Partnerships

Cancer Support Community Montana (CSCMT) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing comprehensive psychosocial support, education, and hope to individuals affected by cancer. With offices in Bozeman and Missoula, and a network of 14 resource centers across the state, CSCMT ensures that no one faces cancer alone.

CSCMT offers a wide range of in-person and virtual support services, with the goal of improving the quality of life for cancer patients/ survivors, their families, caregivers, and others in the community. Their programs and services address the emotional, social, and practical challenges of cancer, providing a supportive environment where individuals can receive much-needed support and connect with others who understand their experiences. CSCMT's services include counseling, support groups, classes on nutrition and exercise, educational workshops, and community events. By offering these resources, all of which are free to participants, they aim to empower individuals and their families to navigate the complexities of cancer with greater resilience and hope.

• Increase the number of Cancer Support Resource Centers- across Montana. Goals include:
  • Increase the number of operating resource centers from 15 to 18 by 2025.
• Training PCPs to support treatment and survivorship care. This training is about system change not just PCP education. Goals include:
  • Identify barriers and fractionation that restrict access to oncology care and how this impacts health equity.
  • Understand the need for team-based approach that optimizes each level of healthcare specialization.
  • Examine potential team-based designs to implement in oncology healthcare delivery systems which includes PCP, APP, Nurse Navigator utilization.
  • An understanding of the knowledge base needed by primary care physicians both during treatment and survivorship.
  • Understand the importance of addressing patient needs during survivorship within the team-based model.
  • Learn the key patient care flow changes necessary within the healthcare system to optimize team-based care

The Montana Primary Care Association (MPCA) is a non-profit organization with a mission “to promote integrated primary healthcare to achieve health and well-being for Montana’s most vulnerable populations.”

The MPCA represents the state's Community Health Centers (CHCs), which are federally funded by the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA). These 13 CHCs operate over 85 sites across rural and urban Montana, providing comprehensive healthcare services to all residents, regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay.

In addition to representing Community Health Centers (CHCs), the MPCA also represents 5 Urban Indian Organizations (UIOs). These UIOs, administered through the Indian Health Service and funded through Title V, provide high-quality, affordable, and culturally appropriate healthcare services to American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. These services are essential in Montana, which has the fourth-highest AI/AN population in the United States.