A Healthier Montana

The draft 2024 State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) is the latest iteration in a five-year cycle of collaborative planning that identifies shared health priorities for improving the health of Montanans.

All Montanans are invited to participate in a three-week public comment period to give feedback on the 2024 SHIP from September 25 to October 11, 2024.

Public comment survey link

Please reach out to HHSAHealthierMontana@mt.gov with questions, and thank you for your interest in achieving a healthier Montana.

By working together on shared public health priorities, we can achieve a healthier Montana. A network of partners from state, local, and tribal government, non-profit, health care, business, and other sectors are using data from the State Health Assessment and goals outlined in the State Health Improvement Plan to address their mission:  To protect and improve the health of every Montanan through evidence-based action and community engagement.

The 2017 State Health Assessment provides a broad overview of the health of Montanans, from birth to death, physical health to mental health, and communicable disease to chronic disease. It also includes information about the social determinants of health, or, how where we live, work, and play impacts our health and wellbeing. 

The 2019-2023 Montana State Health Improvement Plan highlights shared statewide priorities for improving the health of Montanans. It includes objectives for monitoring improvement over time and proposed prevention and health promotion, clinical, policy, and health equity strategies for driving improvement.

• 2019 SHIP Annual Report
• 2020 SHIP Annual Report

This work is informed by Healthy People 2030, a program maintained by the federal government to set data-driven national objectives to improve health and well-being over the next decade. The A Healthier Montana Program proudly led the effort for the Public Health and Safety Division to be recognized as a Healthy People 2030 champion because of the ongoing work to align and monitor health improvement in Montana with national goals and measures.

• Custom list of HP 2030 objectives related to Montana's SHIP
• Custom list of HP 2030 objectives related to COVID-19, maintained by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (US Dept of Health and Human Services)