Close
Montana Healthcare Foundation Search Login

Category: Announcement

Announcing the 2025 Mignon Waterman Award Recipient

Melinda Buchheit, MS

Stephanie Morton, MSW Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies - The Montana Coalition Executive Director Stephanie Morton, executive director of Health Mothers, Healthy Babies – The Montana Coalition (HMHB), is this year's Mignon Waterman Award recipient in recognition of her leadership in making behavioral health services available to pregnant and postpartum women. Stephanie's dedication to relationship-building, collaboration, … Continued

Announcing 2024 Mignon Waterman Award Recipient

Montana Healthcare Foundation

Demetrius Fassas, Butte SPIRIT Homes Executive Director Demetrius Fassas is this year's Mignon Waterman Award recipient in recognition of his leadership of the Butte SPIRIT Homes (BSH) substance use disorder recovery housing and his support for recovery housing services statewide. BSH is a community-based peer support center that runs two adult recovery homes that provide … Continued

Announcing 2024 Call for Proposals Awardees

Montana Healthcare Foundation

We are happy to announce the recipients of our 2024 Call for Proposals grants. These projects represent innovative ideas for improving health and well-being in Montana. Although we do most of our grantmaking through our strategic initiatives, the annual call for proposals plays a vital role in our programming. Every year, it helps us understand … Continued

Announcing 2023 Mignon Waterman Award Recipient

Melinda Buchheit, MS

Regina Ertz, Ph.D., Fort Belknap Tribal Health Behavioral Health Program Director Regina Ertz, Ph.D., is this year's Mignon Waterman Award recipient in recognition of her leadership of Fort Belknap Tribal Health's Behavioral Health Program and her innovative efforts to make mental health services widely available with the Fort Belknap Indian Community. The award also recognizes … Continued

Announcing 2023 Call for Proposals Awardees

Montana Healthcare Foundation

We are happy to announce the recipients of our 2023 Call for Proposals grants. These projects represent innovative ideas for improving health and well-being in Montana. This open grant opportunity is extremely competitive. Each year, we receive far more grant applications than we can fund – and this year, we received more applications than ever … Continued

Announcing 2022 Mignon Waterman Award Recipient

Montana Healthcare Foundation

Brenda Kneeland, LCPC, LAC, Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center CEO The Mignon Waterman Award was created in 2017 to honor the life and legacy of Mignon Waterman. Mignon was one of the Montana Healthcare Foundation’s founding trustees, and throughout her career, she devoted herself to improving Montana’s behavioral health system. Brenda Kneeland, LCPC, LAC, … Continued

Communication Training Series

Melinda Buchheit, MS

We hosted a series of three training webinars where attendees learned how to communicate effectively about their projects and share them online and with the media. Communication experts from Burness Communications led the training, sharing their expertise in messaging, media, and storytelling. We targeted these webinars to our grantees but welcomed our partner organizations to … Continued