Getting help when you need it most...


We advance the common good in Missoula County, specifically in the areas of education, income and health, through collaborations with the following diverse community partners:

Program: 211/First Call for Help
Agency: Human Resource Council
1801 S. Higgins Ave.
Missoula, MT 59801
For immediate assistance, dial 2-1-1 on your home phone or call (406) 549-5555
www.montana211.org

An information and referral service linking individuals in need to available resources in the community.

Program: Youth Mentoring Program
Agency: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Missoula
1520 S. Russell
Missoula, MT 59801
(406) 721-2380
www.bbbsmissoula.org

Big Brothers Big Sisters matches children ages 6 through 18 with mentors in professionally supported one to one relationships.

Program: Court Appointed Special Advocates
Agency: C.A.S.A. of Missoula
PO Box 7433
Missoula, MT 59807
(406)542-1208
www.missoulacasa.org

CASA of Missoula provides advocacy for abused and neglected children in the court system through the training of community volunteers to serve children's best interests.

Program: First Step Resource Center
Agency: St. Patrick Hospital & Health Sciences Center
500 W Broadway
Missoula, MT 59802
(406) 329-5740
www.saintpatrick.org/index.aspx/Serving_Our_Community/First_Step

First STEP Resource Center is a community partnership dedicated to serving child victims of abuse, neglect, and drug endangerment and adult victims of sexual assault.

Program: Flagship
Agency: Western Montana Addiction Services
1325 Wyoming
Missoula, MT 59801
(406) 532-9827
www.flagshipprogram.org

The Flagship Program is a community-school partnership that provides after-school skill-building opportunities that help students be successful in school and connect with their community.

Program: Food Aide
Agency: Garden City Harvest
PO Box 205
Missoula, MT 59806
(406) 523-3663
www.gardencityharvest.org

Garden City Harvest grows and distributes locally grown produce to low income Missoulians through the operation of community farms and gardens.

Programs: Meals on Wheels, Senior Companion, Foster Grandparents
Agency:Missoula Aging Services
337 Stephens Ave.
Missoula, MT 59801
406-728-7682
www.missoulaagingservices.org

Missoula Aging Services provides a continuum of assistance supporting the independence and dignity of older adults and their caregivers through education, services, and volunteer opportunities.

Program: Missoula AIDS Council
Agency: Missoula AIDS Council
337 Stephens
Missoula, MT 59801
(406) 543-4770
www.missoulaaidscouncil.org

Missoula Aids Council provides free and anonymous HIV counseling and testing, distributes harm reduction supplies and provides HIV and STD information.

Program: Missoula Food Bank
Agency: Missoula Food Bank
219 S. 3rd W.
Missoula, MT 59801
(406) 549-0543
www.missoulafoodbank.org

Missoula Food Bank provides emergency food relief to individuals and families and reduces the incidence of hunger through a community of resources and volunteers.

Programs: Mountain Home Montana, Baby Boutique
Agency: Mountain Home Montana
2606 S. Ave W.
Missoula, MT 59804
406-541-4663
www.mountainhomemt.org

Mountain Home is a six bedroom home for young mothers and their children and the Baby Boutique is job training for young mothers.

Programs: National Coalition Building Institute
Agency: National Coalition Building Institute
1130 W Broadway
Missoula, MT 59802
(406) 541-6891
www.ncbi.missoula.org

NCBI is the only Montana organization empowering citizens with skills to eliminate inequalities and strengthen community. With programs for schools, communities, and organizations, NCBI reduces prejudice, prevents violence, and resolves conflict.

Programs: The Parenting Place
Agency: The Parenting Place
PO Box 3805
Missoula, MT 59806
(406) 728-5437
www.parentingplace.net

Preventing child abuse and neglect and strengthening families through a comprehensive strategy including parent education, respite child care, home visiting services and support.

Programs: Access to Therapy Program, Healthcare for the Homeless, Breast and Cervical Health, Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
Agency: Partnership Health Center
323 W. Alder
Missoula, MT 59802
(406) 258-4789
www.co.missoula.mt.us/phc/

Partnership Health Center provides comprehensive medical care, dental care, pharmacy services, and a host of other special programs to low-income and medically underserved community members.

Programs: Camp Fire After School Tutoring (C.F.A.S.T.)
Agency: Ponderosa Council of Camp Fire
2700 Clark
Missoula, MT 59801
(406) 542-2129

www.campfireponderosacouncil.org

Focuses on children's social, emotional, intellectual, and physical needs through a wide variety of programming for children ages 1-17.

Programs: Food Insecurities Program, Salcido Drop-in Center, Joseph Residence, Emergency Shelter
Agency: The Poverello Center
PO Box 7644
Missoula, MT 59807
(406) 728-1809
www.thepoverellocenter.org

For 35 years, we have served as Western Montana's largest emergency homeless shelter and soup kitchen, as well as operating the Joseph Residence for families, the Valor House for homeless veterans, and Salcido Center for the chronically homeless.

Programs: Watson Children's Shelter
Agency: Watson Children's Shelter
2901 Fort Missoula Rd.
Missoula, MT 59804
(406) 549-0058
www.watsonchildrensshelter.org

Watson Children's Shelter is dedicated to providing emergency shelter in a safe, nurturing home for children who are victims of abuse, neglect, abandonment, or family crisis.

Programs: Comprehensive School and Community Treatment
Agency: Western Montana Mental Health Center
1305 Wyoming
Missoula, MT 59801
(406) 532-9773
www.wmmhc.net

Comprehensive School and Community Treatment is a school-based mental health program offering behavioral intervention, group, individual, and family therapy to severely emotionally disturbed (SED) youth.

Programs: Futures & Family BASICS
Agency: Women’s Opportunity & Resource Development Inc. (WORD)
2525 Palmer St. Suite 1
Missoula, MT 59808
(406) 543-3550
www.wordinc.org

WORD's programs promote women's access to stable housing, adequate income, personal/career development, family-school involvement and the creation of policies for social change.

Programs: Shirley Miller Attention Home & Tom Roy Guidance Home
Agency: Youth Homes, Inc.
PO Box 7616
Missoula, MT 59807
(406) 721-2704
www.youthhomes.com

Youth Homes serves children, 3 -17, and families in Western Montana struggling from family conflict. Services include emergency shelters, therapeutic group homes, foster/adoptive care, wilderness treatment, and transitional living.

Programs: Missoula Pathways Domestic and Sexual Violence & Gateway Program
Agency: YWCA of Missoula
Missoula, MT 59802
(406) 543-6691
www.ywcaofmissoula.org

YWCA Missoula provides crisis intervention, housing, a 24-hour crisis line and support services for survivors of domestic and sexual violence and homeless women and children.