November 2023 Bulletin - Faith and Community Based Services

Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services sent this bulletin at 11/20/2023 08:51 AM MST

Faith and Community Based Services Coordinator…

Fall season in Montana is like a grab bag in a discount store because you just never know what the weather will be or what wonderful delicacies of pumpkin spice drinks and snacks will be on the market.

October was a busy time of all day Summit Events in Billings, Miles City, and Kalispell. It was a special time meeting many of you across Montana and building collaborations and partnerships. Summit events combined faith groups and non-profits across the State and DPHHS staff focusing on faith partnership, children and families, Aging services, and Human Trafficking issues. Below I have shared the Summit Presentation Directory for further connection with the presenters.

The holiday season is upon us, and the Office of Faith and Community Based Services is working to schedule some winter roundtables. Roundtables are local connection events like the Summits but designed for a shorter session and potentially more connective conversations. If you are interested in scheduling a Roundtable in your community, please reach out to me via email below.

Do you have a project, event, news, or resource you would like to get into the bulletin? Share with me a half page styled add in a Jpeg or PDF. Note this information in this bulletin can be shared with congregations, organization, coworkers, and friends.

Rob Lawler, Faith and Community Based Services Coordinator.

Rob.lawler@mt.gov

406-444-5635

Networking Together for Montana

Office of Faith and Community Based Service

Summit Presentation Directory

Child Family Services

Billings Child and Family Services Office – Danielle Metcalf dmetcalf@mt.gov

and Shelby Goodman sgoodman@mt.gov

Miles City Child and Family Services Office – Cindy Dufner cdufner@mt.gov
Kalispell Child and Family Services Office – Jodi Black-Fucci black-fucci@mt.gov
Billings and Miles City - Promise 686 (Church and CFSD partnerships) – Heather Vande Sandt hvandesandt@promise686.org
Kalispell - Jamie Campbell jcampbell@promise686.org

Foster Care Licensing

Billings – Jen Daniels jdaniels@mt.gov & Stormi Riojas sriojas@mt.gov
Miles City – Bert Pezzarossi pezzarossi@mt.gov & Dawn Ottoy dottoy@mt.gov
Kalispell – Dan Donnelly ddonnelly@mt.gov & Karyn Rohrick Rohrick@mt.gov & MacKenzie Bauer mackenzie.bauer@mt.gov

Child Care Licensing

Billings – Ryane Holzwarth rholzwarth@mt.gov & Anna Mason mason@mt.gov
Miles City – OFCBS - Rob Lawler lawler@mt.gov
Kalispell – Diana Lamers – dlamer@mt.gov & Fern Sutherland fsutherland@mt.gov

Aging Services

Billings – Adult Resource Alliance – Michael Larson mikel@allianceyc.org & Big Sky Senior Services – Tyler Amundson tyler@bigskyseniorservices.org
Miles City – Action for Eastern Montana – Heather Handran handran@aemt.org
Kalispell – OFCBS – Rob Lawler lawler@mt.gov

Human Trafficking

Billings - HER Campaign – Britney Higgs britney@hercampaign.com
Miles City – Plains 2 Peaks – Josh Helvik plainstwopeaks@gmail.com
Kalispell – General conversation among attenders

Governor Gianforte Proclaims November as Adoption Month

Helena Adoption Ceremony - Capital Rotunda - Tuesday, November 21 - 2:00pm