Public Health Services

Children’s Special Health Services (CSHS) works to help children and families in Montana receive the healthcare and supportive services they need to live happy, healthy lives in their communities. We do this through programs that help educate families and providers, connect families to needed resources, and provide care for children and youth (0-21 years of age) throughout the state.

CSHS is the supporting partner of the Montana Medical Home Portal.

Protects America from health, safety, and security threats, both foreign and within the U.S. Conducts critical science and provides vital information that protects the nation against dangerous health threats, and responds to emergencies when they arise. Visit website for the most up to the minute information on COVID-19.

COVID-19 Update: The VaccineFinder website is a free, online service where users can search for locations that offer vaccinations. The Website was developed by CDC and partners such as clinics, pharmacies, and health departments to provide accurate and up-to-date information about vaccination services.

• Communicable Disease Control
• Vaccine Information

A call center which provides information to health care professionals and the public related to possible poisoning emergencies.

The CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) is the U.S. reference, referral and distribution service for information on HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and tuberculosis (TB). NPIN produces, collects, catalogs, processes, stocks and disseminates materials and information on HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STDs and TB to organizations and people working in those disease fields in international, national, state and local settings. All NPIN services are designed to facilitate sharing of information and resources on education and prevention services, published materials, research findings and trends among users.

The National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH) is a private, not-for-profit corporation located in Buda, Texas dedicated to improving the health status of farmworker families.  We provide information services, training and technical assistance, and a variety of products to community and migrant health centers nationwide, as well as organizations, universities, researchers and individuals involved in farmworker health.

Provides training, technical assistance and information resources to the national network of 500+ federally funded community and migrant health centers. With the mission of improving the health status of the national farmworker population. Services and products include on site technical assistance, hands on training, newsletters, directories, conferences, a migrant health library, a multi media resource center, a clearing house of migrant health materials, a toll free information and referral line for patients, providers and patient advocates, electronic access to the catalog of library and resource center holdings and documents, several e-groups for dissemination and communication amongst migrant health advocates.

The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) is the nation's leading public policy center dedicated to promoting the economic security, health, and well-being of America's low-income families and children. NCCP has a list online of publications on the following topics:

• Child Poverty
• Children’s Mental Health
• Early Care and Learning
• Healthy Development
• Immigrant Families
• Infants and Toddlers
• Integrated Systems
• Low-Wage Work
• Social Security
• Welfare
• Work Supports