NAMI Montana compiled the Flathead County Mental Health Resource Guide as a service for mental health professionals, social workers, and family and friends of those in mental health crisis.

According to the 2020 Census, Lake County Montana has a population of 31,134.

If you are in a severe life-threatening crisis, please call or text 988 or otherwise contact your local law enforcement and emergency medical services.

Montana 211 connects you to non-emergency resources and assistance across Montana. Call 211 to reach them.

Mental Health and Addiction Services

Local

Western Montana Mental Health Center - 406-257-1336

Pathways Treatment Center (Inpatient Treatment-Kalispell) - 406-756-3950

Flathead Community Health Center - 406-751-8113

Gateway Community Center - 406-765-6453

Flathead Crisis Line - 406-261-6474

Sinopah House (youth residential and crisis services) - 406-257-5194

Safe House (crisis intervention and emergency services) - 406-755-5440

Stillwater Therapeutic Services (Children’s Outpatient Treatment Center) - 406-752-6100

Flathead Chemical Dependency Clinic - 406-756-6453

Mental Health Professionals - 406-752-6262

Montana Suicide Support Group (SOLAS) (Kalispell) - 406-212-6380

Statewide

Montana 211 (information for nearby services) - 211 or 406-586-3333

Frontier Psychiatry - 406-200-8471

Veteran’s Administration Montana Health Care - 406-442-6410

Charlie Health ( Online care for teens, young adults and families) - 406-510-2118

Montana Healthcare Programs Help Line - 800-362-8312

Montana Medicaid - 406-683-3773

Addiction Treatment Help Line - 877-887-5016

Drug Abuse Hotline (24 hrs) - 866-872-6790

Alcoholics Anonymous - 833-800-8553

Montana Mental Health Ombudsman (help navigating system) - 888-444-9669

Montana Child and Family Ombudsman - 844-252-4453

NAMI Montana (support education and advocacy) - 406-443-7871

Drug Abuse Rehabilitation and Treatment Information - 866-872-6790

Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Division (State Agency for Adult Mental Illness) - 406-444-3964

Montana Children’s Mental Health Bureau - 406-444-4545

Vet Center - 877-927-8387

Montana National Guard Family Programs - 877-706-7598

Mental Health America of Montana - 877-927-6642

Veterans Administration - 800-827-1000

Montana Brain Injury Alliance Help Line - 800-246442

Montana Peer Network - 406-551-1058

Warrior Care Network - 904-405-1213

Montana Suicide Support Group (H.O.P.E.) - 406-543-2890

The Bright App - Locate a Behavioral Health Provider in Montana  

Housing Assistance

Local

Section 8 Low Income Housing Assistance - 406-862-4143

Housing and Rental Assistance - 406-752-6565

Summit Independent Living Center (water bill assistance) - 406-257-0048

Samaritan House (helping people affected by homelessness) - 406-257-5801

Program to Assist the Homeless (PATH) - 406-751-8342

Neighbors in Need - 406-752-8181

The Salvation Army -Emergency Welfare - 406-257-4357

Whitefish Housing Authority - 406-862-4143

Community Action Partnership of NW Montana - 406-752-6565

Mental Health Center Group Home – Lone Pines - 406-257-8161

Statewide

Section 8 Low Income Housing Assistance - 406-841-2840

Montana Fair Housing - 800-929-2611  

Financial Assistance

Local

WIC Program (food assistance) - 406-751-8170

Community Food Banks

Bigfork Food Bank (128 Village Lane) - 406-837-2297

Columbia Falls Food Pantry (605 1/2 6th St. East) - 406-892-0241

Flathead Food Bank (105 6th Ave. West) - 406-752-3663

Lakeside Pantry (7151 Hwy. 93 South) - 406-844-2779

Salvation Army Church - 406-257-4357

Vocational Rehabilitation - 877-296-1757

Statewide

Offices of Public Assistance (DPHHS) - 406-683-3773

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - 1-888-706-1535

Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) - 1-888-706-1535

MT Job Service(by appointment) - 406-444-2840

State of Montana Vocational Rehabilitation - 877-296-1197

Social Security Administration - 800-772-1213

Disability Determination Services - 800-545-3054

Community Food Banks - 406-683-2199  

Other Medical Assistance

Local

Touch of Grace- Free Health Clinic at the Salvation Army Church - 406-257-4357

Shepherd’s Hand - 406-260-3502

County Health Department - 406-751-8100

Statewide

Montana Medicaid - 406-683-3773

Healthy Montana Kids Health Coverage - 877-543-7669

Medicaid Help Line - 888-706-1535

Medicare Information - 800-633-4227

Montana Mental Health Services Plan - 406-444-3055

Big Sky RXMedicare Prescription Assistance - 866-369-1233

Partnership for Prescription Assistance - 888-477-2669

Catholic Social Services of Montana (Adoption Services) - 406-442-4130 

Legal Assistance

County Sheriff - (406) 883-7301

Polson Police Department - (406) 883-8210

Public Defender’s Office - (406) 883-6080

Lake County Attorney - 406-883-7245

Violence Free Crisis Line and Abbie Shelter - 406-752-7273

Statewide

Montana Legal Services - 800-666-6899

Disability Rights Montana - 800-245-4743

Child and Family Services (Child Abuse) - 406-683-3793

Protective Services for Adults (Elder Abuse) - 844-277-9300

Montana Mental Disabilities Board of Visitors (For complaints about quality of care) - 406-693-7035  

Transportation Assistance

Local

Montana Medicaid Transportation(for medical purposes) (info re: mileage reimbursement) - 800-292-7114

Eagle Transit (Bus Service) - 406-758-5728

Statewide

Montana Medicaid Transportation - 800-292-7114

Greyhound Bus - 800-231-2222  

We do our best to keep the guides up to date, but we need your help with the process.  Please let us know if one of the contacts in your county is invalid or if there is another resource we should include.