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Montana opens new crisis counseling hotline with $1.6 million federal grant
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32618
Subject(s) - hotline , outreach , mental health , feeling , public health , anxiety , work (physics) , political science , public relations , nursing , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , engineering , law , telecommunications , social psychology , mechanical engineering
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announced Dec. 3 a new crisis counseling hotline funded by a $1.6 million federal grant is now available to aid Montanans struggling with their mental health due to the ongoing impacts of the COVID‐19 public health emergency, the Sidney Herald reported. The free service is meant to help people navigate feelings of isolation, loss, fear, uncertainty, depression and anxiety they are experiencing during this time. The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) partnered with Disaster and Emergency Services to pursue the grant to address the growing need for mental health services. In addition to Mental Health America of Montana, the DPHHS will work closely with four additional project partners, including the Montana Hospital Association, Voices of Hope, Kauffman & Associates Inc. and the Montana Public Health Institute. The team will work together to hire counselors and will provide outreach to communities across the state through this opportunity.