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Profile of the Week: The Mayfly Project

The Mayfly Project In 2015, The Mayfly Project (TMP) was founded by Jess and Laura Westbrook in Arkansas. The nonprofit organization, which utilizes fly fishing as a way to mentor and support children in foster care, began from Jess’ personal relationship with fly fishing as a therapeutic tool to cope with anxiety. The pair began […]

Profile of the Week: FAST Blackfeet

FAST Blackfeet FAST (Food Access and Sustainability Team) Blackfeet is a nonprofit located in Browning, Montana. The Native-led group is working to combat food insecurity in the Blackfeet Nation by improving access to food and nutritional intake for their community. They do so through the Ō´yō´•ṗ’ (We Are Eating) Food Pantry. Currently, FAST operates as […]

Profile of the Week: Neighborhood Health Initiative

Neighborhood Health Initiative The Neighborhood Health Initiative (NHI) is a volunteer, medical student-run community clinic that focuses on point of care screening for Bozeman community members living at the Warming Center. Presently, The Warming Center is Bozeman’s only homeless shelter, entirely funded by the community and run by the HRDC, a non-profit organization. Medical students […]

Profile of the Week: Haven

Haven Haven is a program located in Gallatin County. The focus of the program is to provide confidential support, counseling, and legal assistance for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking. Here, survivors are encouraged, abusers are held accountable, and the team works to stop the cycle of abuse. Haven has a […]

Montana Health Justice Partnership

Montana Health Justice Partnership The Montana Health Justice Partnership (MHJP) improves patient health by addressing health-harming legal needs of patients whose health solutions lay outside the boundaries of medicine. The Partnership integrates legal staff into health teams for matters such as moldy housing, family violence, and medical debt, which all negatively impact patient health. This […]

Sealants for Smiles

Sealants for Smiles! Sealants for Smiles (SFS) is helping children maintain good oral health while in school. Cavities and pain from poor oral health can be detrimental to learning, so SFS works to improve the quality of life for school children. Cavity prevention services are targeted to children in Montana, primarily ages 6 to 9. […]

Montana Project LAUNCH

Montana Project LAUNCH Montana Project LAUNCH promotes prevention strategies to improve outcomes for the social-emotional wellness of children ages birth to 8. By strengthening partnerships, growing resources, developing workforce skills, implementing screening, and improving the referral process, Project LAUNCH strives to create more streamlined and effective support for young children and their families. This project […]

Profile of the Week: Adult Resource Alliance Care Transition Team of Yellowstone County

Adult Resource Alliance Care Transition Team of Yellowstone County Adult Resource Alliance Care Transition Team of Yellowstone County aims to decrease utilization of emergency and hospital services in Yellowstone County by providing wraparound services for residents who are “super-utilizers” of emergency room and hospital services. The Care Transition Team receives client referrals from Billings Clinic, […]

Improving Health Among Rural Americans (IPHARM)

RHI Profile of the Week Improving Health Among Rural Americans (IPHARM) Improving Health Among Rural Americans (IPHARM) is a project that focuses on increasing access to preventative health care services for rural and frontier Montanans. This project provides these health care services in many ways, such as providing health screening services, serving as rural ambulatory care […]

Montana Tobacco Use and Prevention Program

On July 1, 2019, the Montana Tobacco Quit Line launched My Life, My Quit, a new free program specifically for youth under 18 who need help quitting tobacco (cigarettes, smokeless, cigars/cigarillos and e-cigarettes). Tobacco use among Montana youth remains high; one third of high school students currently use at least one form of tobacco product. E-cigarettes are […]

Best Practice Medicine

Best Practice Medicine is a Montana clinician founded, owned and operated education team specializing in bringing emergency and critical care education to rural Montana and beyond. It is their purpose and passion to be the leading change maker in the emergency medical education industry—to support and prepare you and your teams with the highest level […]

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