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Guidelines and Applications

$5,000 Grants (Closed for State Fiscal Year 2024)

Scope of Work

The grant proposals for local community-based primary and secondary child abuse and neglect prevention programs and services for State Fiscal Year 2024 is CLOSED. To be added to the communications for future funding opportunities, please send your email contact information to Joshua Kendrick at joshua.kendrick@mt.gov.

During State Fiscal Year 2024 (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024), MT CTF will offer $5,000 grants to community-based organizations that focus on primary and/or secondary prevention of child abuse and neglect including increasing protective factors and decreasing risk factors for child abuse and neglect, and/or increasing community awareness pertaining to strengthening families and the prevention of child abuse and neglect.

Grant proposals must complete an application to be considered. Submit grant applications to Joshua Kendrick at Joshua.Kendrick@mt.gov by email or by using the Montana File Transfer Service by April 30th, 2023. Grant proposals determined to meet eligibility criteria and the scope of work will be reviewed within 90 days, and you will be notified of the decision. If you have questions, you may contact Joshua Kendrick at (406) 444-3002 or Joshua.Kendrick@mt.gov.

Eligibility Criteria

Grant award is for $5,000.
Grants will only be awarded to Montana-based, recognized non-profit or other tax-exempt organizations.
Grants will be awarded only for projects that do not require continual funding from the Montana Children’s Trust Fund.
Grants will be awarded only for projects that align with the Scope of Work above.
If funding is granted, the Montana Children’s Trust Fund logo and disclaimer must be used on all public awareness, including but not limited to flyers, public service announcements, press releases, and social media related to funded program.
If funding is granted, a written report must be sent to the Montana Children’s Trust Fund within one month of the funded project’s end, to include numbers of children, individuals, and families served.

Multi-Year Grant Proposals

The Request for Proposals (RFP) for local community-based primary and secondary child abuse and neglect prevention programs and services for the current state fiscal year has closed. To be notified of the next RFP, please contact Joshua Kendrick at (406) 444-3002 or Joshua.Kendrick@mt.gov.

Montana Children's Trust Fund uses Montana Acquisition & Contracting System (eMACS) to issue RFPs. If a vendor profile has already been created for your organization, please contact the person who created it to gain access to the vendor registration profile. For security purposes, the State of Montana does not manipulate vendor registration profiles. For vendor registration questions, please visit the State’s website at https://spb.mt.gov/Vendor-Resources. When creating or modifying your organization’s vendor profile, select Commodity Code 2618 to be automatically notified by eMACS of future Montana Children’s Trust Fund solicitations.