Rural Grant Pilot Program

The Missoula Board of County Commissioners created the Rural Grant Program to support community-driven projects that enhance the quality of life in the rural areas of Missoula County. The program includes two unique funding opportunities: Micro Grants, with awards between $100 and $500, and Impact Grants, with awards over $500 and up to $4,000. 

Learn more and apply at missoula.co/ruralgrant. 

Staff contact is Grants Administrator Heidi West, hwest@missoulacounty.us, or 406-258-3446.

Community Assistance Fund (CAF)

Each spring, Missoula County conducts a competitive application process to award grants from its Community Assistance Fund to support programs that provide basic needs assistance to at-risk populations in Missoula County. Priority is given to projects or services that provide food, medical services, shelter and emergency transportation to at-risk and homeless populations. Eligible entities are not-for-profit organizations or governmental agencies that provide basic needs assistance to at-risk or homeless populations in Missoula County.

View a list of the successful grant recipients awarded CAF funding for fiscal year 2024 and the distribution among the four basic needs categories.

Learn more at missoula.co/caf.

Staff contact is Grants Administrator Nancy Rittel, nrittel@missoulacounty.us, or 406-258-4933.

Substance Abuse Prevention Mill Levy (SAP ML)

In 2008, voters approved a mill levy to support underage substance abuse prevention efforts in Missoula County. Each spring, Missoula County conducts a competitive application process to award approximately $368,920 in substance abuse prevention mills to support programs in Missoula County that help grow healthy youth and families and reduce the negative consequences and high costs of substance abuse.

Eligible entities are not-for-profit organizations or governmental agencies that provide underage substance abuse prevention services in Missoula County in one or more of the following ways: 

• Maintain a coalition that coordinates substance abuse prevention efforts;
• Provide community education about the risks and costs of abusing alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs;
• Offer supervised non-school hour activities that give young people alternatives to drug use and opportunities for positive youth development; or
• Provide early intervention to help youth and families address alcohol, tobacco, and other drug problems.

View a list of the FY24 SAP ML grant recipients.

Learn more at missoula.co/sap. 

Alcohol Tax Fund

Missoula County receives Alcohol Tax Funds from the Chemical Dependency Bureau of the Montana Department of Health and Human Services. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the state allocates tax dollars to counties based on projected tax revenue from the sale of alcohol. To be eligible for funding, applicant organizations must be designated as a state-approved chemical dependency service provider, and have either not-for-profit status or be a governmental agency.

Eligible program areas include:

• Prevention services
• Chemical dependency treatment, including outpatient, residential home, inpatient, and detox

Designated state-approved chemical dependency service providers are notified of the funding opportunity in the spring.

Mental Health Fund 

The Mental Health Fund is allocated through funds designated by the Missoula Board of County Commissioners intended to support an emergency mental health system capable of providing crisis intervention and stabilization services to children and adults. 

Eligible entities are 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations or governmental agencies that provide crisis mental health services in Missoula County in one or more of the following ways:   

Learn more on the main Mental Health Fund page, linked above.

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