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State awards $500,000 to tribes via substance abuse HEART Fund

| April 24, 2022 11:55 AM

Montana's Department of Public Health and Human Services will distribute $500,000 to Montana’s eight Tribal Nations through the Healing and Ending Addiction Through Recovery and Treatment (HEART) Fund.

The HEART Fund invests $25 million per year to provide for a full continuum of substance use prevention and treatment programs for communities.

In addition to supporting nonprofits and NGOs that serve Montana’s urban, rural and Tribal communities, the HEART Fund provides $500,000 in grants directly to Tribal Nations each year for substance use disorder (SUD) prevention; mental health promotion; mental health crisis, treatment, and recovery services; and tobacco prevention and cessation. Each Tribal Nation will receive $62,500. DPHHS will receive a report from each Tribal Nation at the end of July with specific details of how the funds were used.

Services provided or activities funded by the grants are limited to items that are not reimbursable through Medicaid, reimbursed through other contracts provided by DPHHS, or reimbursed directly through a federal grant.