Funding Opportunities and Program Resources
Join us in a funded project and improve patient care, clinical outcomes, and staff knowledge. DPHHS has a wide variety of available grant opportunities for health improvement that fit any clinic or hospital work schedule. Interested in more than one? We can work with health systems to create an outline of activities to align grants and receive additional funding. See our available openings below.
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Funding Opportunities
If you wish to apply to any of the asthma funding opportunities, please complete a brief application online at dphhs.mt.gov/publichealth/asthma/qualityimprovement or reach out to asthmainfo@mt.gov and we will send you an application.
| Funding Opportunity | Timeframe | Brief Description | Funding Amount | Who is Eligible? |
| Asthma Quality Improvement Projects | 12-month period, starting when you are awarded. There is no set start date for Asthma QI projects. | Improve care of patients with Asthma through a quality improvement project to deliver evidence-based healthcare. Many avenues to choose from to improve Asthma care for your population! | $5,000, but up to $7,000 if the site wishes to include tobacco QI work. | Health care clinics/systems, Tribal Health, Community Health Centers, School-Based Health Centers, or any other healthcare facility working with people who have asthma. |
If you wish to apply to any of the cardiovascular funding opportunities, please reach out to CardiovascularInfo@mt.gov and we will send you an application.
| Funding Opportunity | Timeframe | Brief Description | Funding Amount | Who is Eligible? |
| Health Equity Project | 18-Months | Increase screening for social determinants of health (SDOH) and build partnerships to address health disparities. With a focus on patients who have hypertension and high cholesterol. | $5,000 per site | Health care clinics/systems, or any other healthcare facility working with populations with hypertension and high cholesterol in high-priority census areas. |
| Community-Based Organization Project | 12-Months | Community-Based Organizations partner with a healthcare organization (using CONNECT to receive referrals) to improve non-medical factors like food insecurity, housing instability, etc. that influence overall health. Funds cannot be used to purchase food, cars, or equipment under the grant funding. | $5,000 per site | Community-based organizations where a partnering clinic is located that have means to address housing, food insecurity, transportation insecurity, and more. Must include high-priority census areas. |
| Pharmacy SDOH Screening Project | 12-Months | Pilot use of a social determinants of health (SDOH) screener with selected pharmacy patients; refer those who screen positive to community resources to address food insecurity, housing or transportation issues; and follow up with the patients within two months of referral to see if they used the service/resource. Assess if there are cost barriers to medication adherence. |
$5,000 per site | Pharmacies and pharmacists who serve populations with hypertension and high cholesterol in high-priority census areas. |
| Blood Pressure Cuff Loaner Program | 12-Months | Implement blood pressure (BP) cuff loaner programs for patients/participants with uncontrolled hypertension. | Up to $5,000 depending on number of project participants. Recipients receive nine blood pressure cuffs along with additional educational materials for patients. | Montana community pharmacies, Tribal Health and CHCs in selected regions. Applicants should not have previously received a DPHHS Loaner Program sub-award. |
| Health Coaches for Hypertension Control | Indefinitely once coach is trained, grant cycles run for 12-month cycles and each coach is awarded up to $5,000 per grant cycle for completing 2 sets of classes. Coaches may continue classes without additional training across grant years if they are interested. | Health Lifestyle program offered by lay leaders to their community focusing on reduction in hypertension and high cholesterol. The classes are eight-weeks long and DPHHS providers training, supplies, and technical assistance to trained coaches to complete these classes. | Up to $5,000 plus a limited amount of educational materials for participants such as a DASH cookbook, blood pressure cuff, resistance bands, and more. | Any person who is working with a population with hypertension and high cholesterol. Often, people who already have some background in teaching lifestyle classes such as tobacco cessation, National Diabetes Prevention Program Coaches, etc. No formal healthcare experience required. |
| Food Farmacy Project | 12-Months | Support food insecure patients to access food resources. Using a team-based care approach, a clinic will partner with a local food pantry to improve access to healthier food for patients with high blood pressure and/or high cholesterol. Funds cannot be used to directly purchase food. | $5,000 per site | Tribal Health, Community Health Centers (CHCs), and food pantries in selected areas. |
| WISEWOMAN Program | Dependent upon the model used in the region. | Conducting cardiovascular risk assessments and addressing SDOH for women aged 35-64, low-income (< 250% Federal Poverty Level), uninsured or under-insured ($250+ deductible). This includes tracking referrals, WISEWOMAN participants’ participation in the referred services/programs, and whether they completed the programs. Includes referrals to Healthy Behavior Support Services. | Dependent upon number of participating clinics | Health care clinics/systems, community-based organizations or any other healthcare facility working with populations with hypertension and high cholesterol in high-priority regions. |
| Community Health Worker (CHW) SDOH Project | 12-months | Conducting a Social Determinants of Health screener with community members, referring to community programs to address social needs, and tracking usage of services. | $5,000 per site | Organizations that employ CHWs and cover patients or residents in high-priority census areas. |
If you wish to apply to any of the diabetes funding opportunities, please reach out to diabetes@mt.gov and we will send you an application.
| Funding Opportunity | Timeframe | Brief Description | Funding Amount | Who is Eligible? |
| DSMES-Accreditation Recognition | 12 Month | Provide funding opportunities to any current DSMES sites or new sites wanting to delivery DSMES to be ADA-recognized/ADCES accredited by providing technical assistance and support to achieve recognition/accreditation. This includes becoming an independent site or a site under the MT DEAP Umbrella. | $3,000 per site | For new or current programs DSMES to work on achieving ADA recognition/ADCES-accreditation. |
| Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) QI Project | 12-Month | Provide funding opportunities for healthcare professionals to work on a quality improvement project to increase access and improve screening for the early detection of diabetes retinopathy (DR). | $5000 per site and the possibility of a retinopathy camera if needed. | Healthcare clinics, hospitals or any other healthcare facility working with people who have diabetes. |
| Diabetes Retinopathy QI Project | 12-Month | Provide funding opportunities for healthcare professionals to work on a quality improvement project to increase access and improve screening for the early detection of diabetes retinopathy (DR). | $5,000 per site and the possibility of a retinopathy camera if needed. | Health care clinics, hospitals or any other healthcare facility working with people who have diabetes. |
| Family Healthy Weight Program Implementation | 12-Month | Identify specific sites who are interested in implementing a Family Health Weight Program within their system using a family centered approach to reduce health related risk for type 2 diabetes. | $5,000 per site | Health care clinics, hospitals or any other healthcare facility working with people who have diabetes. |
| Diabetes Support Program Implementation | 12-Month | To identify sites who are interested in implementing a complementary diabetes support program to increase access to diabetes education services for their patients. | $5,000 per site | Health care clinics/systems, community-based organizations or any other healthcare facility working with people who have diabetes. |
| Diabetes Support Program- Walk With Ease Project | 12-Month | Increase access to and participation in complementary diabetes support programs for their patients with or at risk for developing diabetes utilizing the Walk with Ease program. | $5,000 per site | Health care clinics, hospitals or any other healthcare facility working with people who have diabetes |
| Diabetes Health Equity Project | 12-Month | Increase screening and identification of social determinants of health (SDOH) in priority populations with diabetes. | $7,500 per site | Health care clinics, hospitals or any other healthcare facility working with people who have diabetes |
If you wish to apply to any of the funding opportunities related to social determinants of health, please reach out to Margaret.Mullins@mt.gov and we will send you an application.
All programs include regular technical assistance and possible patient/ staff materials for use.
| Funding Opportunity | Timeframe | Brief Description | Funding Amount | Who is Eligible? |
| SDOH Training | 6-Months | Improve the capacity of the diabetes, cardiovascular, or asthma workforce to address factors related to SDOH that impact outcomes for priority populations with and at risk for chronic disease. | For Diabetes workforce per site: $500 (3-10) $750 (10-50) $1000 (>50) For Cardiovascular health workforce per site: $500 (3-10) $750 (10-50) $1000 (>50) For Asthma workforce per site: $500 (minimum of 5) |
Diabetes workforce - anyone who works with patients with or at risk for diabetes (i.e., providers, pharmacists, nurses, social workers, LSC, DCES, etc.). Health care clinics, hospitals or any other healthcare facility in selected regions working with people who work with populations with hypertension. Health care clinics, hospitals or any other healthcare facility working with people who have asthma. |
Program Resources
Community Based Programs
Public health enhances quality of life in Montana by supporting healthy living in your community. It touches everyone in Montana – from birth to death. Take a closer look at what public health programs are available in your community to make your life better and See Public Health Differently.
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