Montana Mental Health Trust Grants

Background

The Montana Mental Health Trust (the “Trust”) was created to support programs, services, and resources for the prevention, treatment, and management of serious mental illness of Montana children and adults, including programs, services, and resources for:

• Education and information for medical providers concerning appropriate prescribing practices for patients with mental illness;
• Training and education for Law Enforcement personnel and other persons concerning effective and appropriate crisis intervention techniques and resources;
• Crisis intervention service to persons supervised or managed by the criminal justice system;
• Transition funding for persons transitioning from an in-patient mental health treatment environment to an out-patient treatment and independent living environment;
• Children’s mental health programs; and
• Peer-to-peer services.

As noted in these Guidelines, the Trustees strongly prefer grant applications addressing one of the following:

• Invest in payer organizations to perform and disseminate research on pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment and effectiveness strategies in Montana.
• Development of evidence based or promising novel programs to serve individuals with co-occurring disorders in an integrated manner. Bi-directional links are known between mental illness, addiction, and medical illness. This would include transitional youth, ages 16-24, with a substance abuse problem (use or disorder) and serious emotional disturbance (SED or SDMI diagnosis).
• Provision of physical, psychological, laboratory, pharmacological and educational services to all persons in Montana.
• Provide transitional housing for persons released from treatment/custodial facilities.
• Establishment and/or continuance of community crisis systems for law enforcement agencies, community organizations, and courts to divert mentally ill persons from incarceration.

Eligibility

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Application Details

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TheMontanaMental HealthTrust (the“Trust”) wascreated tosupportprograms, services,
and resourcesfor theprevention, treatment,andmanagement ofserious mentalillness of
Montanachildrenand adults, includingprograms, services,andresourcesfor:

• ● Education andinformationfor medical providers concerningappropriate
• prescribingpractices for patientswithmental illness;
• ● Training andeducation for LawEnforcementpersonnel andotherpersons
• concerning effectiveandappropriatecrisis interventiontechniques and
• resources;
• ● Crisisinterventionservice topersonssupervised or managedbythecriminal
• justicesystem;
• ● Transitionfundingfor persons transitioningfromanin-patientmental health
• treatment environmenttoan out-patienttreatmentandindependentliving
• environment;
• ● Children’s mental healthprograms;and
• ● Peer-to-peer services.
• In furtherance of thesepurposes,the Trustshallapply theseguidelinesin considering

–CalendarYear(CY) 2025 applicationsfor distribution oftrust funds. NOTEthat the
Trust will awardno morethan $300,000in totalgrants during this grantapplication
cycle,and the maximum grantto anyapplicant willnot exceed$30,000. Deviations
from theguidelinesshallbe madeinfrequently andonlyinextraordinary circumstances.
Extraordinary circumstancesdonot includemistake,inadvertence,or neglect.
Isyourorganization eligible toapply for agrant?
Applicationsfor grants are considered frompublic orprivate entities,whetherorganized for
profit or for non-profit. TheTrust willnot grantfundsto individuals. Individuals seeking
trust fundsmaybe ableto joinwith anappropriateorganization for purposesof submittinga
proposal.
Thefollowing typesof applications WILLNOTbeconsidered:

1. For thebenefitof specific individuals.
2. For propagandizingor for influencinglegislationand elections.
3. Toorganizationswhich,in policyor practice,unfairly discriminateonthe basisof

race, ethnicorigin,sex, creed,religion, orgenderidentification.

1. Toout-of-stateorganizations.
2. Toprojects thatexpendfunds toassist personswho arenotMontanaresidents.

GrantGuidelinesCY2025

GeneralGrant Policies:

• Factors thatwill heavilyinfluenceconsideration ofapplicationsinclude:

1. Providing services tothose populationshistorically underservedoreconomicgroups

typicallynot eligiblefor traditional fundingsources.

1. Innovativeand creative waystoassist beneficiaries,whichareshownto bewell

thought out, wellplanned,andfeasible.

1. Collaborationwith otherprograms, organizations,andentities, ifsuch collaboration

isappropriate tothe proposedprojector program.Any application thatincludes
collaboration mustincludearesolution or equivalentdocumentfromtribal,
community,government orotherentities, specifying thatthe entityagreesto
participateasa partnerinthe projectand willstronglysupportthe projectfor the
entireduration of the grant.

1. Sustainabilityof theprogram orproject ifsuch isappropriate for theproposed

project.

1. Leveraging of funds fromtheTrust withfunds andassistance notprovided bythe

Trust.

1. Thecompletionof the servicesfundedbythe grantbyDecember31,2025.

This listisnotinclusiveand otherfactorsmaybe consideredin evaluatinganapplication for
distribution of trust funds.
Thegrantapplication shouldindicate whetherthefunds should bedisbursedin onelump
sumor in theformof periodicpayments. Unless aneed for alump sumdistribution is
demonstrated inthegrantapplication, ordinarily grantswill bedisbursedin theformof
periodicpayments.
Applicationsthat propose“indirect” or“overhead” costsofmorethan 5%of therequested
amount will begivena lowpriority.
Havethe trusteesselected topicsthat theypreferto supportin 2025?
Yes,thetrusteeswouldprefer applicationsaddressingone ormoreof thefollowing topics:

1. Invest inpayerorganizations toperform anddisseminateresearch on

pharmacological andpsychotherapeutic treatmentandeffectivenessstrategies in
Montana.
a. Resources for the treatmentof SevereDisablingMentalIllness (SDMI)or
SeriousEmotional Disturbance (SED)arelimited anditis important to
understandwhich treatmentmodalitiesaremost effectivefor the stateof
Montana.Researchshould focusonmajorclinical outcomessuch as
hospitalizations, mortality, maintenanceoftreatment,and adverseevents.
GrantGuidelinesCY2025

1. Development of evidencebased orpromising novelprograms toserve individuals

with co-occurringdisorders inanintegratedmanner. Bi-directional links areknown
between mentalillness, addiction,andmedical illness.Thiswouldinclude
transitionalyouth, ages 16-24,witha substanceabuse problem(useor disorder)and
seriousemotionaldisturbance(SED orSDMI diagnosis).
a. Manypersons suffer frombothmentalillness andchemical addiction.
Without a programto addressbothof theseissuestogether,little progresscan
be madetoward recovery. Programs that arecurrentlyproviding such
treatment, training, orprograms wishing tobegintheseservicesshould apply.
TheTrust isinterested infosteringcreativelinkagesbetween existingentities.
Community basedapproaches will bemorehighlyrated thaninpatient
models.

1. Provision of physical, psychological, laboratory,pharmacological andeducational

servicesto allpersonsin Montana.
a. This could beadistance-based service toassure provisionofexpert adviceto
rural practitioners andtheirpatients withoutrequiring them toleavetheir
communities. A recentgranthas proven invaluableinproviding
psychological evaluationand advicetoprobationofficersand local
practitionersfor treatmentof personsunder supervision ofthe Departmentof
Corrections. It isanticipatedthat this conceptcouldbenefit allpersons with
mental illness inMontanaandsecure evaluations andrecommendations for
treatment byconnection withspecialistsbyelectronic means. Thepatients
couldthensecure theirprescriptions andtreatmentlocallyin theirown
community.

1. Provide transitionalhousing for personsreleasedfromtreatment/custodialfacilities.

a. Manyof the individualswithSDMI whoarereleasedfrom prison,detention,
and eveninvoluntarytreatment cannotsecure adequatehousing uponrelease
and oftenreturn tocustody becauseof thatproblem. Agenciesorprograms
areencouraged toseek fundingto matchothersourcestoassure that thosein
transitionwill havehousing sotheycan accesstheir treatmentneeds and
integrateback intothe community.

1. Establishmentand/orcontinuance ofcommunitycrisis systems for lawenforcement

agencies,community organizations,andcourtsto divertpersonswithmental illness
from incarceration.
a. Pastand current grantshaveassisted instatewide crisis interventiontraining
(CIT). Ashortageof localfundsmust bereplaced byotherfunds toprovide
training and implementation. Whilelocalmatches areencouraged,any
application willbe consideredif it furthersCIT inthestate. Withthecurrent
CIT operatingin thestate,it ishoped thatall lawenforcement andfirst
responderswill haveanopportunity for training. It isfurther hoped thatthis
funding couldbe usedtosupportcommunity-based approaches todiversion.
GrantGuidelinesCY2025

Project Accountabilityand Reporting Requirements:

• Grantswill be subjectto audit.
• All Granteeswill berequiredto signacontract outlining accountabilityand reporting

requirements. Oneof therequirements usuallyincludedinthecontract is for thegrantees to
submitreports periodically, typicallyquarterly. Other requirements maybeincludedin the
contract. Failureto submittimely,adequate reportsmay resultin:

• ● cancelling thegrant,
• ● not makingfuture scheduledpaymentstothe grantee,and/or
• ● requiring thegrantee toreturn paymentspreviouslyreceived.
• All Granteeswill berequiredto allowon-site visitsand/orfacilityexamination bytheTrust
• Director or designee.
• Complete accountingrecords, includingrecords ofreceiptsandexpenditures,and program
• records of allGrantees,mustbe maintainedand bemade availableto theTrust Director or
• designee uponrequest.
• Granteeswill be requiredtorepayany portion ofagrantwhich isnotused for thepurposes
• of thegrant.
• Application Process Requirements:
• All GrantApplicationsmustbe signedbyan individualauthorized bytheorganization and
• usingthefollowing format: name oforganization_short titleof project_Mental HealthTrust.

Confirmation of receiptwill beprovided. If confirmationis notreceived withintwo
business daysaftertransmittal,the applicantshould contactthe TrustDirector byemailor
bytelephone at(406) 431-6066.
Grant Applicationsmustbemade onthe formwhichis availableat www.mmht.org.
Applicants mustprovideall informationrequested. Incompleteapplicationsmaybe
rejected.
After receiptof a GrantApplication for distribution oftrust funds,the Trust, inits discretion,
maycontact anapplicantto askquestions, offersuggestions concerningthe proposal,or
requestfurther information. TheTrust mayalso requestan updatedapplication.
TheDeadline forGrant Applicationsis 5:00p.m.,Mountain DaylightTimeon Friday,
November 15,2024. In the event thatall trustfunds arenotdistributed,another roundof
Grant Applicationsmaybeaccepted atafuture time.
GrantGuidelinesCY2025

Applicants arerequestedtoreferto theTrust websiteatwww.mmht.orgfor further
information. If anapplicantneeds further information,or hasquestions,the applicant
telephone at(406) 431- 6066. Additionally,the applicantmay writetheTrust Director at:

• MontanaMental HealthTrust
• P.O. Box1082
• Helena, MT59624

TheTrust expectsto awardatotalof $300,000innewgrantsfor CY 2025. TheTrust
anticipates makingdecisions concerningthe grantsandnotifyinggrantapplicants on or
before December20,2024.

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ONTANA ENTAL EALTH RUST
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Calendar Year 2025 Grant Application Guidelines
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TheMontanaMental HealthTrust (the“Trust”) wascreated tosupportprograms, services,
and resourcesfor theprevention, treatment,andmanagement ofserious mentalillness of
Montanachildrenand adults, includingprograms, services,andresourcesfor:
● Education andinformationfor medical providers concerningappropriate
prescribingpractices for patientswithmental illness;
● Training andeducation for LawEnforcementpersonnel andotherpersons
concerning effectiveandappropriatecrisis interventiontechniques and
resources;
● Crisisinterventionservice topersonssupervised or managedbythecriminal
justicesystem;
● Transitionfundingfor persons transitioningfromanin-patientmental health
treatment environmenttoan out-patienttreatmentandindependentliving
environment;
● Children’s mental healthprograms;and
● Peer-to-peer services.
In furtherance of thesepurposes,the Trustshallapply theseguidelinesin considering
–CalendarYear(CY) 2025 applicationsfor distribution oftrust funds. NOTEthat the
Trust will awardno morethan $300,000in totalgrants during this grantapplication
cycle,and the maximum grantto anyapplicant willnot exceed$30,000. Deviations
from theguidelinesshallbe madeinfrequently andonlyinextraordinary circumstances.
Extraordinary circumstancesdonot includemistake,inadvertence,or neglect.
Isyourorganization eligible toapply for agrant?
Applicationsfor grants are considered frompublic orprivate entities,whetherorganized for
profit or for non-profit. TheTrust willnot grantfundsto individuals. Individuals seeking
trust fundsmaybe ableto joinwith anappropriateorganization for purposesof submittinga
proposal.
Thefollowing typesof applications WILLNOTbeconsidered:

1. For thebenefitof specific individuals.
2. For propagandizingor for influencinglegislationand elections.
3. Toorganizationswhich,in policyor practice,unfairly discriminateonthe basisof

race, ethnicorigin,sex, creed,religion, orgenderidentification.

1. Toout-of-stateorganizations.
2. Toprojects thatexpendfunds toassist personswho arenotMontanaresidents.

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GrantGuidelinesCY2025

GeneralGrant Policies:
Factors thatwill heavilyinfluenceconsideration ofapplicationsinclude:

1. Providing services tothose populationshistorically underservedoreconomicgroups

typicallynot eligiblefor traditional fundingsources.

1. Innovativeand creative waystoassist beneficiaries,whichareshownto bewell

thought out, wellplanned,andfeasible.

1. Collaborationwith otherprograms, organizations,andentities, ifsuch collaboration

isappropriate tothe proposedprojector program.Any application thatincludes
collaboration mustincludearesolution or equivalentdocumentfromtribal,
community,government orotherentities, specifying thatthe entityagreesto
participateasa partnerinthe projectand willstronglysupportthe projectfor the
entireduration of the grant.

1. Sustainabilityof theprogram orproject ifsuch isappropriate for theproposed

project.
5.