Regional Area Service Provider Directory
This resource guide provides
very short descriptions of many Public Service Providers for Park, Sweet Grass,
Meagher, Gallatin and Madison Counties, and other areas of of Montana. Please call individual
agencies for a more complete description of their services and eligibility requirements.
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Abortion Hotline
Phone: Billings(406) 245-6075
Helena (406) 443-7676
Missoula 1-800-727-2546
Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families
Phone: (406) 586-1892 or 522-7545
Fees: None
Advance By Choice (ABC)
Phone: 994-4541
Address: MSU, 146 Strand Union Building, Bozeman MT 59717
Website: http://www.montana.edu/wwwabc
Services: Career, academic and personal counseling; mini sessions on study skills;
developmental classes; tutorial services; referral; assistance with financial aid forms.
Students must be admitted to MSU. Must be either first generation college student, meet
income criteria or be disabled. Must be working on their first bachelor's
degree and a United States citizen or resident.
AIDS Education Program
Phone: (406) 444-1964 Local 582-3100
Address: State Capital, Helena MT 59620
Website: http://www.co.gallatin.mt.us/health/human.htm
Services: Through the Montana Office of Public Instruction, assists school personnel, school boards and parents to provide a safe
environment for children and young adults. Provides teacher training, educational materials and
curricula, policy information, universal precautions/work site safety information
and related resource materials.
AIDS Hotline
Phone: 1-800-342-AIDS or 1-800-233-6668
Services: Support network, answers to questions and counseling. 1-800-344-7432
AIDS/STD Program
Phone: 444-3565 or 582-3100
Address: Cogswell Building, Helena MT 59620
County Health Department, Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.co.gallatin.mt.us/health/human.htms
Services: Under the direction of the Montana Department of Health and Environmental Services.
Works to prevent and reduce AIDS/STD morbidity and mortality through education, consultation, early detection, treatment
and disease intervention in partnership with community health care providers and educators.
Ryan White Program-Gallatin County case management and support for people
infected with HIV/AIDS.
Alanon/Alateen
Phone: 585-4258
Services: A support group comprised of adult children, of alcoholics, who meet
to share and support each others′ personal growth and recovery through a 12 step process.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Phone: 585-4079
Services: Support group for recovering alcoholics with free meetings held
daily at various locations.
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division
Phone: 444-1202
Address: 1539 11th Avenue, Helena MT 59602
Website: http://www.cor.state.mt.us/
Services: Under direction of the Montana Department of Corrections and Human Services.
Responsible for Alcohol/drug programs; funds treatment and prevention programs, specific prevention
activities; work with other state agencies to develop co-operative approaches in implementation of community
programs.
Alcohol & Drug Services of Gallatin County
Phone: 586-5493
Address: 502 South 19th Ave. Suite 302, Bozeman, MT 59718
Website: http://www.adsgc.org
Treatment of addictions and aftercare follow-up; community education and relapse treatment.
This organization provides intensive out-patient treatment for chemical and co-dependency.
Fees are based on a sliding fee scale.
Alzheimer's Disease Family Support Group
Phone: (406) 252-3053 or 1-800-272-3900
Address: 3010 11th Ave. N. Billings, MT 59101
Website: http://www.alz.org
Services: Provides families an opportunity to share their feelings and experiences
with others in an effort to lessen some of their anxiety, receive moral support and love,
establish contacts, exchange ideas and receive information regarding Alzheimer's. They can
mail information about the disease or make referrals to a local chapter for services.
American Cancer Society
Phone: 1-800-252-5470 or (406) 256-7150
Address: 550 N. 31st St. Suite 103, Billings, MT 59101
Website: http://www.cancer.org
Services: Information service and referrals for friends and family of
cancer victims as well as for the patients.
American Council of the Blind
Phone: 1-800-424-8666
Hours: 9a.m. to 5:30p.m.
American Diabetes Association, Montana Affiliate
Phone: 1-800- 232-6686
Address: PO Box 2411, Great Falls, MT 59403
Services: Mission is to improve the lives of people affected by diabetes.
Serves as a vital lifeline to the community as a leader in the field of research, education and service.
Provides public, professional and patient education, materials, seminars, and - for youth
ages 8 to 18 - a summer camp and teen retreat.
American Kidney Fund
Phone: 1-800-638-8299
Services: Provides financial assistance for kidney patients and a
referral service.
American Legion Auxiliary
Phone: 587-7693
Address: 116 South Rouse, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Raise funds for veterans′ welfare, youth guidance homes, burn
victims and Veteran's in school. Provide gifts and financial donations
to VA hospitals in Helena and Sheridan, WY. Visit veterans and families
in ECF and rest homes.
American Liver Foundation
Phone: 1-800-223-0179
Address: 75 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038-4810
Website: http://www.liverfoundation.org
Services: The only national health organization dedicated to finding
cures for liver disease by supporting and encouraging research, providing
professional and public education programs, and heightening awareness.
American Lung Association of Montana
Phone: 442-6556 or 1-800-LUNG-USA
Address: 825 Helena Ave., Helena, MT 59601
Website: http://www.lungusa.org
Services: Dedicated to "the conquest of lung disease and promotion of lung health" through
educational programs about smoking prevention and cessation, lung disease, air
conservation, occupational health, and professional education.
American Red Cross
Phone: 587-4090
587-4611 For military contacts
Address: 300 North Willson, Suite 105 A, Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.montanaredcross.org
Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
Services: Services include blood drawings, some destitute and emergency
services, immediate catastrophe services and informational health related
classes.
American Red Cross-Five Rivers Chapter
Phone: 587-4611
Address: 300 North Willson Ave., Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.montanaredcross.org
Services: Emergency assistance to individuals and families affected by
natural disaster; provide communications for military; water and boating
safety courses; First Aid and CPR training/certification; HIV/AIDS
education; blood services; help completing and submitting Medicare forms,
by appointment only.
Area IV Agency on Aging
Phone: 522-8976
Address: 807 N Tracy, Bozeman, MT 59715
Email: ageingserv@earthlink.net
Services: Provides information on resources offered in the community, insurance counseling, and ombitsman
advocate for elderly living in long term care.
ASMSU Daycare
Phone: 994-4370
Address: MSU, Strand Union Building, Bozeman, MT 59717
Hours: 8a.m. to 5p.m. on days that MSU classes are in session.
Services: Offer high-quality childcare for MSU students' children ages 2½
through kindergarten.
ASMSU Wellness Coalition
Phone: 994-5800
Address: MSU, 106 Strand Union Building, Bozeman, MT 59717
Services: Coalition of student groups including: Club FREE
(outdoor adventure group), CAT Pride (outreach of Varsity Athletes),
SAFER (Student Advocates for Educated and Responsible Choices),
Connections (Bozeman Community Outreach), Bicycle Awareness Committee
American Red cross Blood Drives Zero Hero (designed driver program),
Insight Program (Early Intervention & Referral), Head Injury Awareness
Committee GAMMA (Greeks Advocating Mature Management of Alcohol), Greek Presidents
Health Counsel NAPA (Native American Peer Advisors), SWATT (Student Wellness
and Testing Team), Diabetes Support Group Residence Life Health and Safety Program
SASA (Students Against Sexual Assault) Lambda Gay Alliance.
Associated Students Legal Aid
Phone: 994-2935
Address: MSU - Strand Union Building, Room 281, Bozeman, MT 59717
Fees: $5 per appointment paid before the session.
Eligibility: Must be student.
Services: Legal services for everything except contested divorces, custody
suits, or MSU student against MSU student.
Asthma/Allergies Parent Group
Phone: 586-1573
A.W.A.R.E.
Phone: 587-1181
Address: 420 E. Mendenhall, Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.aware-inc.org
Eligibility: Youth may be enrolled through a referral from any of the following;
therapists, community agencies, parents, schools and medical agencies.
There are two categories of individuals considered eligible for service under the MHAP Medicaid eligibility and non-Medicaid
eligibility - based on clinical and financial criteria. Services: Accesses and coordinates the delivery of services and
supports required for individual youth and family in an ongoing relationship. Case management involves outreach
to children and families, connecting them with community agencies and resources
to ensure that all needed services and supports are in place. Two group homes for
male adolescents and one co-ed adult group home available in the area. Clinical
outpatient services are also offered.
Belgrade Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 388-1616
Address: 10 East Main, Belgrade, MT 59714
Website: http://www.belgradechamber.org
Services: Enhance the community and retain and promote businesses
and the environment in the community.
Belgrade Library
Phone: 388-4346
Address: 106 North Broadway, Belgrade, MT 59714
Website: http://www.mtbel.mtlib.org
Hours: Tuesday through Thursday l p.m. to 8 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays
10a.m. to 5p.m. Closed on Sundays and Mondays.
Eligibility: Must be a Gallatin County resident to check materials out.
Services: Children´s programs at 3:30 p.m., a preschool program at 10 a.m.,
a summer reading program and regular library services. A computer
with Windows 95, Word Perfect and a printer is available - also a
typewriter. Internet for reference use only.
Belgrade Police Department
Phone: 388-4262
Address: 91 E. Central, Belgrade, MT 59714
Services: Crime suppression and intervention, law enforcement, and school
presentations upon request.
Belgrade Senior Center
Phone: 388-4711
Address: 88 Cameron Road, Belgrade, MT 59714
Services: Provides service and activities for citizens aged 55 and up.
Offers congregate and home delivered meals, education programs,
blood pressure screenings, door-to-door transport and leisure time activities.
Belgrade
Urgent Care- Phone 388-8708
Address: 403 W. Main, Belgrade, MT 59714
Walk-ins Welcome
Big Brothers and Sisters
Phone: 587-1216
Address: 15 South 8th Ave., Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.bigbrotherssisters.org
Eligibility: Children 5-16
Services: This program promotes growth and self-esteem in children
through the experience of a close friendship with an adult on a one-to-one basis.
Qualified adults are matched with children who share similar interests in order to
build the child's self-esteem and improve school performance.
Children are primarily from single parent families.
Services offered: mentoring, sexual abuse prevention training, recreational activities
for children and referrals to other agencies.
Referrals to the agency should be made by the parent(s) calling and scheduling an
informational meeting with the agency.
Big Sky Youth Center
Phone: 586-2566
Address: 3025 Westridge Dr., Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.youthdynamics.org
Services: Provides a short-term home and family environment to young people in crisis.
Strives to meet their immediate needs through education, help in planning their futures
and reuniting families, where possible, as an alternative to homelessness.
Boy Scouts of America
Phone: 586-1064
Address: 5869 Cottonwood Road, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Teach youth values, responsibility, good citizenship and
leadership.
Blind and Low Vision Services
Phone: 587-0601 or 496-4925
Address: 220 W. Lamme, Suite 1E, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Under the direction of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services.
Provides vocational rehabilitation for people whose disabilities prevent them from actively
participating in their communities; help to enhance a disabled person's employment and/or
maximizing independent living skills.
Boys and Girls Club of Southwest MT
Phone: 587-8442
Address: 600 Bridger Dr., Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: After School Program 2-6. Ages 7-18 Welcome. Summer Camp programs offered 7:45am-2 pm.
Fee: $12.00/year
Bozeman Alzheimer's Support Group
Phone: 586-2421
Eligibility: Families of those suffering Alzheimer´s Disease or interested parties.
Services: Support group meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month, 12 p.m. until 1 p.m.
Educational materials also available.
Bozeman Cancer Support Group
Phone: 587-5533
Services: For cancer patients and their family and friends. Provides information,
education and support.
Bozeman Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 586-5421
Address: 2000 Commerce Way, Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.bozemanchamber.com
Services: Represents its membership, advocates economic vitality of life, and
preservation of competitive enterprise system. Provides free city maps, brochures about
Bozeman, list of clubs, information about other communities in the U.S., demographics and
other information about Bozeman.
Bozeman City Offices
Bozeman City Offices
Bozeman Deaconess Hospital
Phone: 585-5000
Address: 915 Highland Blvd., Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: www.bozemandeaconess.org
Services: Provides primary acute care and medical services; smoking cessation classes;
employee assistance; immediate emergency Alcohol & Drug intervention. Has a full service,
handicapped accessible medical library.
Bozeman Deaconess Hospice
Phone: 585-1099
Address: 915 Highland Blvd Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.bozemandeaconess.org
Services: No one turned away based on income. Medicaid and
Private insurance accepted. Their goal is to be as responsive as possible to
special requirements of individuals and families. Nursing, AIDS hospice, social
workers, bereavement counseling, and working as a team with physicians,
families and patients.
Bozeman Deaconess Hospital Obstetric Unit
Phone: 585-5000
Address: 915 Highland Blvd., Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.bozemandeaconess.org
Services: Nursing consultation and pregnancy monitoring are available to pregnant women/women
in emergency situations, 24 hours a day. Family centered labor and delivery
rooms and a new born nursery are available.
Bozeman Exchange Club
Phone: Rick Benson 586-7064
Bozeman Job Service workforce center
Phone: 582-9200
Dial-a-job: 582-9205
Address: 121 North Wilson, Bozeman MT 59715
Website: http://wsd.dli.mt.gov/local/bozeman
E-mail: E-mail
Services: This Workforce Center offers many employment related services for both job seekers
and employers. Services included are Labor market information, employer/job seeker job matching, Employer Advocacy
Program, automated and apply direct job postings, Veteran services, job choice inventories, proficiency
testing, employer and job seeker computer/book/VCR and other general information resouce centers,
employment related internet/computer access, federally funded training/retraining/employment programs.
Bozeman Kiwanis
Phone: Tom Anderson 582-9686
Services: Service to youth in community, scholarship program for low income youth, and
sponsors/supports various youth programs.
Bozeman Police Department
Phone: 582-2000 or for Emergencies call 911
Address: 615 S. 16th Ave., Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Preserve the peace in a manner consistent with the freedoms secured by the constitution.
Bozeman Professional Women
Email Address: bozemanbpw@yahoo.com
Address: PO Box 644, Bozeman, MT 59771
Services: Professional business organization for working women.
Bozeman Public Library
Phone: 582-2400
Address: 220 East Lamme, Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.bozemanlibrary.org/
Hours: Monday through Thursday 10 am to 8 pm - Fridays and Saturdays 10 am to 5pm and
Sunday 1 pm until 5 pm.
Eligibility: Must be Gallatin County resident to check materials out.
Services: Provide informational, educational and recreational materials with services to
help community residents meet personal and professional needs. Provide material and
programming for children of all ages, infants to young adult, to encourage a life-long
interest in reading. Offers large type books, Books-on-Tape, videos and Special Delivery
(free delivery of library materials for home bound
individuals), provide tax forms, inter-library loans and reference works.
Have stocks and mutual funds subscription services, small business resource books, corporate reports,
study guides for GED, SAT, GRE, LSAT, Civil Service exams, and Citizenship exam. Has an
internet hook up for public use and one computer for word processing. A Job Service kiosk which
is a computer information center for job openings.
Bozeman Public Schools Adult Basic and Litereracy Education (ABLE)/GED/ESL)
Phone 522-6012 or ABLE Coordinator 522-6022
Address:404 West Main St. (Willson School), Bozeman MT 59715
Website: http://www.bozeman.k12.mt.us
Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Services: A variety of services are provided to any one that could benefit from English
as a second language (ESL). Pre-GED activities, including assessment and practice exam; and the
GED test can be taken at this site as well. An Adult High School Diploma can also be achieved.
Confidential literacy assessment and tutoring are available. Classes are conducted both during
the day and evening hours. Complete information can be found on our website.
Bozeman Public Schools Adult Education ABE
Phone: 522-6012
Address:404 West Main (Wilson School), Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.bozeman.k12.mt.us
Services: Adult Community Education is for those age 16 and older. Classes are conducted in
the evening hors. Class topics change quarterly and include academic, self enrichment/improvement,
and employment skill training. Complete information can be found on our website.
Bozeman Recreation Department
Phone: 587-4724
Address: 1211 West Main, Bozeman MT 59715
Services: Swim center provides swimming lessons, water aerobics, open boating, hot tub, fitness corner
and special occasion parties. Preschool recreation program offers games, crafts, dance, etc.,
for children age 3-5. Recreation center offers information and referrals on team sports and
organized activities in Bozeman.
Bozeman Senior Center
Phone: 586-2421
Address: 807 North Tracy, Bozeman MT 59715
Website: http://www.mtseniorcenter.org
Services: Recreational, social, nutritional and educational service
to individuals over fifty. Includes: SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM: In home services
(such as assistance getting to Doctor's appointments, respite care, light housekeeping)
at no cost to individuals over sixty living in their own home. SENIOR OUTREACH: Assist seniors in
applying for and receiving any assistance programs they may qualify for such as Food Stamps,
SSI, Medicaid and Energy Assistance. MEALS ON WHEELS: Provide a hot, nutritious
noon meal delivered each day by a volunteer. LEGAL AIDE: A lawyer, on a regular basis,
provides brief consultations with seniors and there is no fee for this service.
GALAVAN: offers transportation (587-2434) for senior citizens and handicapped individuals.
Offers door-to-door transportation for medical, social, personal, recreational, and
educational purposes. Provides transportation for Head Start students. All vehicles are
wheelchair accessible. Available Monday - Friday, 8:15am to 4:30pm. RSVP: Retired Senior Volunteer
Program.587-5444, provides service to the community as a whole, while giving adults over sixty, a
recognized role in helping nonprofit and public agencies meet their goals.
Bozeman Office/Small Business Development Center
Phone: (406) 582-5700
Address: 502 South 19th, Suite 105 (Farm Bureau Building) Bozeman, MT, 59718
Website: http://www.nrmrcd.org/
E-mail
Bozeman Tech Center
Phone: 522-0830
Address: 20 E. Olive St., Lower Level, Suite 10, Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.msugf.edu
Bread of Life
Phone: 587-2345
Services: Free Clothing and food to the needy. Free Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners are held at the
Bozeman American Legion.
Bridger Alternative Parenting School
Phone: 522-6110
Address: 404 W. Main, Bozeman, MT 59715
Hours: 8a.m. until 3:30p.m.
Services: Teen alternative educational plan. Must be enrolled in high school or getting GED.
Day care criteria are age two weeks to three years old. Full time day care for children of
teen parents, who are attending classes. Child care lab is hands on with child, parenting classes
and there are two sessions in the a.m. only. These classes are for any interested student, not
just for teen parents. Day care is $2 an hour, $16 a day for infants to two year olds and $14 a
day for two to three year olds.
Bridger Alternative School
Phone: 522-6100
Address: 404 W. Main, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: A branch of the Bozeman Senior High School that is available for a small
number of students who prefer individualized instruction in a smaller setting. There is an
application process and students who have a sincere desire to attend school are selected
on a first come, first serve basis.
Bridger Mountain Family Planning
Phone: 587-0681
Address: 300 North Wilson, Suite 2001, Bozeman, MT 59715
Hours: 8am to 5:30pm Monday through Friday and 9 am to 12:30 pm on Saturday.
Services: Physical examinations, which include breast examinations and annual cervical cancer
screening (Pap smear), pregnancy testing and referral, all birth control methods, STD testing
and treatment as available, reproductive health counseling, immunizations for rubella
(German measles) or referral to services where available, infertility counseling, and referral
to other medical and social professionals or agencies.
Cancer Family Network For One Another
Phone: 587-8080
Address: PO Box 6446, Bozeman, MT 59771
Services: Provides a network for Montana families. Recreation, relaxation, fun and bonding for
the entire family experiencing cancer, regardless of who is diagnosed. All services are free.
Cancer Information Service (C.I.S.)
Phone: 1-800-4-CANCER
Address: 1825 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 2l8, Washington DC 20009
Website: http://www.cancer.org
Services: Will answer questions about cancer or provide free publications.
Career Transitions
Phone: 388-6701
Address: 20900 E. Frontage Road, B-Mezz., Belgrade, MT 59714
Website: http://www.careertransitions.com
Eligibility: Serving job seekers from both Gallatin and Park Counties for displaced homemakers,
single parents or low income individuals. Scholarships available, Sliding fee scale available to
all others.
Services: Career counseling; classroom training including non-traditional occupations, office machines,
computer training, resumes, interviewing skills, applications, job market information, job search
strategies, assertiveness training, self-esteem, coping with stress/change and entrepreneurship training.
Assessments including math and reading abilities, personality type inventory, values, skills, aptitudes, and career interests;
Adult/family literacy assessments and tutorials.
Class Schedules: November 2007
CASA/GAL Program - Sixth Judicial District
Phone: (406) 222-4904
Fax: (406) 222-4904
Address: P.O. Box 1827, 108½ North Second Street, Livingston, MT 59047
Website: http://www.casajd6.org
Email: casajd6@yahoo.com
Services: The mission of the Sixth Judicial District CASA/GAL Program is to provide specifically
selected and trained community volunteer Guardian Ad Litem to work on behalf of abused and neglected
children within our court system and to undertake any and all activities necessary for the promotion
of these children´s best interest, including but not limited to health, safety, and welfare in
Park and Sweet Grass Counties of Montana.
Casey Family Program
Phone: 443-4730
Address: 800 North Benton, Helena, MT 59601
Services: Provides long-term foster care for children and young adults 18 years and younger who
cannot return to their biological parents and have little chance of being adopted.
Catholic Social Services
Phone: 442-4130 or 1-800-222-9383
Address: PO Box 907, Helena, MT 59624
Website: http://www.catholicsocialservicesofmontana.org/
Non-profit adoption agency specializing in single parent counseling and adoptive placement of infants.
Referrals and help for those wanting to keep their baby.
Center for Adolescent Development (CAD)
Phone: 1-800-541-5577
Address: P.O. Box 17066, Missoula, MT 59808
Website: http://www.mtcad.org
Email: mtcad@hotmail.com
Services: Promotes the personal and social growth of adolescents by providing training and
technical assistance directly to the adolescent community and to the adults who influence
adolescent development. Sponsors teen camps that assist in the development of leadership skills.
Designed to promote personal and social growth by providing training that will enable youth to
more effectively deal with their concerns.
Child Abuse Hotline
Phone: 1-800-422-4453
Child Abuse and Elder Abuse Helpline
Phone: 1-800-551-3191
Child Care Connections
Phone: 587-7786
Address: 317 E. Mendenhall Suite C, Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.childcareconnections.info
Eligibility: Block grant and "at risk" programs-income guidelines. Must have a child in the household
who is in need of care.
Services: Comprehensive list of child care providers including providers for summer child care and
day camps.Manages child care for children at risk, block grant, job supplement and extended public
assistance child care.Provides child care training and manages the USDA food program for licensed
child care providers.
Child and Family Services
Phone: 585-9984
Address: 220 West Lamme, Suite 2E, Bozeman, MT 59715
Hours: 8am Noon and 1pm-5pm Monday through Friday. Contact law enforcement after 5pm.
Eligibility: Determined on an individual basis - is decided by a social worker. Adult and child
protective services. Investigates suspected cases of abuse and/or neglect to children or adult.
Licenses family, group, day care center providers and foster homes, and will help foster homes
adopt children in foster care.
Child Psychiatric Services
Phone: 444-7500
Address: PO Box 5539, Helena, MT 59604
Website: http://www.shodairhospital.org
Services: Located at Shodair Hospital. Maintains a hospital and other facilities for care and
treatment of children suffering from illnesses, disease, defects and other physical, mental and
emotional abnormalities impairing the health and well-being of children.
Child Support Enforcement Division
Phone: Helena-444-9767 or Butte 497-6600
Address: 3075 N. Montana St., Helena, MT 59601 or 17 W. Galena, Butte, MT 59701
Website: http://www.dphhs.state.mt.us/about_us/divisions/child_support_enforcement/child_support_enforcement.htm
Empowers families by securing sufficient financial support from the absent parent.
Citizen's Advocate Office
Phone: 444-3468 or 1-800-332-2272
Address: Room 213, Capital Station, Helena, MT 59620
Services: Provide accessibility for citizens of Montana to State Government. Offer information
and referral service to identify the right person or program to administer questions and help
resolve problems. Provides information on services such as Food Stamps, Medicaid, Energy Assistance,
Spouse Abuse, Welfare, Provides information on aging services, employment wage issues and legal aid.
City of Big Timber, Montana
City of Big Timber
City of Bozeman, Montana
City of Bozeman
City of Livingston, Montana
City of Livingston
City of White Sulphur Springs, Montana
City of White Sulphur Springs
Clerk of Court
Phone: 582-2165
Address: 615 South 16th, Room 302, Bozeman, MT 59715
Fees: $3 for paperwork and $180 for judgement/filing
Services: Do it yourself divorce. Will provide a packet for $3 to those who have no real property
and no children to file for divorce without legal assistance.
Cocaine Hotline
Phone: 1-800 COCAINE
Codependence Anonymous (C.O.D.A.)
Phone: 586-7926
Services: Contact phone number above for more information and meeting place times.
Community Health Partners
Address: 126 South Main Street, Livingston, MT 59047
Telephone: (406)222-1111
Services: Providing medical care for adults and children, disease prevention and health promotion.
Fees are based on income. Appointments are necessary. Community Health Partners is available to patients with or without health insurance. CHP
fees are discounted to patients who provide proof of income and meet federal
poverty guidelines. As Passport providers, Community Health Partners is open to
individuals on Medicaid, as well as Medicare, and any form of private insurance.
Services are offered on a "sliding discount schedule", with a minimum payment requested at the time of service.
Website: N/A
Conciliation Court
Phone: 585-1320 - Law and Justice Center
Address: 615 South 6th Ave., Room 30, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Sets up short term counseling for couples experiencing marital difficulties or
considering divorce. Provides paperwork for underage couples.
Consumer Credit Counseling Services
Phone: 582-9273
Address: 220 W. Lamme, Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.cccsmt.org
Fees: None, unless client is receiving financial planning. The payment for financial planning
is worked into the monthly payment paid to all debtors.
Services: Provide confidential, professional counseling & money management assistance
to financially distressed families and individuals. Help clients work out a plan for paying
their debts and getting their money management program back on track. If debts are truly
unmanageable, CCCS establishes and administers a common sense pay-back plan called a
Debt Management Program (DMP).
Counterpoint, Inc.
Address: 116 East Lewis Street, Livingston, MT 59047
Telephone: (406)222-2472
Services: Private non-profit organization offering vocational services that assist individuals
with vocational barriers to obtain and maintain employment through developing
job placements and providing job coaching in the community.
Eligibility: Must be referred by Montana State Developmental Disabilities, or Montana State Vocational Rehabilitation.
Website: http://www.counterpointinc.org
Email: vocdir@counterpointinc.org
Crime Stoppers
Phone: 582-2121, 582-2117 and 586-1131
Address: 615 South 16th, Bozeman, MT 59715
Crime Victims Compensation Program
Address: 303 North Roberts, 4th Floor, Helena, MT 59620
Hours: 7:30 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday.
Eligibility: Crime has to have been reported to law enforcement within 72 hours of
the crime and victims must cooperate with prosecution of perpetrator. Victim has one year to
file a claim with this agency. A waiver to the one year time limit may be granted.
Services: Victims of a crime may be compensated when other assistance is not available.
Will pay only when crime has been reported and victim has filed charges.
Dalerio Disability Counseling
Phone 406-449-2366
Address: PO Box 6822, Helena, MT 59604
Services: Helping people enhance their chances of winning their Social Security Disability Benefits.
Developmental Disabilities Division - DPHHS
Phone: 587-6066
Address: 20 East Olive, 208-A, Bozeman, MT 59715
Fees: None, if the worker has to travel far, a reimbursement may be requested.
Hours: 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday.
Eligibility: Must meet definition of developmentally disabled.
Services: Oversees contracts with REACH, Family Outreach, and Counterpoint.
Diabetes Information Service Center
Phone: 1-800-232-3472
Address: 1660 Duke Street, Alexander, VA 22314
Website: http://www.diabetes.org
Disabled Student Services
Phone: 994-2824
Address: MSU, 155 Strand Union Building, Bozeman, MT 59717
Website: http://www.montana.edu/wwwres/
Hours: 8am to 5pm, Monday through Friday
Eligibility: Must be learning disabled or physically disabled, an MSU student, and have a need
for special services.
Services: Help getting to class, help with learning (for example, tapes of lectures for those who
are visually impaired.
Domestic Violence and Abuse Services
Bozeman
Network for Sexual and Domestic Violence
Phone: Crisis line 586-4111 or Business line 586-7689
Address: PO Box 752, Bozeman, MT 59771
Eligibility: Women and/or children in mentally or physically abusive situations.
Services: Provides 24-hour emergency assistance for victims of emotionally or physically abusive
situations. Offer temporary shelter, legal assistance, advocacy, support, and education for women
and children. Provides information and referrals for temporary restraining orders. Also offers
community education and referrals for those who batter. Support group meetings are Thursday nights
and are open to the public.
Livingston
Tri-County Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
Phone: Crisis line Toll-free 1-866-880-8425 or Locally 406-222-8154
Business Phones: Office 406-222-5902 8am-5pm Monday-Friday
Fax: 406-222-5902
Address: PO Box 653, Livingston, MT 59047
Email: Program Manager
Website: http://www.tcnadsv.org
Eligibility: Persons in mentally, physically or sexually abusive situations.
Services: Provides 24-hour emergency assistance for victims of abuse and domestic violence
situations. Offer temporary shelter, legal assistance, advocacy, support, and education for women
and children. Provides information and referrals for temporary restraining orders. Also offers
community education and referrals for those who batter. Support group meetings are available
and are open to victims of domestic & sexual violence or abuse. Please call for schedule.
Eagle Mount
Phone: 586-1781
Address: 6901 Goldenstein Lane, Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.eaglemount.org
Fee: $5 per swim lesson, $10 horseback lessons, skiing, and scholarships available.
Hours: 8am to 5pm, Monday through Friday.
Eligibility: Must be physically or mentally disabled and complete an application,
a medical history, an information release and a doctor's release.
Services: Provides therapeutic recreation for persons of all ages with disabilities.
Programs include horseback riding, swimming, rafting, horticulture, golfing, and Skiing.
Early Pregnancy Class
Phone: 585-5000
Services: Educational class held each month at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital. Teaches
nutrition, fetal development, changes that occur during pregnancy, comfort measures, and exercises.
Recommended that pregnant women attend this class in their first
trimester.
Elks Lodge
Phone: Bozeman/586-5824 or Livingston/222-2511
Address:
Bozeman - 205 Haggerty Ln., Bozeman, MT 59718
Livingston - 130 South 2nd Street, Livingston, MT 59047
Email: Bozeman or Livingston
Website: Bozeman Lodge #463 or
Livingston
Lodge #246
Main focus is on drug abuse awareness. Provide financial support to rural hospitals for
unbudgeted items; sponsor Hoop Shoot and scout troops; provide facilities; support youth
programs; provide backup and support for veterans services; support Americanism.
They provide more money for scholarships than any other entity other than the federal government.
Energy/Fuel Assistance
Toll Free 1-800-289-0896
HRDC (Livingston) 222-0896
Address: 111 S. 2nd St., Livingston, MT
Services: Energy assistance for eligible households, help with winter heating bills,
emergency furnace repair and a weatherization program.
Experience Works
Toll Free: 1-800-450-5627
Telephone: 388-6701 Ext. 16
Location: Belgrade, Montana
Contact Person: Elona Tomac, SCSEP Assistant
Services: Experience Works helps low-income seniors, many with multiple barriers to employment,
get the training they need to find good jobs in their local communities. Experience Works is a
national, charitable, community-based organization. Originally named Green Thumb, and
chartered in 1965 as a small, rural demonstration program, Experience Works has grown to be
the nation’s leading provider of training, employment, and community service for low-income
older people.
SCSEP Program: The Montana SCSEP places participants part-time in agencies where they can receive
on-the-job training while they are paid minimum wage. Participants acquire the skills they need
to gain unsubsidized employment off the program.
Program Qualifications:
Be 55 years of age or older, and a resident of the state where he or she is enrolled in the SCSEP program.
Annual family income must not be more than 125% of the established federal poverty income guidelines.
Be eligible to work in the United States.
Be currently unemployed.
Website: http://www.experienceworks.org
Family Law Mediator
Phone: 582-2160
Address: 615 South 16th, Bozeman, MT 59715
Fees: Dependent on judge.
Services: Divorce, custody services and/or similar civil cases.
Family Outreach
Phone: 587-2477 or 587-9526
Address: 2411 W. Main Unit 1, Bozeman, MT 59718
Email: bballard@familyoutreach.org
Phyllis Astheimer pastheimer@familyoutreach.org
Eligibility: Not based on income, but must be developmentally disabled or developmentally delayed.
Birth to 18 years old.
Services: Provides support services such as respite care and family education to families
of developmentally disabled children and coordination of services between family and agencies.
Florence Crittenton Home
Phone: 442-6950
Address: 846 5th Ave., Helena, MT 59601
Services: Pregnant adolescents and young mothers, with babies, come to the Florence Crittenton
Home from all parts of Montana. The home provides an opportunity to build healthy, personally
satisfying and productive lives. Offers individual, family and group counseling, prenatal and
parent training classes, independent living training and referral for services.
Food Bank
Phone: Bozeman/586-7600
Address:
Bozeman - 602 Bond, Bozeman, MT 59715
Bozeman Hours: 1 pm to 4 pm, Monday through Friday.
Eligibility: Emergency need and a resident of Gallatin County.
Services: Provides food to those in need in Gallatin County. Food is available to those in
emergency situations once a month.
Food Stamps (Office of Public Assistance)
Phone: Bozeman/582-3010 or Livingston/222-8000
Addresses:
Bozeman - 237 West Main, Bozeman MT 59715
Livingston - 220 East Park Street, Livingston, MT 59407
Website: http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/programsservices/foodstampprogramoverview.shtml
Eligibility: Benefits are based on income and resources
Services: This program is designed to help alleviate hunger and malnutrition in low income households. Food stamp debit cards are issued to purchase food items.
4-H Youth Development/Programs
Phone: 994-3501
Address: MSU, 210 Taylor Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717
Website: http://www.montana.edu/www4h
Services: Educates both youth and adults in a global world. Provides short and long-term
prevention educational experiences that include hands-on learning and participatory education;
provides training of adults in techniques of working with youth and youth empowerment.
Gallatin Community Clinic
Phone: 585-1360
Address: 214 E. Mendenhall, Bozeman, MT 59715
Fee: Sliding scale based on income.
Eligibility: Services provided for individuals and families who have no health insurance.
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 8:00am to 5:00 pm, Tuesday and Thursday 11:00am to 7:00pm. Call
for an appointment.
Services: Primary care services include well-child care, adult and pediatric health care
examinations/immunizations, acute care for non-emergent conditions, as well as ongoing care
for chronic illnesses and conditions.
Gallatin County Community Corrections
Phone- 582-2089
Address: 615 S. 16th Ave, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Justice Council, Community Service, Money Management, and Victim Impact Panel
Gallatin County DUI Task Force
Phone: 585-1492
Address: 615 S. 16th St, Bozeman, MT 59715
Hours: 8am to 5pm, Monday through Friday
Eligibility: Anyone interested in educational classes about DUI accidents or laws.
Services: A volunteer civic organization working in cooperation with the Police Department to promote
awareness, prevention and enforcement of DUI laws.
Gallatin City/County Health Department/Immunization Clinic
Phone: 582-3100
Address: 12 North 3rd Street, Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.gallatin.mt.gov/public_documents/gallatincomt_health/health
Hours: 8am to 5pm, Monday through Friday.
Services: Registered nurses administer immunizations to infants, school age children and women of
childbearing age. Clinics are held every Wednesday by appointment. No one will be refused due to
inability to pay.
Gallatin County Rest Home
Phone: 582-3300
Address: 1221 Durston Road, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Licensed long term care facility offering 24 hour nursing care and restorative programs.
Staff is skilled in intermediate care.
Gallatin County Sheriffs Department
Phone: 582-2125
Address: 615 South 16th Ave., Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Activities include the protection and enforcement of laws for all Gallatin County residents.
Gallatin County Youth Probation Family Assessment Program
Phone: 582-2180
Address: 615 South 16th Ave., Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Youth probation acts in accordance with the Youth Court Act (41-5-102) to preserve
the unity and welfare of the family whenever possible by providing care, protection, rehabilitation
and supervision of youth committing law violations. A means to achieve this is the Family Assessment
program for youth considered to be chronic or habitual behavior problems. Program offers a number
of evaluation and referral services. Assures the youth is provided due process as proclaimed by
his/her constitutional statutory rights.
Gallatin Development Corporation
Phone: 587-3113
Address: 222 East Main, Suite 102, Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.bozeman.org
Services: A local economic development organization serving Gallatin County. Financed by the private
sector. Works closely with the public sector to support economic development that complements and
enhances the valley's natural, human, and educational resources.
Gallatin/Madison Special Education Cooperative
Phone: 388-6508
Address: 210O0 Frontage Road, Belgrade, MT 59714
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 162, Belgrade, MT 59714
Services: Speech Therapy, School Psychologists and Itinerant Resource Teacher provided services.
Eligibility: Must reside within the service area which includes 14 small rural schools.
Gallatin National Forest
Phone: (Voice) 406-587-6701 - (TDD) 406-587-6801 - (Fax) 406-587-6758
Address: P.O. Box 130, Bozeman, MT 59771
Contact Information: District Offices Southcentral Montana
Services: Fire and Aviation, Lands and Surveying, Planning, Engineering, Recreation, Wilderness, Archeology, Minerals, Administration, Ecosystem Management and Public Affairs.
Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/gallatin
FIRE INFO
Gallatin Shrine Club
Phone: 586-5461 or hospital reference number 1-800-237-5055.
Address: PO Box 582, Bozeman, MT 59771
Services: Provides free orthopedic or burn treatment for children up to 18 years, who are
severely crippled by accident or birth defects. The Shriners' 21 hospitals nation-wide spend
$2 million dollars a day helping the children they serve.
Gallatin Valley Newcomer's Club
Phone: 586-8254 President-Susan O'Hara
Services: Gather socially to become acquainted with new members of the community, to
assist in developing friendships with other community members & to assimilate civic,
citizenship, and social activities in this area. Meet twice monthly.
Gamblers Anonymous
Phone: 388-7896 Debbie or Jim
Address: St. James Episcopal Church, 5 West Olive, Bozeman, MT 59715
Hours: Meetings held Mondays at 7:30 pm.
Gardiner Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 848-7971
Fax: 848-2446
Email: info@gardinerchamber.com
Address: P.O. Box 81, Gardiner, MT 59030
Website: http://www.gardinerchamber.com
Services: Represents its membership, advocates economic vitality of life, and
preservation of competitive enterprise system. Provides free city maps, brochures about
Gardiner, list of clubs, information about other communities in the U.S., demographics and
other information about Gardiner, Montana.
GED Testing and Information
Phone: 994-6984
Address: MSU, 243 Reid Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717
Girl Scouts
Phone: 587-4640
Address: 1185 Nelson Rd., Bozeman, MT 59718
Website: http://www.girlscouts.org
Services: Help girls with character development and growth into competent, resourceful
adults. The Girl Scout goals include: developing values, relating to others, contributing to
society, and developing self potential.
Habitat for Humanity of Gallatin County
Phone: 388-8225
Address: 21000 Frontage Rd., Belgrade, MT 59714
Website: http://www.habitatbozeman.org
Services: This organization builds homes in partnership with and for low income families.
Eligible partner families must be low income with inadequate housing and good
personal references. Applications must be able to make monthly mortgage payments
and contribute 500 hours of "sweat equity."
Head Start HRDC
Phone: 587-4486
Fax 585-3538
Address: 32 S Tracy, Bozeman, MT 59715
Hours: 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday from September until May
Services: This comprehensive preschool program is designed to meet the emotional, social,
health, nutritional, and psychological needs of low-income families.
Services are provided in one of two ways: Classroom or home-based. The classroom program has
eighteen children in each of three classrooms, 4 days a week, for 4 hours a day. The home-based
program employs home educators who visit the homes weekly to deliver Head Start services. Parent
involvement in both programs is required.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Gallatin City/County
Phone: 582-3100
Address: 13 North 3rd, Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.gallatin.mt.gov/public_documents/gallatincomt_health/health
Services: Variety of health care services including immunizations.
City of Livingston/Park County
Phone: 222-4140
Address: 414 East Callender Street, Livingston, MT 59047
Website: http://www.parkcounty.org/Health/health.html
Services: Immunizations, TB Screenings, Education, HomeMaker Program,
Rural School Nursing, Well Child Clinic, Pre-Natal Classes, Early
Pregnancy class, WIC, Infant Follow-up Program, Pregnancy Support Services,
Program Development and other various community health services.
Health Enhancement Division
Phone: 444-5663
Address: State Capitol, Helena, MT 59620
Services: Through the Montana Office of Public Instruction, provides technical assistance,
resource materials, networking, conferences, and financial assistance in areas of substance
abuse, suicide, and child abuse.
Healthy Mothers & Healthy Babies
Phone: 388-4758
Address: 408 Pearl Drive, Belgrade, MT 59714
Services: Focuses on educational campaigns, coordination of service delivery and coalition
building at the community level. Goal is to improve maternal and child health in Montana.
Hearts and Homes
Phone: 585-8544
Address: 104 East Main, Suite 104, Bozeman, MT 59715
Eligibility: Foster/Adoption and Family Services.
Services: Provide support to foster, adoptive and birth families through training programs
with a network of fellow foster/adoptive families and members of our community. Foster and Adoption
Services helps relieve some of the emotional and financial factors that may be connected to being
a Foster family and helps people see the joys and rewards that come from opening our homes and hearts
to children in need.
Programs are as follows: BURST-A-BACKPACK is a program that provides each child that comes into
long-term foster care with a small suitcase or backpack that is filled with small personal and
toiletry items.
CLOTHESLINE is a program that offers donated clothing to foster care children.
EQUIPMENT POOL helps foster families eliminate the expense of buying equipment on a limited
foster care budget, all equipment is on loan from the organization.
SUPPORT GROUPS meet every 2nd Monday of the month, foster/adoptive families and
children to share ideas, concerns, and develop friendships. Call 587-8095 for more information.
FOSTER A FOSTER has a trained foster family available to a new foster family to answer questions,
offer advice or listen to concerns they might have.
F.A.C.T.S. CRISIS CARE is respite care that is available to any family in our community meeting
intake criteria. A resource library is available with videos, audio and reading materials that cover
some of the many issues about foster care, adoption and child rearing.
Help Center
Phone: 586-3333
Address: 421 East Peach, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: A 24 hour crisis hotline staffed by professionals and volunteers trained to listen,
help sort out feelings, give options and referrals. In cases of suicide, rape and other
serious situations an outreach team is sent for support. Help is only temporary. In cases
of long term care, referrals will be made.
Herpes Support Group
Phone: 587-3333
Address: Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2118 South 3rd Ave., Bozeman, MT 59715
Hours: Meetings held on third Tuesday of each month.
Hillcrest Retirement Community
Phone: 587-4411
Address: 1201 Highland Blvd., Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Apartment living for senior citizens with maid service, transportation, meal service,
and personal care available for residents.
Housing Subsidies Program - HRDC
Phone: 587-4486
Address: 32 S. Tracy, Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.vhrdc.org
Services: This program provides rental assistance to low-income households. The program covers
rent-subsidiary apartments and provides rent subsidies for privately rented apartments under
the Section 8 Existing Program.
Human Development Training and Research Clinic
Phone: 994-4113
Address: 1501 South 3rd Ave., Bozeman, MT 59715
Hours: No set hours, as graduate students do the counseling, they see clients between 7am and 9pm
No walk-ins please. Call to set up an appointment.
Services: Counseling/support services to couples, families, children and
individuals. Services are provided by graduate trainees under the supervision of MSU faculty.
Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) District IV
BOZEMAN Address: 32 S. Tracy, Bozeman, MT 59715
Phone: 587-4486
Fax: 585-3538
LIVINGSTON Address: 111 South 2nd Street, Livingston, MT 59047
Phone: 222-0896
Fax: 222-1232
Toll Free: 1-800-289-0896
Website: http://www.hrdc9.org
Services: Section 8 housing, which is lower than fair market rent and housing for low income
families or elderly. HRDC offers a Head Start Program free for early childhood development, a
youth employment program, a weatherization program, LIEAP(Low Income Energy Assistance) Program,
and Headwaters Home Health Case Management for the elderly/disabled.
Humane Society of Gallatin Valley
Phone: 587-0456
Address: 2125 North Rouse, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Providing humane animal care to all animals in the Gallatin Valley. Includes the prevention
of cruelty to animals, the relief of suffering among animals, and the extension of humane education.
Hyalite Toastmasters
Phone: 587-1804 or 586-1021
Address: PO Box 3864, Bozeman, MT 59771
Infant Nutrition Information
Phone: 1-800-523-6633
Services: Can provide information and make recommendations about care, feeding and nutritional
needs of infants - especially for those under one year old.
Intrepid USA Healthcare Services
Phone: 586-0022
Address: 2411 W. Main St. Suite 2A, Bozeman, MT 59718
Services: Services offered are home health care, in home care, personal care attendants and rental/sale
of durable medical equipment.
Job Corps
Phone-1-800-544-5627
Address: 305 W. Mercury, Suite 202, Butte, MT 59701
Website: http://jobcorps.doleta.gov
Services: Vocational trades offered include: carpentry, forestry, automotive mechanics and repair,
business and clerical, electrician, heavy equipment operating, welding, computer occupations, culinary
arts and more.
Eligibility: Must be between the ages of 16 and 24; meet income eligibility guidelines; Be a legal
US resident, be drug free and alcohol free. Free from court fines or community service. Applicants
must be motivated to complete the program.
La Leche League
Phone: 587-1152
Address: 118 South Grand, Bozeman, MT 59715
Gives information and encouragement to all mothers who want to breastfeed their babies.
Lamaze Prenatal Education
Phone: 587-3583 Martha, 587-4062 Arleen, 586-6608 Ruth, 763-4513 Karen, 586-3984 Ann
Services: Classes designed to prepare expectant parents emotionally, intellectually, and
physically for the birth experience. Breathing and relaxation techniques while in labor
are stressed. Topics are divided into seven sessions and pregnant women should register for
class by the fifth month of pregnancy.
Lawyer Referral Service
Phone: 449-6577
Services: Statewide referral service for individuals needing legal advice. Basic information is
obtained about the client's needs and a referral is made to a lawyer in their area that handles
that type of case. Lawyers voluntarily participate from all parts of the state. This is not a
referral for pro-bono legal services.
Learning Partners Adult Education Literacy Program
Director: Cassie Burns (406) 823-6356
Address: 112 West Lewis, Livingston, Montana 59047
Telephone: Family Center 823-6355 or Classroom 823-6363
Services: Providing adult basic education and literacy services, the Even Start
Program and Tutor Matching including:
> Preparation for GED
> Basic computer skills
> Basic reading, writing and math skills
> Drivers License test preparation
> College preparation
> Typing skills career planning
> English as a second language
> Citizenship
> Parenting Classess
> Child Education
> Daycare provided while learning takes place
> Counseling
> Tutor Matching
Eligibility: Adults aged 16 years or older must attend an orientation and
complete a screening exam.
Call to make an appointment.
Legal Aid
Phone: 1-800-999-4941
Montana Legal Service Association
Address: PO Box 937, Bozeman, MT 59715
Eligibility: Low income 125% of poverty level.
Services: Legal aid in areas such as: Public Assistance issues, SSI, unemployment benefits,
Social Security, evictions, utility shut-off, nursing homes, public housing, Medicare, Medicaid,
doctors, hospitals, family violence, restraining orders, divorce, garnishments, or repossession.
Legal Aid - MSU Students
Phone: 994-2935
Services: Legal services for current MSU students who are taking 7+ credits.
Living Will - Society for the Right to Die
Address: 250 West 57h St., New York, NY 10107
Services: Distributes living will forms as a public service. Offers information on how to
refuse treatment that artificially prolongs your dying.
Livingston City Offices
Website: http://ci.livingston.mt.us
Livingston Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 222-0850
Address: 303 East Park Street, Livingston, MT 59047
Website: http://www.livingston-chamber.com
Services: Represents its membership, advocates economic vitality of life, and
preservation of competitive enterprise system. Provides free city maps, brochures about
Livingston, list of clubs, information about other communities in the U.S., demographics and
other information about Livingston.
Livingston Job Service Workforce Center
Address: 220 East Park Street, Livingston, MT 59047
Telephone: (406) 222-0520
Fax: (406) 222-1593
Providing job referrals to local, regional, state and national employers; Labor market
information; Workshops for job seeking and employment skills; Training programs
for dislocated workers, eligible adults and youth; Veterans services and
referrals to Veteran Advocacy Groups; Proficiency testing (typing, ten-key,
spelling, grammar, math, data-entry); aptitude and interest assessments for
career exploration; Unemployment Insurance information; Resource computers for
public use to job search using the Internet, skills and education identification
and resume preparation; Information and referral source for employment issues.
No appointment is necessary to use public accessible computers. Please
call or email us for an appointment with an Employment Consultant.
Website: http://wsd.dli.mt.gov/local/livingston
Email: E-mail
Livingston/Park County School District Administration Office
Address: 132 South B Street, Livingston, MT 59047
Telephone: 222-0861
Services: Providing assistance with GED, financial aid papers and adult education classes.
Vocational and career counseling for community adults.
Website: www.livingston.k12.mt.us/
Livingston Police Department
Phone: Emergencies 911 or 222-2050
Address: 414 East Callender Street, Livingston, MT 59047
Services: Preserve the peace in a manner consistent with the freedoms secured by the constitution.
Livingston Office/Small Business Development Center
Phone: (406) 222-7227
Address: 207 W Callender St. (First Interstate Bank Building), Suite 207, P.O. Box 1105, Livingston, MT 59047
Website: http://www.nrmrcd.org/
E-mail
LOVE, INC.
Phone: 587-3008
Address: PO Box 7117, Bozeman MT 59715
Hours: 9 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (answering machine when after regular hours)
Services: Help with home repairs, minor car repairs, meals, light housekeeping, companionship,
and some medical services from doctors that offer their services free of charge to those found
eligible by the LOVE, INC. screening process. Other assistance available such as a donated cars,
and furnishings.
Lupus Foundation of America
Phone: 1-800-558-0121 - 9 am to 5 pm EST
Website: http://www.lupus.org
Services: Information packet will be sent.
Lutherans Social Services of Montana
Phone: 586-2486
Address: 104 East Main, Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.lssmt.org/
Fees: Only for those that are adopting.
Eligibility: Pregnant or adoptive services.
Services: Non-profit organization providing decision making counseling for persons facing
an unplanned pregnancy. Services include foster care, adoption, infertility counseling, and
community enrichment. Benefits for people who want to give their baby up for adoption.
Referrals/help for those wanting to parent. Limited library.
Manhattan City Library
Phone: 284-3235
Address: 103 South Broadway, Manhattan, MT 59741
Services: In addition to regular library services, provides low vision aid services, a community
bulletin board and a lending library for disabled individuals.
Manhattan Senior Center
Phone: 284-6501
Address: 102 East Railroad Ave. S., Manhattan, MT 59741
Website: http://www.montanaseniorcenter.org
Services: Advocacy, community resources, congregate meals and activities.
Meagher County Sheriff's Office
Phone: Emergencies 911 or Business Office 547-3397
Address: 101 West Crawford, White Sulphur Springs, MT 59465
Services: Protection and enforcement of laws for all citizens in Meagher County.
Medicaid
Phone: Bozeman/582-3010 or Livingston/222-8000
Addresses:
Bozeman - 237 West Main, Bozeman MT 59715
Livingston - 220 East Park Street, Livingston, MT 59407
Website: http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/programsservices/medicaid.shtml
Services: A component of Welfare that provides medical coverage for low income, pregnant women, children, eligible families, the elderly and SSI (disability) eligible.
Medical Outreach Worker, Senior Center
Phone: 586-2421
Address: 807 North Tracy, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Assistance with completing paperwork for Medicaid, third party insurance forms and other
forms. Will attend Office of Public Assistance appointment, as a representative for elderly
applicants, will make home visits and answer questions about Medicaid, Medicare and third party
insurance.
Mental Health Center
Phone: 522-7357
Address: 301 N. Willson, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Intensive Case Management; P.A.T.H Outreach Liaison; Alternative Services
Mental Health Services, Inc.
Address: 121 South Second Street, Livingston, MT 59047
Telephone: (406) 222-3332
Providing individual, family and group therapy for adults and children. Also provides
out-patient services, adult day treatment and intensive case management.
Website: www.mhamontana.org/links.htm
Migrant Farm Workers Law Unit
406-252-6055 (Billings)
Missing Children Hotline
Phone: 1-800-832-3773
Services: International investigators search and locate missing children. There is no fee for this
service but donations are appreciated. Provides educational materials and child ID kits. Mostly
volunteer staff and funded by private contributions/donations.
Montana Area Health Education Center
Phone: 994-6001
Address: MSU, 333 Culbertson Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717
Services: Health professional education, access to post-graduate medical education,
rural health assessment and planning, access to health professional learning resources, health
career information and technical assistance on rural hospitals.
Montana Association for the Blind
Phone: 586-2276 or 586-5688
Fees: $5 per year to join the State organization, none for the local chapter.
Eligibility: Must be visually impaired.
Services: Every year there is a one-month school at MSU for the visually impaired, where they
teach all types of skills, for example: computers, typewriting, writing, Braille, etc. No age
limit for the school, but it really isn't appropriate for younger people. This agency will also do
in-home visits to teach use of a white cane, mark the thermostat so the visually impaired can use
it, reading services, etc. Bozeman Chapter meets the 2nd Friday of the month at the
Darlington Manor meeting room, 606 No. 5th Bozeman, MT 59715.
Montana Chemical Dependency Center
Phone: 496-5403 and 496-5400
Address: 2400 Continental Drive, Butte, MT 59701
Services: Inpatient state hospital. Offers detoxification, medical care for addictions, psychotherapy,
approved alcoholism treatment program, AA groups, and occupational therapy. Fees are based on
ability to pay.
Montana Conservation Corps
Phone: 587-4475
Address: PO Box 3647, Bozeman, MT 59772
Website: http://www.mtcorps.org
Services: Administers and provides conservation work on trails and parks through the Americore
Community Service Program.
Montana Council for Families
Phone: 728-9449
Address: PO Box 7533, Missoula, MT 59807
Services: State wide volunteer organization dedicated to strengthening children and families.
Assists communities in developing resources to support families so children can reach their
full potential. Dedicated to prevention of child abuse and neglect through community efforts to
support and strengthen Montana families. Assists with coordination of parents and parents anonymous
groups. Runs a Montana family support resource center.
Montana Council for Maternal and Child Health
Phone: 443-1674
Address: 2030 11th Ave. #10, Helena, MT 59610
Services: A broad-based coalition of individuals and organizations whose focus is to improve
maternal and child health in Montana by educating and informing policy makers who make laws,
write regulations, and implement policies which affect the health of babies, children, and their
mothers.
Montana Eye Bank
Phone: 728-2115 or 1-800-445-3937
Address: 550 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802
Services: Provides services for organ donors who donate their corneas or for those who need corneal
transplants. Prepare corneas for transplant, does research on diabetes and glaucoma, provides
education and referrals.
Montana Fair Housing
Phone: 1-800-929-2611
Address: 904-A Kensington Ave., Missoula, MT 59801
Website: http://www.fairhousing.montana.com
Hours: 9am to 5pm Monday through Friday.
Montana Fair Housing investigates allegations of discrimination in housing, counsels
victims of discrimination, facilitates the complaint process, provide outreach and
education services to industry representatives and consumers of the industry. The activities
include the facilitation of workshops and training, production/distribution of a quarterly
newsletter, networking with agencies and organizations state/nation wide.
Montana Head Injury Association, Inc.
Phone: 1-800-241-6442 or 586-5539 (Bozeman)
Address: 500 North 30th Street, Room 235, Billings, MT 59101
Services: Provide educational and emotional support for the head injured, their families
and care takers. Increase awareness of the consequences of traumatic head injury, advocate for
recognition of problems and the unique needs of the head injured, support head injury research
and training and rehab programs.
Montana Highway Patrol
Phone: 1-800-525-5555 or in emergencies 887-9103
Montana Human Rights Commission
Phone: 444-2884
Address: PO Box 1728, Helena, MT 59624
Website: http://www.montanadiscrimination.com
Services: Enforces the laws that prohibit discrimination based on race, creed, religion, color,
national origin, age, handicap, marital status, sex, and political belief in the areas of employment,
public accommodation, housing, financial and insurance, credit transactions, education and government
services. Conducts partial investigation of complaints. Attempts to resolve complaints through
mediation and conciliation.
Montana Immigrant and Refugee Coalition
Address: 2442 1st Avenue North, Billings, MT 59101
Montana Independent Living Project, Inc.
Phone: (406) 522-7300
Address: 626 Ferguson, Suite 1, Bozeman, MT 59718
Website: http://milp.us
E-mail
Services: Montana Independent Living Project, Inc. (MILP) is a not-for-profit agency that provides
services that promote independence for people with disabilities. The Bozeman branch provides services
in Gallatin, Meagher, Park, Sweet Grass, and Wheatland counties. Information & Referral Services include
Accessibility concerns and resources, The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) access and employment
issues, and legal and legislative news and updates, Medical, legal, social and individualized
information on understanding your disability, Alternative resources and availability, Financial
resource opportunities including assistance with pursuing grants and loans for acquiring necessary
assistive and adaptive devices. Other services include Independent Living Skills Training, Individual
and Group Advocacy, Peer Advocacy, and the Medicaid Self-Directed Personal Assistance Services (SDPAS)
Program.
Montana Legal Aid Hotline - 1-800-999-4941
Montana Legal Services Association
The Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) is a federally and privately funded program that provides free legal assistance in civil cases to low-income people. To qualify for our services, applicants generally must have income of 125% or less of the federal poverty level and limited assets. You must also be a U.S. citizen or an eligible alien. We never charge a fee for our services. However, you may have to pay court costs and filing fees.
MLSA Help Line Toll Free: 1-800-666-6124
In Bozeman, Dial: 1-406-585-5815
In Billings, Dial: 1-406-248-4870
In Helena, Dial: 1-406-442-9830
Website: http://www.mtlsa.org/index.cfm?pagename=homepage
Montana Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker's Council, Inc.
406-245-6636 (Billings)
Montana Medical Genetics Program
Phone: 444-7530
Address: PO Box 5539, 840 Helena Ave., Helena, MT 59604
Services: Located at Shodair Hospital. Provides comprehensive, high quality in state Medical
Genetic services to Montanan's from conception to death. A broad range of services offered to
individuals/families with birth defects or genetic and hereditary conditions. Services include
patient evaluations, genetic counseling, and education.
Montana Post Adoption Center
Phone: 449-3266
Address: PO Box 634, Helena, MT 59624
Services: Provides education regarding the lifetime process of adoption and serious effects of
adoption on those involved. Supports adopted, adoptive parents and birth parents and helps preserve
adoptive families. Maintains a reunion registry for adult adopted who are searching for their birth
parents. Can assist with information about biological parent searches. Offers a resource library.
Montana Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
Phone: 587-7144 and 596-6091
Services: Call to reach interpreters in the Bozeman area, leave message.
Montana School for the Deaf and Blind
Phone: 771-6000
Address: 3911 Central Avenue, Great Falls MT 59405
Services: Provides deaf and blind children (pre-school through Grade 12) with an education
equivalent to that offered in public schools through the use of specialized teachers, curriculum
and equipment.
Montana State AFL-CIO
Phone: (406)252-8513
Address: 530 S. 27th St., Billings, MT 59101
Website: http://www.mtaflcio.org/workers.html
Services: Resume writing and interviewing assistance, basic skills upgrade, out of area job search
and relocation assistance, retraining for a new job, on-the-job training, and Supportive services.
Eligibility: Individuals who are unemployed due to a permanent closure or a reduction-in-force or
individuals who are unemployed from self-employment due to economic conditions.
Montana State Library for Blind and Physically Handicapped
Phone: 444-2064 or 1-800-332-3400
Address: 1515 East 6th Avenue, Helena, MT 59620
Website: http://www.msl.state.mt.us/tbl
Services: Library offers books, magazines and playback equipment for children or adults with
visual or physical handicaps. There is no charge for library services to visually and physically
handicapped readers. Borrowers can expect the same large variety of adult and children's books
offered to people using conventionally printed material from a public library.
MonTECH Program
Phone: 243-5676 or 1-800-732-0323
Address: 634 Eddy Ave., Missoula, MT 59812
Website: http://www.ruralinstitute.umt.edu
Services: Montana's Technology-Related Assistance Program for people with disabilities provides
free, confidential information on assistive technology devices and services for all Montanan's.
Help Montanan's find ways to pay for assisting devices and services and explores other resources -
such as building or modifying devices locally. Provides places for people to examine equipment,
have fittings of equipment/devices and to get help, when necessary, with prescriptions,
training and funding. Maintains a statewide database of available assistive technology devices.
MSU Counseling & Psychological Service Center
Phone: 994-4531
Address: MSU, Swingle Health Center, Bozeman, MT 59717
Services: Counseling for students, faculty, and staff of Montana State University on a referral
or a walk in basis. There is no charge to students for counseling; however, they are charged for
psychiatric services. Faculty and staff are charged for services.
Services include: couple, group, and individual counseling and assertiveness training.
MSU Dial A Job
Phone: 994-3343
MSU Early Childhood Project
Phone: 994-4746
Address: MSU, 117 Herrick Hall, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Assist families seeking childcare, working to expand and maintain the supply of child
care facilities and committed to improving the quality of care for children in Montana. information,
a library related to women's concerns, and support group information.
MSU Extension Service
Phone: 582-3025
Address: 311 West Main, Room 304, Bozeman MT 59715
Website: http://extn.msu.montana.edu/
Services: Provides research based information to groups and individuals on family economics, food
and nutrition, human development and pesticides. Administers the 4-H Youth Program.
MSU Health Promotions
Phone: 994-7337
Address: MSU, Student Health Service, Bozeman, MT 59717
Services: The Health Promotions Center is dedicated to the promotion and support of student
activities, programs, and organizations which support an abuse free environment.
Provides education, referral and pre-assessment.
MSU Horswell Training and Research Clinic
Phone: 994-4113
Address: 16501 South 3rd Ave., Bozeman, MT 59715
Hours: 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday.
Services: MSU graduate students offer individual and family counseling.
MSU Women's Resource Center
Phone: 994-3836
Address: MSU, Hamilton Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717
Services: Open to all MSU women students, staff, and faculty, and community members who are
considering entering or returning to school. Promotes greater responsiveness by campus and
community to the needs of MSU women. Some ongoing services include: sack lunch seminars, career,
scholarship, and employment.
Multiple Sclerosis Society - Montana Chapter
Phone: 1-800-344-4867
Address: 1601 2nd Ave. North, Great Falls, MT 59401
Services: Provides information packets and pamphlets, connects people with other resources in the
community, offers a monthly newsletter, fund raising, statistical data work, provides program and
support group information. Directly connected to the national office.
Narcotics Anonymous
Phone: 582-8271 or 587-5743
Services: Contact one of the numbers above for meeting times and places.
National Cancer Research Information Line
Phone: 1-800-321-CURE
Website: http://www.cancer.org
Network for Sexual and Domestic Violence
Phone: Crisis line 586-4111 or Business line 586-7689
Address: PO Box 752, Bozeman, MT 59771
Eligibility: Women and/or children in mentally or physically abusive situations.
Services: Provides 24-hour emergency assistance for victims of emotionally or physically abusive
situations. Offer temporary shelter, legal assistance, advocacy, support, and education for women
and children. Provides information and referrals for temporary restraining orders. Also offers
community education and referrals for those who batter. Support group meetings are Thursday nights
and are open to the public.
Northwest Organ Procurement Agency
Phone: 1-800-332-9066
Address: 600 Broadway, Suite 26, Seattle WA 98122
Services: Provides education and awareness activities regarding organ and tissue donation.
Offers continuing education and in-services on organ donation. Provides on-site donor management.
Provides brochures, statistics, and information. May be available to participate in, or provide a
display for health fairs. Arrange for recipients or others to talk to groups.
Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder Support Group
Phone: 587-9206
Address: PO Box 7006, Bozeman, MT 59771
Overeaters Anonymous
Phone: 585-8481
Office of Public Assistance
Phone: Bozeman/582-3010 or Livingston/222-8000
Addresses:
Bozeman - 237 West Main, Bozeman MT 59715
Livingston - 220 East Park Street, Livingston, MT 59407
Website: http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/programsservices/publicassistanceprograms.shtml
Services: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance, food stamps, Medicaid, child care assistance and training.
Eligibility: All programs have financial and non-financial requirements.
Parents and Adolescents Can Talk (PACT)
Phone: 587-4743
Address: 5727 Blackwood Road, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Communication and sexuality education program for adolescents, Pre-adolescents and parents
to improve communication, decision-making, self esteem and health issues.
Parents, Let's Unite for Kids (PLUK)
Phone: 657-2055
Address: 1500 North 30th Street, Billings, MT 59101
Website: http://www.pluk.org
Services: A coalition that provides information and support for parents of children with
disabilities. Services include a monthly newsletter, individual assistance, emotional workshops,
parent resource library, parent support group information and a central database of services.
Park County - Local Government Offices
Website: http://www.parkcounty.org/
Park County Child & Family Services
Address: 220 East Park Street, Livingston, MT 59047
Telephone: (406) 222-7402
Hours: 8a.m.-noon, 1p.m.-5 p.m. Monday thru Friday
CENTRALIZED INTAKE for REPORTING CHILD ABUSE/NEGLECT: 1-866-820-5437
Services: Investigates suspected cases of abuse and/or neglect of children.
Licenses family, group, day care center providers andfoster homes, and will help foster homes
adopt children in foster care. Provides case management for children and families including support
services to assist families to safely parent their children and resolve issues which lead to
intervention.
Park County Sheriff's Office
Phone: Emergencies 911 or Business Office 222-4172
Address: 414 East Callender Street, Livingston, MT 59047
Services: Protection and Enforcement of laws for all citizens in Park County.
Park County Senior Citizens Resource Directory
Website: http://www.parkcounty.org/Resource_Guide_for_Seniors.doc
Parkinson's Support Group
Phone: 587-4404
Address: 321 North 5th, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Education and support for care givers and patients.
People's Law Center
Phone: 1-800-406-5567
Address: PO Box 526, Butte, MT 59703
Fees: Paid when you win your case or not at all.
Eligibility: 200% of federal poverty level.
Services: Legal help (no family law, i.e., divorce cases)
Poison Control
Phone: 1-800-525-5042
Polio Support Group
Phone: 388-1711
Services: Information regarding delayed effects of polio for victims/family/friends
Pregnancy Caring Center
Phone: 586-9444
Address: 202 S Black Suite 2B, Bozeman, MT 59715
Hours: 10 am to 4 pm, Monday through Wed and Thurs 8-1.
Eligibility: Open to anyone who is pregnant.
Services: Free pregnancy test, maternity and baby clothing, small baby furniture, emergency
housing for single pregnant women, baby food, formula and cereal. Volunteers work closely with the
other Gallatin Human Resource Agencies to help meet the needs of clients. Free brochures available
on breast feeding, fetal development, pregnancy, adoption and a healthy lifestyle as well as books
and videos that can be checked out.
Premie Support Group
Phone: 385-7339 or TWINS 586-7119
Services: Pre-term labor and Premature Parent Support Group (for women who have experienced premature
labor and or the delivery of a premature infant). Hospital visitation, transportation assistance, and
a telephone tree of support are offered for women currently experiencing pre-term labor or who have had
a premature delivery.
Prevent Child Abuse
Phone: 587-3840
Address: 400 E. Babcock, Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.preventchildabusebozeman.org
Hours: 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday.
Services: Provides a continuum of programs and education for parents, educators and children.
Programs available include Child Advancement Project (CAP), is a one on one support for elementary
age children who need assistance with academic and social skill development; Parent Share is an
educational program open to all parents and caregivers of preschool-age children and free child care
is provided. Topics include discussion on discipline, raising children, sibling rivalry, resiliency,
etc. Mini-course six to eight week classes designed to help parents feel more confident and skilled.
Project Challenge
422 East Mendenhall, Bozeman, MT 59771
Telephone: (406) 587-9331 (Wednesdays)
Other days of the week please call: (406) 252-8513
Services: Providing job search skills, literacy training, skills assessment, job development,
re-training, upgrading skills and on-the-job training.
Website: http://www.mtaflcio.org/
REACH, INC.
Phone: 587-1271
Address: 2134 Industrial Drive, Bozeman, MT 59715
Email: staff@reachinc.org
Fees: None, but clients pay their own room and board.
Eligibility: Must be on Medicaid, have a diagnosis appropriate to being in a Group Home, low IQ,
physically or mentally disabled, developmentally disabled, etc.
Services: Serves adults with developmental disabilities, including vocational training,
residential services, and transportation. SENIORS REACHING OUT: The focus of this program is to
integrate seniors with developmental disabilities into existing senior services. SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT:
To assist REACH clients in gaining and maintaining employment in the community and to assist employers
in their efforts to hire non-traditional employees by providing referral services, on the job training,
job and work site analysis, and information on ADA compliance.
R.E.A.D.I. Workforce Training System, Inc.
Telephone (406)388-4177
Address: PO Box 1140, Valley Professional Building, 201 West Madison Ave, Suite 201, Belgrade, MT, 59714-1140
Contact: Duane Burkenpas, Executive Director
E-mail: readiworkforce@hotmail.com
Fees: Vary according to Course
Services: R.E.A.D.I. provides industry driven training programs in order to provide employers with well trained employees and applicants with training that will make them valuable in the current job market. R.E.A.D.I.' s mission is to create synergistic partnerships among identified private sector employers, community leaders, and educators that will "drive" the "just-in-time" short-term (less than one year) training needs for existing members of the workforce, to benefit employer and employee needs, and to respond to workforce trends.
Website: http://readi-wts.com/trainingcourses.html
Refugee Assistance Corporation
Phone: 406-721-5052 (Missoula)
Renee Library
Phone: 994-3119
Address: Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.lib.montana.edu
Services: Provides services for disabled individuals including low vision aid services and a lending
library for the disabled. Also offers a complete range of services for other individuals including
children, adults, and students.
Rocky Mountain Treatment Center
Phone: 727-8832 or 1-800-521-6572
Address: 920 4th Avenue North, Great Falls, MT 59401
Services: Addictions (alcohol, drugs, gambling, eating disorders, codependency), treatment facility
offering both inpatient and outpatient services for males or females, adults and adolescents.
Runaway Hotline
Phone: 1-800-621-4000
Services: Communication link for runaway children who want to pass messages on to their parents,
without revealing where they are, or, for parents to pass messages to their children. Provides crisis
intervention and referrals for youth, parents and families.
Rural Employment Opportunities
Phone: 1-800-823-5566
Address: 1739 Grand Ave., Billings, MT 59102
Website: http://www.reomontana.org
Eligibility: Must meet the poverty guidelines or the lower level of income standards. Must have made
$400 or worked 25 days in a 12 month period in the last 2 years.
Services: Non-profit organization helping seasonal/migrant/farm-ranch workers get off the seasonal
work cycle. Improve educational and employment opportunities with help returning to school or finding
employment that is not seasonal. On the job training positions available. Support services for
farm-ranch workers traveling through Montana and program eligible for gas, clothing and housing.
Sack's of Bozeman
Phone: 587-7283
Address: 138 West Mendenhall, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Funds generated help support the HELP Center. Sell low cost affordable clothing, house wares,
books, toys, and jewelry. Voucher systems provides free merchandise to the needy from area churches,
schools and welfare agencies. A supply of free clothing is available in the store.
Salvation Army
Phone: 586-5813
Address32 S. Rouse. Bozeman, MT 59715
Hours: 8:30 am to 5:30 pm Monday through Friday (24-hour answering machine)
Eligibility: Must explain situation and have identification, especially for gas vouchers.
Services: Help with gas, lodging (one or two nights only), a meal voucher, Greyhound Bus tickets
(try to do in state tickets), rent, utilities, prescriptions, clothing vouchers, and
household needs. Noah's Ark After school program year round activities for children.
Salvation Army Thriftstore
Phone: 586-9051
Address: 425 E Babcock, Bozeman, MT 59715
Hours: 9:30 am to 6:00 pm Monday thru Saturday
S.C.O.R.E. (Service Corps of Retired Executives)
Phone: 586-5421
Address: 2000 Commerce Way, Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.bozemanchamber.org
Services: Voluntary, non-profit association sponsored by the Small Business Administration.
Expert assistance in solving problems of small businesses. No fees.
Sexaholics Anonymous
Phone: 586-3688
Address: Holy Rosary Center, 24 South 3rd Ave., Bozeman, MT 59715
Sexual Assault Counseling Center
Phone: 586-3333
Located within the Help Center
Address: 421 East Peach, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Counseling for but not limited to sexual assault, incest, or secondary survivors.
Individual and group.
Shodair Children's Hospital
Phone: 444-7530
Address: PO Box 5539, 840 Helena Ave., Helena, MT 59604
Website: http://www.shodairhospital.org
Services: Provides needed medical services to the children and families of Montana. Two ongoing
services offered are the Child Psychiatric Service Program and the Medical Genetics Program.
Small Business Development Center
Phone: (406) 922-0451
Address: Bozeman Chamber of Commerce, 2000 Commerce Way, Bozeman, MT, 59715
Website: http://www.nrmrcd.org/
E-mail
Small Claims Court or Gallatin County Justice Court
Phone: 582-2191
Address: 615 South 16th, Bozeman, MT 59715
Eligibility: For court suits under $5000.
Fees: $25.00 filing fee.
Services: Attorney services are not used. Papers may be served by the sheriff or a Private serving
agency. The person has 20 days to respond.
Social Security Administration
Phone: 586-4501
Address: 220 W Lamme, Suite 2B, Bozeman, MT 59715
Hours: 9am to 4pm Monday through Friday.
Eligibility: Varies according to the program.
Services: Administers complete provisions under the Social Security administration.
Includes Supplemental Security Income, Social Security Disability for
the aged, blind or disabled and Social Security Retirement, Survivors Benefits, Medicare coverage
issues and wage reporting problems.
Southern Montana AIDS/HIV Coalition (SMAC)
Phone: 587-0681
Address: PO Box 1276, Bozeman, MT 59771
Services: Volunteer organization whose focus is to educate Gallatin, Madison, and Park
counties about the basics of HIV transmission and prevention as well as working to create
a more sensitive and supportive environment for persons affected by AIDS. Members are available
to give presentations and in services. Some members are interested in being "buddies" to persons
with HIV. Information is available on confidential support groups.
Southwest Chemical Dependency Center
Address: 414 East Callender Street, Park County Courthouse, Livingston, MT 59047
Telephone: 222-2812
Individual and family counseling for people with drinking and drug problems. Also available
for their families, friends and referrals. Co-dependency meetings held weekly.
Services are based on sliding fee scale and are available to anyone with, or
close to someone with a alcohol or drug problem.
Spina Bifida Association
Phone: 1-800-621-3141
Services: Information and referral service.
State Family Planning Program
Phone: 444-3609
Website: http://www.dphhs.state.mt.us/hpsd/Women-Health/famplan-index.htm
Services: Under direction of the Montana Department of Health and Environmental Sciences makes
available family planning-related healthcare, counseling and referrals to enable people to make
informed decisions about having children.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Phone: 1-800-232-SIDS
Website: http://www.sids.com
Services: Information and referral service.
Super Sitter Clinic
Phone: 585-1047
Address: Bozeman Deaconess Hospital, 915 Highland Blvd., Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: An educational program designed to teach youth ages 11- 15 babysitting skills such as
first aide, CPR, choking rescue, preparation of nutritious snacks, age appropriate play activities,
feeding and diapering of infants and emergency resources.
Sweet Grass County - Local Governement Offices
Website: http://www.sweetgrasscounty.com/community/index.html
Sweet Grass County Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 932-5131
Address: Exit 367 off Interstate 90 - P.O. Box 1012, Big Timber, MT 59011
Website: http://www.bigtimber.com/
Sweet Grass County Sheriff's Office
Phone: Emergencies 911 or Business office 932-5143
Address: 200 West 1st Avenue, Big Timber, MT 59011
Services: Protection and enforcement of laws for all citizens in Sweet Grass County.
Sweet Grass County Dept. of Family Services
Phone: 932-5267
Address: 5th Avenue & Hooper, Big Timber, MT 59047
The Listening Circle
Phone: 580-5777
Services: A safe space where ordinary people come together in a atmosphere of respect and openness to
address matters of profound personal concern. The process is based on honesty, equality and spiritual
integrity.
Three Forks Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 285-4753
Address: PO Box 1103, Three Forks, MT 59752
Website: http://www.threeforksmontana.com
Services: To enhance the community of Three Forks. Retain and promote businesses and the
community environment.
Three Forks Community Library
Phone: 285-3747
Address: 121 2nd Avenue East, Three Forks, MT 59752
Services: Provides a full range of services for individuals including low vision aid
services, voice/audio output aid services, bulletin board and lending
library for disabled patrons.
Three Forks Marshalls Office
Phone: 285-3750
Address: PO Box 187, Three Forks, MT 59752
Services: Crime suppression and intervention.
Three Forks PTSA
Phone: 285-3727
Address: 390 Old Yellowstone Road, Three Forks, MT 59752
Services: Three Forks' Parent-Teacher-Student-Association build a bridge between home
and school. They bring programs into school that teachers want but do not have time to plan,
assist with student screenings, offer education programs such as HIV/AIDS, bike safety, Red
Ribbon Week and disaster preparedness.
Three Forks Task Force
Phone: 285-3126
Address: 19 East Ash, Three Forks, MT 59752
Services: A collaboration between community members, businesses, churches, and
schools to work toward substance abuse prevention. Sponsors the Summer Recreation Program
which provides alternate summer activities for area youth.
Three Rivers Senior Citizens Center
Phone: 285-3235
Services: Senior Congregate Meals
Toughlove
Phone: 587-1215
Services: A parent support group for troubled teens
Tri-County Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
Phone: Crisis line Toll-free 1-866-880-8425 or Locally 406-222-8154
Business Phones: Office 406-222-5902 8am-5pm Monday-Friday
Fax: 406-222-5902
Address: PO Box 653, Livingston, MT 59047
Email: Program Manager
Website: http://www.tcnadsv.org
Eligibility: Persons in mentally, physically or sexually abusive situations.
Services: Provides 24-hour emergency assistance for victims of abuse and domestic violence
situations. Offer temporary shelter, legal assistance, advocacy, support, and education for women
and children. Provides information and referrals for temporary restraining orders. Also offers
community education and referrals for those who batter. Support group meetings are available
and are open to victims of domestic & sexual violence or abuse. Please call for schedule.
United States Forest Service
Phone: (Voice) 406-587-6701 - (TDD) 406-587-6801 - (Fax) 406-587-6758
Address: P.O. Box 130, Bozeman, MT 59771
Contact Information: District Offices Southcentral Montana
Services: Fire and Aviation, Lands and Surveying, Planning, Engineering, Recreation, Wilderness, Archeology, Minerals, Administration, Ecosystem Management and Public Affairs.
Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/gallatin
FIRE INFO
United Way of Gallatin County
Phone: 587-2194
Address: 1516 West Babcock, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Increase organized capacity of people to care for one another. Volunteers solicit
money from business and individuals. Nonprofit agencies involved in human health services,
within the Gallatin Valley, apply for funds. A community group decides on the allocation of
monies based on the proposals, the needs within the community and the amount of money raised.
Veterans Administration
Phone: 388-4601
Address: 350 Airport Rd, Belgrade, MT 59714
Hours: 9 am to 4pm, Monday through Friday.
Eligibility: Varies with each program.
Services: Advise survivors and dependents on benefits available through the Veterans
Administration and assist them in applying for these benefits which include pensions,
medical care, and home loans. Can act as the accredited representative of the veteran
or the dependent.
Victim Witness Assistance Program
Phone: 582-2145
Address: 615 South 16th, Room 100, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: A program sensitive to the many and varied needs of victims, witnesses and
their families. Provides information/advocacy for victims and witnesses of the
criminal justice system, offers crisis counseling, emotional support and guidance.
Vocational Rehabilitation of Montana
Phone: 587-0601
Address: 220 W. Lamme, Bozeman, MT 59715
Eligibility: Persons with physical or mental disabilities which are barriers to employment
may be eligible for Montana's Rehabilitative Services program. Must have a physical or mental
impairment that prevents employment and be age 18 or older to be served by this agency.
Services: Provides a variety of services to people with a physical or mental disability to
enable them to obtain employment or remain employable. Retraining is available for
those whose disability prevents them from returning to previous
employment. Services may include vocational guidance and counseling, job training, placement
services, and diagnostic evaluations.
Vocational Resources, Inc.
Phone: 587-8238
Address: 1800 Ellis Street, Bozeman, MT 59715
Services: Companies and agencies (including the State of Montana) hire this agency to
provide coordination of medical information for providers, contracting and bidding for
medical goods and supplies, and outpatient alternative treatment modes through health
and workers compensation insurance carriers. Provides vocational rehabilitation to
include transferable skills analysis, job development, placement, and analysis of, as
well as, work site modifications. They also offer an Employee Assistance Program
which includes short-term assessment and referral counseling services.
West Yellowstone Clinic
Phone: 646-4444
Address:425 Yellowstone Ave., West Yellowstone, MT 59758
West Yellowstone Police Department
Phone: 646-7600
Address: West Yellowstone, MT 59758
West Yellowstone Public Library
Phone: 646-9017
Address: PO Box 370, West Yellowstone, MT 59758
Services: Offers a full range of services including service to disabled individuals.
Activities for the handicapped include accessible campgrounds and winter sports, leisure
time activities, and special tourism.
West Yellowstone PTSA (Parent/Teacher/Student Association)
Phone: 646-9459
Address: PO Box 781, West Yellowstone, MT 59758
Services: West Yellowstone's Parent-Teacher-Student-Association. Designed to encourage
communication between the three groups making up the education system.
West Yellowstone United Women
Phone: 646-7775
Address: PO Box 546, West Yellowstone, MT 59758
Services: Enhance the celebration of Christmas in West Yellowstone, provide functions
for community members to meet and get to know each other, provide events
and scholarships for West Yellowstone students and provide positive educational
opportunities for West Yellowstone youth.
Women for Sobriety
Phone: 1-800-333-1606
Services: Provides referrals to local support groups, information on pen pals, and
information for families.
Women's Center
Phone: 994-3836
Address: MSU, 15 Hamilton Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717
Hours: 9 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday.
Services: The program offers a lending library for community use, peer counseling,
promotion of women's health seminars, an organization for students against sexual
assault, resource and referral information, scholarship information, and job information.
Sack lunch seminars are held weekly on various subjects such as women's health, women at work,
career concerns, men and women's relationships, violence, and sexuality.
WIC (Women, Infant & Child)
Phone: 582-3115 or 222-4189
Address:
Bozeman - 12 North 3rd, Bozeman, MT 59715
Livingston - 1313 West park Street, Livingston, MT 59047
Hours: 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday and no appointments after 4 pm.
Eligibility: Pregnant or nursing women and children below age five who are low
income and meet the poverty guidelines used for eligibility.
Services: Participants receive nutrition education, improved access to health care and
monthly supplemental foods.
Willed Body Program
Phone: 994-4411
Address: MSU, Leon Johnson Hall, Room 326, Bozeman MT 59717
Services: Provides information about donating the whole body to benefit medical education.
Consent forms and information forms are available.
Workers Compensation
Phone: 444-6500 or 1-800-332-6102
Youth Dynamics, Inc.
Phone: 585-9402
Address: 601 Nickles Dr., Bozeman, MT 59715
Website: http://www.youthdynamics.org
Services: Youth Dynamics is committed to improving the lives of youth and families in
need, through the provision of quality, therapeutic, foster care and other family and
community based youth services. Provides cost-effective intermediate level of treatment
services for emotionally disturbed youth up to 18 years of age. Is also for the older
adolescent who cannot, or will not, accept a parent surrogate. Develops a positive
working relationship with Treatment Parents to work toward independent living.
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