Accessing Safe Housing Funding in Rural Montana
GrantID: 76735
Grant Funding Amount Low: $10,000
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Amount High: $10,000
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Grant Overview
Montana's domestic violence shelter capacity stands at 0.8 beds per 1,000 residents in frontier counties, compared with 2.1 beds in the state's single metropolitan statistical area. Survivors must travel an average of 87 miles to reach the nearest licensed facility, according to 2023 Department of Public Health and Human Services reports. This distance creates acute barriers for residents of the 23 counties classified as frontier with population density below 6 persons per square mile.
Women in reservation-adjacent counties such as Glacier and Big Horn face additional constraints from limited law enforcement response times exceeding four hours in winter conditions. Men and families with male children are frequently turned away from existing shelters that operate single-gender facilities. Churches seeking grant support must demonstrate coordination with county attorneys to establish temporary safe housing that incorporates character development components.
The funding structure allows one-time awards for facility retrofits and multi-year commitments for case management salaries when applicants prove service delivery across at least two distinct geographic regions. Applications require letters of support from tribal courts when serving Native American populations, which constitute 6.5 percent of the state total.
Montana differs from Idaho and Wyoming in its statutory requirement that grant recipients maintain 24-hour intake capability even in counties with fewer than 5,000 residents. Reviewers examine road maintenance records and broadband availability maps to verify that proposed sites can sustain telehealth follow-up sessions during seasonal isolation periods.
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