The Montana Mental Health Access Fund was created to help increase access to mental health services across Montana, with a particular focus on tribal communities.
Donor Name: Montana Community Foundation
State: Montana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/30/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000 to $10,000
Details:
The fund supports innovative ideas for improving mental health and well-being on Reservations in Montana, including leveraging technology and other resources to provide mental health services in even the hardest to reach areas and populations.
The Montana Mental Health Access Fund will fund mental health service providers including health clinics, mental health centers, hospitals, social service agencies, nonprofits, schools, and for-profit licensed providers to provide mental health services on Reservations in Montana, including the members of Little Shell Chippewa Tribe. The purpose of the funds is to increase access to mental health services and provide services to those who might otherwise not have access.
Funding Information
Grant Amounts: Grants will range from $1,000 to $10,000.
The Fund will grant to projects that:
- Improve or increase access to mental health services, including leveraging technology (i.e. telehealth) and other resources to meet the need those represented on the seven Indian Reservations in Montana or the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe.
- Reduce barriers to accessing mental health services including geographic, demographic, and economic barriers.
- Provide mental health services associated with the grant at no cost to the patient.
- Are long-term and sustainable solutions to increasing access to mental health.
- Projects must be evidence based and demonstrate measurable outcomes.
- Projects must fill a need that other available resources in the community cannot meet. Organizations requesting funds for serving an existing client-base with a new type of mental health service (i.e. new technology serving an already served population/community) will not be ranked highly.
- They encourage projects that create or advance new and substantive partnerships that result in the more efficient and effective use of resources.
Eligibility Criteria
- Those working on the seven Reservations located in Montana, including Flathead Reservation, Blackfeet Reservation, Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Fort Belknap Reservation, Fort Peck Reservation, and the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, as well as the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe
- Applicants must be licensed to provide mental health services, or work with a licensed provider.
- Applications from for-profit organizations must demonstrate considerable benefit to the community and how the funds will not solely benefit the business and its operations. Additionally, the program will not make grants for services already covered by Medicare, Medicaid, or other insurance.
For more information, visit The Montana Mental Health Access Fund.
