Montana Mental Health Access Fund for Indigenous Communities

Elisa Fiaschetti
406.443.8313
elisa@mtcf.org

The Montana Mental Health Access Fund provides funding to mental health service providers in Montana to increase access and improve mental health and well-being in rural and tribal communities in the state.

Funded projects must:

• Improve or increase access to mental health services, including leveraging technology such as telehealth and other resources to meet the needs of people in the 7 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
• Be long-term and sustainable solutions to increasing access to mental health
• Fill a need that other available resources in the community cannot meet
• Be evidence based and demonstrate measurable outcomes
• Create or advance new and substantive partnerships that result in the more efficient and effective use of resources.

Eligible applicants:

• 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations
• Schools
• Government agencies
• Health clinics
• Mental health centers
• Hospitals
• For-profit entities that can demonstrate considerable benefit to the community and how the funds will not solely benefit the business and its operations

Eligibility requirements:

• Work in one of the 7 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 (or work with an Urban Indian population in the state)
• Licensed to provide mental health services or work with a licensed provider
• Not requesting grants for services already covered by Medicare, Medicaid, or other insurance

Grants will range from $1,000 - $10,000.

Links to application instructions and the online application portal are available on the program website.