Family Outreach

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies is a Montana-based coalition dedicated to improving the health, safety, and well-being of families with children aged zero to three. They provide valuable resources and support for moms and families, including information on pregnancy, parenting, safe sleep for babies, and postpartum depression. Through their various initiatives and partnerships, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies strives to create a safe and healthy beginning for all babies in Montana. They offer programs such as the SafeSleep for Baby Program, SafeSeat for Baby Program, and Native American Initiatives, while also fostering a sense of community and connection through their Mother Love movement and podcast.Generated from the website

Rocky Mountain Development Council, located in Helena, Mont., has been providing social and community-based programs since 1965. It offers a variety of programs, such as the low-income energy assistance program, Head Start, foster grandparents, meals on wheels, senior centers and housing. It provides housing programs to serve traditionally under-served population, such as transitional housing for the victims of sexual and domestic abuse, emergency housing geared to crisis intervention and stabilization and transitional and emergency housing for persons coming out of homelessness, substance abuse and mental health treatment regimens. Its kids meal program offers lunches to children in the summer when school lunch is not available. Rocky Mountain Development Council funds also provide support for homemaker services, legal services, senior farmer's market coupon program, adult protective services referrals, community resource guides, literature and networking with other community organizations and agencies to provide a continuum of service to seniors and their families.

The Montana Catholic Conference serves as the public policy branch of the Catholic Church in Montana, advocating for the weak and vulnerable and acting as a catalyst for societal transformation. Inspired by Scripture and Catholic social teaching, the conference liaises with state and federal government to address issues such as the death penalty, infant safety, abortion, tax credit scholarships, homeless shelter grants, physician-assisted suicide, obscenity filters, and medical ethics. Believing in the importance of faithful citizenship, the Montana Catholic Conference encourages all citizens, particularly Catholics, to actively participate in the political process and contribute to building a culture of life. With a commitment to informed advocacy, the conference provides legislative testimony and resources to help individuals stay informed and engage in meaningful dialogue. Generated from the website