Melinda Buchheit, MS
The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana: Food Distribution Program In April 2024, the Little Shell Tribe opened a new food distribution program to provide more nutritious and Indigenous foods for its tribal members. Providing quality and, oftentimes, local food is the tribe’s latest effort to improve the health of its people through … Continued
Kelsey Gummer, MHA
As a grantee in our Behavioral Health Continuum of Care Initiative, the Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center (EMCMHC) is changing how mental health and support services are provided – and accessed – in Eastern Montana. Through the Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT), small teams of health professionals travel into the community and provide … Continued
In October 2021, the Spotted Bull Recovery Resource Center is targeted to open the doors of a new residential treatment program for the Fort Peck community. Spotted Bull has historically been the Fort Peck Tribes’ outpatient chemical dependency center. In 2016, they applied for a planning grant to start thinking about how they could treat … Continued
This month, we are highlighting the organization that grew out of the Behavioral Health Leadership Initiative: The Behavioral Health Alliance of Montana, or “BHAM.”
This month, we are highlighting United Way of Yellowstone County and the new partnership they created to address homelessness and substance abuse.
A New School-Based Health Center at St. Labre Indian School Provides Medical and Behavioral Health Services to Students and the Community.
In 2014, MHCF issued a major grant to support the work of county and tribal health departments around the state. Here we highlight several innovative and critically-needed initiatives being led by health departments and funded by the MHCF.