Family Support Services

A place where women can come together and help each other while building self esteem. "Medicine Wheel and 12 Steps" (program similar to Alcoholics Anonymous but especially geared for women.) Support women and their family and friends in prison, on pre-release, or recently out of prison; education and support for women whose partners hurt them; rape and incest support groups: support groups for girls ages 8-15 (anyone is welcome, however, it is on parenting and nutrition, assistance in writing a resume and or interviewing for a job. Also offered are pastoral counseling, spiritual direction, advocacy and referrals.

In home services to parents and families. Supervise visits for families involved with child protective services.
Eligibility: DPHHS referrals

Safe support for relatives and grandparents raising or helping to raise grandchildren.  Newsletter available upon request. Childcare available for support group meetings.

The Mission of the HALI Project is to offer every Montana parent/caregiver of a child with special healthcare needs access to a relationship with a Parent Partner for the purpose of inspiring and encouraging hope by providing access to relationships, information, and resources.

We are dedicated to supporting families who have children with special healthcare needs and families with children that require care beyond what a typical child would require.  Parent Partners are personally experienced and professionally trained to help you navigate your family’s journey.

• The emotions families wrestle with
• Family members who might not understand
• Healthcare challenges
• School and special education processes
• Transition planning of all varieties 
• Advocacy Skills
• Resource needs and more

Parent partner services are provided at no cost to you or your family.

Billings Practice Parent Partners
Westend: 406-281-8751
Downtown: 406-281-8765

The Mission of the HALI Project is to offer every Montana parent/caregiver of a child with special healthcare needs access to a relationship with a Parent Partner for the purpose of inspiring and encouraging hope by providing access to relationships, information, and resources.

We are dedicated to supporting families who have children with special healthcare needs and families with children that require care beyond what a typical child would require.  Parent Partners are personally experienced and professionally trained to help you navigate your family’s journey.

• The emotions families wrestle with
• Family members who might not understand
• Healthcare challenges
• School and special education processes
• Transition planning of all varieties 
• Advocacy Skills
• Resource needs and more

Parent partner services are provided at no cost to you or your family.

The Mission of the HALI Project is to offer every Montana parent/caregiver of a child with special healthcare needs access to a relationship with a Parent Partner for the purpose of inspiring and encouraging hope by providing access to relationships, information, and resources.

We are dedicated to supporting families who have children with special healthcare needs and families with children that require care beyond what a typical child would require.  Parent Partners are personally experienced and professionally trained to help you navigate your family’s journey.

• The emotions families wrestle with
• Family members who might not understand
• Healthcare challenges
• School and special education processes
• Transition planning of all varieties 
• Advocacy Skills
• Resource needs and more

Parent partner services are provided at no cost to you or your family.

The Mission of the HALI Project is to offer every Montana parent/caregiver of a child with special healthcare needs access to a relationship with a Parent Partner for the purpose of inspiring and encouraging hope by providing access to relationships, information, and resources.

We are dedicated to supporting families who have children with special healthcare needs and families with children that require care beyond what a typical child would require.  Parent Partners are personally experienced and professionally trained to help you navigate your family’s journey.

• The emotions families wrestle with
• Family members who might not understand
• Healthcare challenges
• School and special education processes
• Transition planning of all varieties 
• Advocacy Skills
• Resource needs and more

Parent partner services are provided at no cost to you or your family.

Catholic Social Services is a licensed adoption agency. In addition to adoption services they provide counseling and intermediary services. All are eligible to receive services from this agency. They have also received a grant from Wendy's Wonderful Kids, a program to promote adoption of children in foster care.

The Nurturing Center's mission is to provide supportive services that strengthen families, increasing the number of children raised in health nurturing environments. Programs include Best Beginnings Childcare Scholarships, Childcare Referral Services, Family Resource Center, Safe Haven Supervised Visitation.

Dan Fox Foster Care & Adoption:
Youth Homes offers foster care and adoption services through our Dan Fox Family Care Program. They place children into families that they have recruited, screened, trained and licensed, plus they support placements made by the Montana Child and Family Services Division (the State child welfare agency).

Family Support Services:
The Family Support Services Program is designed to help families with a challenging child in the home. Their ambition is to help families through crisis, provide them ongoing support, and assist them in developing better skills for living with their children. They believe that with in-home therapy, coaching, and guidance, they can help support parents to maintain the child in the family's care. The length of their services is generally between three and twelve months.

Group Home:
The group homes offer care, guidance and treatment. Each home has a different program design that is targeted to address the unique differences of age and gender and issues of the youngsters in each home. See "Montana Youth Group Homes" for list of group homes and their contact information.

Our Offices

Youth Homes Main Office
550 North California Street, Missoula, MT 59802 | (406) 721-2704

Dan Fox Family Care – Missoula
515 S Reserve St, Ste 5, Missoula, MT 59801 | (406) 721-2754

Youth Homes – Helena
200 Miller St, Helena, MT 59601 | (406) 449-3038

Dan Fox Family Care – Helena
619 North Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601 | (406) 443-4730

Dan Fox Family Care – Polson
302 1st St W #201, Polson, MT 59860 | (406) 883-4370

Partnership for Children Offices

Main Office
2825 Stockyard Rd. A-11, Missoula, MT 59808 | (406) 543-5531

Polson Office
601 1st Street East, Polson, MT 59860 | (406) 319-2314

Our Mission

Safe Space will provide assistance to primary and secondary survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, with the goal of breaking the inter-generational cycle of violence.

Partnership for Children teams with families to build healthy parent/child relationships, navigate difficult behaviors, resolve past traumas and restore hope.

Services Include:

• Targeted Case Management
• Home Support Service
• Perinatal Wellness
• Therapeutic Foster Families and Children's Homes
• Outpatient Therapy
• Family- Focuses Substance Use Treatment
• Chemical Dependency Evaluations
• Family-Focused Peer Support Services

The Mission of the HALI Project is to offer every Montana parent/caregiver of a child with special healthcare needs access to a relationship with a Parent Partner for the purpose of inspiring and encouraging hope by providing access to relationships, information, and resources.

We are dedicated to supporting families who have children with special healthcare needs and families with children that require care beyond what a typical child would require.  Parent Partners are personally experienced and professionally trained to help you navigate your family’s journey.

• The emotions families wrestle with
• Family members who might not understand
• Healthcare challenges
• School and special education processes
• Transition planning of all varieties 
• Advocacy Skills
• Resource needs and more

Parent partner services are provided at no cost to you or your family.

Montana's Parent Training Information Center (PTI).

Parents of Special needs support

Works with parents to meet the needs of families with children with disabilities, provide training and resources. 

Services Include:

• Working with families of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities, birth to 26
• Helping parents participate effectively in their children’s education and development
• Partnering with professionals and policy makers to improve outcomes for all children with disabilities

At Montana Empowerment Center, Inc the staff has lived experience with either children, grandchildren or a family member with a disability and has worked within the systems that serve families.

Emotional and informational support for families of children who have special needs, Parent to Parent-USA (P2P-USA) is a national nonprofit organization committed to assuring access and quality in Parent to Parent support across the country. This site highlights state's organizations that have parent to parent support as a core program and are committed to implementing evidence-based practices.

A national program dedicated to the interests of brothers and sisters of people with special health and developmental needs.

A Kindering Center program

• Planning/Coordinating/Advisory Groups

• Military Family Service/Support Centers

Support group for Fatty Oxidation Disorders. Raises funds for Educational and Networking Services and Programs. Medical information, including information about newborn screening, and support resources.

Mission of Graham's Foundation is to support, comfort, inform, and guide families who experience a premature birth.

Programs:

• NICU, transition home, and remembrance care package programs
• Trained preemie parent mentors available 24/7 via email, phone, and text
• MyPreemie, the market-leading app for parents of premature babies
• Online communities with tens of thousands engaged parents making new connections

Hand to Hold® helps families before, during, and after a NICU stay and infant loss by providing powerful resources for the whole family, and most importantly, one-on-one mentoring from someone who has been there.

Services:

• Peer Support
• Online Community
• Resources (hospital, online, podcast)

Online resource: A federal government web site, developed by the Educational Opportunities Directorate with support from Navy Lifelines, provides information for military families with special needs. It is designed to share information with military families on Department of Defense efforts and civilian community programs to support families with special needs within the military community.

Provides for the health care needs of the military and Veteran communities.

Services Include:

• Doctor locator
• Pharmacy locator
• TriCare service center locator for each state