The Montana Mental Health Trust is accepting applications from eligible entities for its 2024 Grant Program.
Donor Name: Montana Mental Health Trust
State: Montana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/30/2023
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Details:
The Montana Mental Health Trust (the “Trust”) was created to support programs, services, and resources for the prevention, treatment, and management of serious mental illness of Montana children and adults, including programs, services, and resources for:
- Education and information for medical providers concerning appropriate prescribing practices for patients with mental illness;
- Training and education for Law Enforcement personnel and other persons concerning effective and appropriate crisis intervention techniques and resources;
- Crisis intervention service to persons supervised or managed by the criminal justice system;
- Transition funding for persons transitioning from an in-patient mental health treatment environment to an out-patient treatment and independent living environment;
- Children’s mental health programs; and
- Peer-to-peer services.
Funding Information
Trust will award no more than $400,000 in total grants during this grant application cycle, and the maximum grant to any applicant will not exceed $50,000.
Grant Policies
Factors that will heavily influence consideration of applications include:
- Providing services to those populations historically underserved or economic groups typically not eligible for traditional funding sources.
- Innovative and creative ways to assist beneficiaries, which are shown to be well thought out, well planned, and feasible.
- Collaboration with other programs, organizations, and entities, if such collaboration is appropriate to the proposed project or program.
- Sustainability of the program or project if such is appropriate for the proposed project.
- Leveraging of funds from the Trust with funds and assistance not provided by the Trust.
- The completion of the services funded by the grant by December 31, 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
Applications for grants are considered from public or private entities, whether organized for profit or for non-profit. The Trust will not grant funds to individuals. Individuals seeking trust funds may be able to join with an appropriate organization for purposes of submitting a proposal.
The following types of applications WILL NOT be considered:
- For the benefit of specific individuals.
- For propagandizing or for influencing legislation and elections.
- To organizations which, in policy or practice, unfairly discriminate on the basis of race, ethnic origin, sex, creed, religion, or gender identification.
- To out-of-state organizations.
- To projects that expend funds to assist persons who are not Montana residents.
For more information, visit Montana Mental Health Trust.
