Foster/Kinship Care

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Children and youth who have alternative living arrangements in agency-supervised private family homes or group homes due to social, physical or emotional problems or those of another family member. (Adapted from Foster Children)(For Kinship Adoption see Adoption Services)

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Local Service
Statewide Service: Provides online resources, telehealth, or service at a satellite office.
Nationwide Service: Provides online resources, telehealth or services at a regional/national headquarters location.
4405 7th Ave. South
Great Falls, MT 59405
Phone: 406-454-2796
Address:
4405 7th Ave. South
Great Falls, MT 59405
Phone: 406-454-2796
Fax: 406-268-6765
Languages Spoken: English
Services Provided: Adoption information, Family Support, General Foster Care, Support Group
Source: Montana Children's Special Health Services
Last Updated: 4/27/2017
Statewide Provider
Helena, MT
Phone: 866-936-7837
Statewide Provider
Organization Name: Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child and Family Services
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Address:
Helena, MT
Phone: 866-936-7837
Toll Free Phone: 866-936-7837
Eligibility: Anyone who is at least 18 years of age and in good physical and mental health may apply to become a foster parent. Single people, couples, people with or without children, all may be eligible.
Services Provided: The Child and Family Services Division (CFSD) of the state Department of Public Health and Human Services is responsible for providing protective services to children. Foster care is one such service. The children who are placed in foster care by CFSD range in age from infants to teenagers. They come from many different backgrounds and reflect the cultural diversity of the state.

Foster parents are expected to provide for the physical and emotional needs of children placed in their home and provide a safe and stable home environment. Foster parents are expected to work closely with the child's protective services specialist.
Provider Profiles: To learn more about becoming a foster parent, fill out the following form:
http://dphhs.mt.gov/CFSD/Fosterparent/fostercareinquiryform
Source: Montana Children's Special Health Services
Last Updated: 1/30/2020
118 E. 7th St., Ste. 1B
Anaconda, MT 59711
Phone: 406-563-7972 x17
Address:
118 E. 7th St., Ste. 1B
Anaconda, MT 59711
Phone: 406-563-7972 x17
Fax: 406-563-7996
Email: skonicek@anacondafrc.org
Services Provided:

CASA of Montana, together with local programs, supports and promotes court appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so they can thrive in safe, permanent homes.

Our 15 local non-profit groups work together for the welfare of Montana’s children, providing them with a voice, a hope, and a future. These programs provide trained volunteers as advocates to children in some 60 percent of the abuse/neglect cases throughout the state. These local programs service 40 counties and provide more than 500 trained volunteers. In 2009 these volunteers served over 30,000 hours on behalf of more than 1,000 children.

Source: Montana Children's Special Health Services
Last Updated: 2/14/2022
615 S. 16th St., Rm. 313
Bozeman, MT 59715
Phone: 406-582-2051
Address:
615 S. 16th St., Rm. 313
Bozeman, MT 59715
Phone: 406-582-2051
Fax: 406-582-2077
Email: office@gallatincasagal.org
Services Provided:

CASA of Montana, together with local programs, supports and promotes court appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so they can thrive in safe, permanent homes.

Our 15 local non-profit groups work together for the welfare of Montana’s children, providing them with a voice, a hope, and a future. These programs provide trained volunteers as advocates to children in some 60 percent of the abuse/neglect cases throughout the state. These local programs service 40 counties and provide more than 500 trained volunteers. In 2009 these volunteers served over 30,000 hours on behalf of more than 1,000 children.

Source: Montana Children's Special Health Services
Last Updated: 2/14/2022
P.O. Box 954
Conrad, MT 59425
Phone: 406-576-7041
Address:
P.O. Box 954
Conrad, MT 59425
Phone: 406-576-7041
Email: frontrangecasa@3rivers.net
Services Provided:

CASA of Montana, together with local programs, supports and promotes court appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so they can thrive in safe, permanent homes.

Our 15 local non-profit groups work together for the welfare of Montana’s children, providing them with a voice, a hope, and a future. These programs provide trained volunteers as advocates to children in some 60 percent of the abuse/neglect cases throughout the state. These local programs service 40 counties and provide more than 500 trained volunteers. In 2009 these volunteers served over 30,000 hours on behalf of more than 1,000 children.

Source: Montana Children's Special Health Services
Last Updated: 2/14/2022
217 North 3rd Street Ste. H-1
Hamilton, MT 59840
Phone: 406-961-4535
Address:
217 North 3rd Street Ste. H-1
Hamilton, MT 59840
Phone: 406-961-4535
Fax: 406-363-7478
Email: bttrcasa@msn.com
Services Provided:

CASA of Montana, together with local programs, supports and promotes court appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so they can thrive in safe, permanent homes.

Our 15 local non-profit groups work together for the welfare of Montana’s children, providing them with a voice, a hope, and a future. These programs provide trained volunteers as advocates to children in some 60 percent of the abuse/neglect cases throughout the state. These local programs service 40 counties and provide more than 500 trained volunteers. In 2009 these volunteers served over 30,000 hours on behalf of more than 1,000 children.

Source: Montana Children's Special Health Services
Last Updated: 2/14/2022
Statewide Provider
P.O. Box 7616
Missoula, Helena, Polson, MT
Phone: 406-721-2704
Statewide Provider
Organization Name: Office Contact Information
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Address:
P.O. Box 7616
Missoula, Helena, Polson, MT
Phone: 406-721-2704
Email: info@youthhomesmt.org
Services Provided:

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.

Provider Profiles:

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

Source: Montana Children's Special Health Services
Last Updated: 2/14/2022
Statewide Provider
Missoula, Kalispell, Hamilton, Helena, MT
Statewide Provider
Organization Name: Group Homes
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Address:
Missoula, Kalispell, Hamilton, Helena, MT
Services Provided:

Shelter Care:
Shelter offers short-term care for youth who are out of their homes due to a crisis, concern about the safety or stability of their home or who are awaiting a longer-term placement.

Shelter/Long Term Group Homes:
Our dually-licensed homes combine the qualities of short-term shelter and longer-term group care in one program to offer immediate and extended care and services.

Therapeutic Group Homes:
Our therapeutic group care homes provide behavioral health care to emotionally-disturbed youth who cannot be served in their own homes or substitute families, but who are appropriate to receive such services in a community setting.

Teens in Transition:
The Tom Roy Youth Guidance Home is a long-term group home that serves young people aging out of foster care without an available permanent family, or a family needing help with their child emancipating.

Provider Profiles:

The Dennis Radtke Home for Boys
3218 Helena Drive, Missoula, MT 59803 | (406) 251-8498

Flathead Youth Home
825 East Oregon Street, Kalispell, MT 59901 | (406) 755-4622

Jan Shaw Home for Girls
1398 Warehouse Street Helena, MT 59601 | (406) 449-7582

Linda Massa Youth Home
196 Providence Way, Hamilton, MT 59840 | (406) 363-0619

Margaret Stuart Youth Home
200 Miller St, Helena, MT 59601 | (406) 443-2145

Shirley Miller Attention Home
550 N California Street, Missoula, MT 59802 | (406) 549-3836

Susan Talbot Boys Home
2105 42nd Street, Missoula, MT 59803 | (406) 251-6836

Susan Talbot Home for Girls
815 Tower Street, Missoula, MT 59804 | (406) 543-8597

Tom Roy Youth Guidance Home
2824 W Central Ave, Missoula, MT 59804 | (406) 728-8127

Source: Montana Children's Special Health Services
Last Updated: 2/14/2022
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Statewide Provider
3240 Dredge Drive
Helena, MT 59602
Phone: 406-442-7920
Statewide Provider
Address:
3240 Dredge Drive
Helena, MT 59602
Phone: 406-442-7920
Toll Free Phone: 800-200-9112
Eligibility: Intensive Residential and Stabilization programs Designed for girls and boys, ages 4-13 on admission. Appropriate candidates are students whose problems may include: • Emotional dysregulation • Depression • Anxiety • Intractable anger • Adoption issues • Attachment and relationship issues • ADD, ADHD • PTSD • Impulsivity, including lying and stealing • Oppositionality and/or defiance • Aggression towards self and others • School problems • Loss and grief issues • Poor social skills, and social development • High functioning Autistic Spectrum Disorder • Peer relationships
Services Provided: Community Mental Health Services:
Child and Family Therapy
Co-occurring Substance Use and Emotional Distress Therapy
Youth Case Management
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Occupational Therapy
Psychological Services
School Based Services
Home Support Services
Intensive Day Treatment
Therapeutic After-school and Summer Support
Therapeutic Foster Care and Adoption Services

Residential Services:
Clinical and educational assessments
Individualized treatment plans
Individual, group and family therapies
Medication management
Spiritual Support
An accredited on-campus school offering a full spectrum of educational services, and a variety of outdoor and community activities.

Interdisciplinary team of on-staff professionals includes: a psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, registered nurses, licensed therapists, milieu counselors, certified teachers, and support staff.
Source: Montana Children's Special Health Services
Last Updated: 3/28/2018
Organization Name: DPHHS
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Address:
Helena, MT
Service Categories:
Services Provided:

Following the link above for more information.

Source: Montana Children's Special Health Services
Last Updated: 2/14/2022
Statewide Provider
Helena, MT
Phone: 406-841-2400
Statewide Provider
Organization Name: DPHHS
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Address:
Helena, MT
Phone: 406-841-2400
Eligibility:

To be eligible for the CFCIP, a youth must be:
Between the ages of 14-21, currently in foster care, likely to "age out" of the foster care system, has aged out of the foster care system or has achieved guardianship or adoption after the age of 16.

Services Provided:

•Life skills instruction
•Educational/Vocational Assistance
•Transitional living plans
•Life skills assessments
•Mentors
•Youth Advisory Board
•Education and Training Vouchers through Reach Higher Montana

Source: Montana Children's Special Health Services
Last Updated: 2/14/2022
Child Bridge View on Map
PO BOX 310
Big Fork, MT 59911
Phone: 406-837-2247
Address:
PO BOX 310
Big Fork, MT 59911
Phone: 406-837-2247
Service Categories:
Email: info@childbridgemontana.org
Services Provided: Finding and equipping foster and adoptive families for Montana children who have suffered abuse and neglect.
Source: Montana Suggest Provider Queue
Last Updated: 1/30/2020
Missoula, MT 59804
Phone: 406-543-4668
Organization Name: Backpacks for Kids
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Address:
Missoula, MT 59804
Phone: 406-543-4668
Text: 406-543-4668
Service Categories:
Services Provided: Provides each child coming into foster care for the first time with a backpack or diaper bag filled with essentials such as socks, underwear, toothbrush, etc. to get them off to a good start. Provides backpacks to youth entering the foster system through state offices. Watson Children's Shelter, Dan Fox Youth Homes, Shirley Miller Attention Home and the Carole Graham home.
Additional Info: Backpacks for Kids is a program developed by parents and local foster agencies from the Missoula Foster and Adoptive Parent Association. Gladly accepts donations of new items and volunteers.
Source: Montana Suggest Provider Queue
Last Updated: 8/16/2018
P.O. Box 8134
Missoula, MT 59807
Phone: 406-543-5531
Address:
P.O. Box 8134
Missoula, MT 59807
Phone: 406-543-5531
Fax: 406-541-5532
Eligibility:

Works with children and their families in and around the Missoula, Mission, and Bitterroot Valleys.

Services Provided:

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

Source: Montana Suggest Provider Queue
Last Updated: 9/8/2022
2334 Lewis Ave
Billings, MT 59102
Phone: 406-245-6539
Organization Name: Youth Dynamics
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Address:
2334 Lewis Ave
Billings, MT 59102
Phone: 406-245-6539
Toll Free Phone: 877-458-7022
Fax: 406-245-9647
Services Provided: Services include:
-Caregiver Support & Education
-Youth Case Management: Service Coordination & Advocacy
-Substance Abuse Treatment
-Respite Care
-Therapeutic Mentor Program (FSA Program)
-Therapeutic Youth Group Homes
-Therapy Services
-Equine Therapy
-Supervised Visits
-Medication Management
-Supported Independent Living Skills (SILS)
-Foster Care
-Day Treatment
-Services for Youth with Highly Sexualized Behaviors
Source: Montana Suggest Provider Queue
Last Updated: 1/30/2020
Nationwide Provider
2001 Eighth Avenue, Suite 2700
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: 206-282-7300
Nationwide Provider
Address:
2001 Eighth Avenue, Suite 2700
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: 206-282-7300
Fax: 206-282-3555
Email: cls@casey.org
Eligibility:

Resources to help prepare youths for living on their own.

Services Provided:

Services Include:

  • Consulting: Ongoing strategic consultation at no cost to child welfare systems and tribes.
  • Public Policy: Comprehensive child welfare information to support policymakers
  • Research and Analysis: Information to support decision-making, bolster system integration, build capacity, and support sustainability.
  • Casey Life Skills: Free practice tool and framework for working with youth in foster care. It assesses independent living skills and provides results instantly. Intended to be done between a youth and their social worker, case manger, or other mentor.
  • Direct Services: Operates nine field offices in five states (Arizona, California, Idaho, Texas, and Washington) that provide direct services to urban, suburban, and rural communities.
Source: Nationwide Suggest Providers Queue
Last Updated: 2/22/2023
Nationwide Provider
13330 Salem Church Road
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Phone: 800-557-5238
Nationwide Provider
Address:
13330 Salem Church Road
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Phone: 800-557-5238
Fax: 888-925-5634
Email: Info@NFPAonline.org
Services Provided:

Provides foster, kinship and adoptive families with opportunities for advocacy, networking, and education.

Source: Nationwide Suggest Providers Queue
Last Updated: 2/22/2023