Official State Website: http://www.mt.gov

President and Vice President: www.whitehouse.gov

State Representative: http://www.house.gov/

Senators: http://www.senate.gov/

Local Child Abuse Number: 1-866-820-5437 (nationwide)

Children's Rights Foundation:
1-800-329-KIDS
http://www.preventchildabusenow.org/

National Child Traumatic Stress Network:
http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=abt_ntwk

Montana Center for the Investigation and Treatment of Childhood Trauma
Contact: Doug Beed
Phone: (406) 243-2227
Web: http://www.soe.umt.edu/ders/accomp_2003.htm

Shelters

Butte Rescue Mission
1204 E. Second Street
Butte, MT 59702
Phone: (406)782-0925

Great Falls Rescue Mission
326 2nd Avenue, S
Great Falls, MT 59403
Phone: 406-761-2653

Montana Rescue Mission
P.O. Box 3232
2822 Minnesota Avenue
Billings, MT 59103
Phone: 406-259-3800
FAX: 406-259-4638

The Good Samitarian House
140 E. 9th Avenue, West
Kalispell, MT 59903

Women's Shelters

Domestic Violence:
http://www.mcadsv.com
http://www.sboard.org/resources.htm?

Montana Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
P.O. Box 818
Helena, MT 59624
(406) 443-7794 Fax: (406) 443-7818
(888) 404-7794 Nationwide
Email: mcadsv@mt.net
Website: http://www.mcadsv.com/

National Domestic Violence Hotline:
http://www.ndvh.org/help/help_in_area.html

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence:
http://www.ncadv.org

National Network to End Domestic Violence:
http://www.nnedv.org

Directory of Women's Shelters:
http://wedirectyou.com/womennmr/women.htm

Sounding Board Counseling Center:
http://www.sboard.org then click on shelters in your State

Community Action Program:
http://www.mtpaction.org/
http://www.ncaf.org/linkcaas.htm

Head Start Program:
http://www.headstartmt.org
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/hsweb/index.jsp
http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/ehs_tkit1.htm

State Listings of Charities

Federal Trade Commission:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/tmarkg/charity.htm

Department of Administration
Consumer Protection Office
P.O. Box 200151, 1219 8th Ave.
Helena, MT 59620-0151
406-444-4500
http://www.discoveringmontana.com/doa/consumerProtection/default.asp

Department of Justice
Office of the Attorney General
Consumer Protection Division
P.O. Box 201401
Helena, MT 59620-1401
406-444-2026
http://www.doj.mt.gov/consumer/

Search by State

Family and Youth Services:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/

Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/

Government Grants:
http://www.firstgov.gov/
http://www.grants.gov/
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal

Housing Grants:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/

Health Care: For the Uninsured
http://ask.hrsa.gov/pc/

Help finding healthcare in your area:
http://www.healthfinder.gov/healthcare/

Emergency Food and Shelter:
http://www.efsp.unitedway.org/EFSP/WC.DLL?EFSP~FundedStates