Child Development Center
www.childdevcenter.org
Provides home and center based services for children, from ages 0-21 who are developmentally delayed or disabled, and their families. Provides evaluation, training and support.
1725 Mt. Hwy. 35 (Kalispell)
Phone: 866-755-2425
Mountain Climber Bus Service
https://mtnclimber.org/?doing_wp_cron=1685132621.3234519958496093750000
Flathead County Public Transportation. The website has current schedules, etc.
Phone: (406) 758-5728
Family Concepts
Family Concepts is a multi-county program operated by the Sunburst Community Service Foundation. It offers a range of services for families in crisis including supervised visitation, parenting classes, family group decision making conferences and drug testing. For a full range of services available and more detailed information about their program visit their website at:http://www.sunburstfoundation.org/family%20concepts.html
Family Planning Clinic
https://www.flatheadhealth.org/fp/
Phone: 406-751-8150
Flathead City/County Health Department
Community Health Nurses provide breast feeding counseling, maternal child health information, limited pre-natal services, immunization clinics and home visits for families.
http://flathead.mt.gov/health/
1035 1st Avenue West #5607 (Kalispell)
Phone: 406-751-8101
ImagineIF Library
https://imagineiflibraries.org/
Books on child development and child management, children’s books and records, story hours, exhibits. Toy lending library. Meeting room available.
247 1st Avenue East (Kalispell)
Phone: 406-758-5820
Flathead Food Bank
Provides short-term emergency food assistance to people in need. Distribution centers are located in Kalispell, Evergreen, Marion, Hungry Horse and Bigfork.
1203 US Hwy 2 Suite 2 (Kalispell)
Phone: 752-3663
Columbia Falls Food Pantry
Monday 5pm – 6:30 pm, Tuesday 9:30 am - noon
82 Railway St. (Columbia Falls)
Phone: 892-0241
Flathead Special Education Cooperative
Provides speech, language, psychological, occupational, physical therapy and preschool services to children 3-15 years old. Conducts Child Find outreach each fall and spring to identify children with special learning needs.
305 3rd Ave E (Kalispell)
Phone: 406-257-1857
Head Start
www.headstartmt.org
Head Start is a pre-school program available at no cost to income eligible families.
79 7th Ave. EN, (Kalispell)
Phone: 406-752-7011
Heartland Caregivers
www.heartlandcaregivers.com
Domestic placement and employment agency
Phone: (800) 866-6266
Hope Pregnancy Center
https://hopepregnancyministries.org/
1281 Burns WayKalispell
Phone: 257-5700
St. John's United Family Services
https://www.stjohnsunited.org/services/family/
Statewide social service agency providing general counseling, adoption counseling, unplanned pregnancy counseling, adoption education & consultation.
1103 S Main St (Kalispell)
Phone: 406-752-8847
Mountain Peaks, Inc.
A community-based, non-profit agency that provides education and job training programs for families and youth through partnerships with schools, businesses and human service agencies. Consulting and grant writing services for vocational and school-to-work programs. Non-traditional training programs are offered to women.
http://www.mountainpeaksinc.com/
2856 US Hwy 2 (Kalispell)
Phone: 406-253-1197
Neighbors in Need
Fund of last resort that is managed by church donations for emergencies such as temporary shelter, rental assistance, utilities, food, gasoline, etc. for limited income persons.
PO Box 2772, Kalispell
Phone: 752-8181
Community Action Partnership of NW Montana
A community based not-for profit agency providing opportunities and services to needy individuals to obtain self-sufficiency by networking available resources in the community and offering direct services.
214 Main Street (Kalispell)
Phone: 752-6565
Nurturing Center
The Nurturing Center offers a wide range of support services for the family and is open to the general population. They have excellent parent education classes, offer day care referral and childcare assistance for low income families, childcare, divorce education, parent, dad and grandparent support groups, and an excellent resource library. They also are home to the Gemini program which is a mentoring program for 9th grade girls designed to foster resiliency.
For information on these and other programs (including Safe Havens – their supervised visitation program) please check out their website: www.nurturingcenter.org
Note to CASA: They also have an online childcare forum that might prove a useful tool when assisting families deal effectively with child related issues.
Office of Public Assistance
www.dphhs.mt.gov
Applications for economic assistance, Food Stamps, Medicaid.
751-5900
121 Financial Dr., Suite A
Kalispell
PO Box 1096
Parents Lets Unite for Kids - PLUK
www.pluk.org
Stephanie Leuhr -Parent support for children with special needs.
Phone: 270-1086
Ray of Hope Homeless Shelter
A hand up, not a hand out.
46 – 5th Ave. W.
Kalispell
Phone: 755-4673
Salvation Army
www.salvationarmyusa.org
Provides emergency welfare assistance in the form of food, temporary shelter and clothing.
110 Bountiful Drive
Kalispell
Phone: 257-4357
Thrift Store
1500 South Hwy 93
Kalispell
Samaritan House
Provides shelter and basic needs for homeless people, while supporting their efforts to find employment and housing. Corner of 9th Avenue West and 2nd Street West
P.O. Box 592
Kalispell
Phone: 257-5801
United Way
www.unitedwaycares.org
P.O. Box 7217
Kalispell, Mt 59901
Phone: 752-7266
Violence Free Crisis Line
Peer counseling, crisis intervention and advocacy for victims of battering, incest, domestic violence, child sexual abuse and rape. Offers Abused Women’s Support Group, Rape Survivors Group, Adults Molested as Children Group, and Abigail Frederick Shelter for victims. Anonymous and confidential services are available 24 hours a day.
Kalispell Crisis Office
1203 Hwy 2 W. #28,
P.O. Box 1401
HOTLINE - 752-7273
Phone: 752-4735
Women, Infants, & Children (WIC)
Phone: 751-8170
http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic
