal Health and Heart Butte Schools by providing a liaison to the school-based health center. This will increase awareness and access to school-based services. Heart Butte Public Schools is a K-12 Public School located in the community of Heart Butte, Montana, which is in the southeast portion of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Pondera County. Grant funds will be used to hire and support a part of the salary of a full-time case manager. The primary partners for the project are Heart Butte School District and Blackfeet Tribal Health, which operates the school-based health center.

Grant Amount

$25,000

Term

24 month

2022

Kalispell Regional Medical Center Inc. dba Logan Health Medical Center 2022

Logan Health SBHC Mobile Clinic

Kalispell Regional Medical Center dba Logan Health Medical Center (LHMC) is the medical hub of a nonprofit health system headquartered in the Flathead Valley of northwest Montana. This project will allow LHMC to begin providing primary, preventive, and behavioral health services to students in rural schools located in the communities of Kila, Marion, and Smith Valley and to expand behavioral health services to the Big Fork School District. LHMC will implement a Mobile School-Based Health Center to serve Kila, Marion, and Smith Valley rural schools that do not have the appropriate physical space for an on-site health center. They will also expand mental and behavioral health services to the Bigfork School District and provide these services on-site at the school. Medical, behavioral, and mental health care will be offered to students and staff of these rural schools. Telehealth services will be integrated throughout the school-based program to serve the target populations’ integrated health needs. Grant funds will offset medical and behavioral health providers’ salaries, supplies, and outreach and communications. The primary partners for this project are four school districts, including Kila, Marion, Smith Valley, and Big Fork.

Grant Amount

$299,993

Term

36 months

2022

Southwest Montana Community Health Center 2022

West Elementary School-Based Clinic

The Southwest Montana Community Health Center (SWMTCHC) will expand school-based health services to the students of West Elementary in the Butte school district, the second school in which they will offer health services. The health center will help improve the students' health, which, in turn, will support their attendance and education. SWMTCHC will provide the medical and behavioral staff needed to offer services to students on-site at West Elementary. Funding will support a part-time behavioral health provider. Project partners include West Elementary School and the Butte School District.

Grant Amount

$75,000

Term

24 month

2022

Northern Cheyenne Tribal Board of Health 2021

Northern Cheyenne School Wellness Project

Through this project, the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Board of Health will provide essential mental health and primary care services through a mobile unit and three school-based settings on the Northern Cheyenne Nation. The schools include Northern Cheyenne Head Start, Lame Deer Public Schools, and the Northern Cheyenne Tribal School. The first year of the grant will focus on planning: creating policies and procedures, preparation for on-site care, increasing trauma-informed engagement, measuring school climate, and implementing alternatives to out-of-school discipline policies. The remaining years of the grant will allow for piloting and implementing new health services. Funding will support a project coordinator, community liaison, a mobile clinic, and medical supplies at all three on-site clinic locations. Partners include the three school sites, the Montana State University College of Nursing, and the Montana Office of Public Instruction.

Grant Amount

$274,998

Term

36 months

2021

Partnership Health Center 2021

Building a Comprehensive School-Based Behavioral Health System at Lowell Elementary School

Partnership Health Center is a federally qualified health center located in Missoula with two satellite clinics in Seeley Lake and Superior. Through this grant, Partnership Health Center will provide behavioral health services in Lowell Elementary School, bringing a comprehensive support system for students during classroom time and out-of-school programming. Behavioral health services will focus on prevention and wellness, fostering academic success and healthy social-emotional development. A behavioral health professional at the school will provide individual and group psychotherapy, crisis intervention, and training for school staff, support staff, and student caregivers. Funding will support the behavioral health professional's salary. Primary partners include Lowell Elementary, Missoula County Public Schools, and Missoula Parks and Recreation (the on-site, out-of-school program provider).

Grant Amount

$75,000

Term

24 month

2021

Sapphire Community Health, Inc 2021

Ravalli County School Wellness Program

Sapphire Community Health is a Federally Qualified Health Center that provides medical and behavioral health services to the underserved population in Ravalli County. This implementation project will open a school-based health center in two school districts, Hamilton and Victor. Sapphire will provide behavioral health and medical services on designated days of the week at each district. They will provide behavioral health services onsite and medical services in their mobile unit. Funding will support the behavioral health provider/school-based health services coordinator, a nurse, and startup costs and supplies. This project is a close collaboration among Sapphire Community Health, Victor School District, and Hamilton School District.

Grant Amount

$263,273

Term

24 month

2021

Southwest Montana Community Health Center 2021

Kennedy Elementary School-Based Clinic

Southwest Montana Community Health Center (SMCHC) is a federally qualified health center with clinics and pharmacies in Madison, Silver-Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, and Beaverhead counties. This project will develop a school-based health center in Kennedy Elementary School, a school in which nearly 100% of students qualify for free and reduced-price meals and in which many students have low attendance rates. The health center will help improve the students' health, which will support their attendance and education. The health center will provide on-site medical and behavioral health services to students and their families. It will also offer other services like dental screenings, care management, pharmacy, and insurance assistance. Funding will support health center staff and IT services. Kennedy Elementary School (School District No. 1) is the project's primary partner along with other community groups like the local health department and Action Inc.

Grant Amount

$125,000

Term

24 month

2021