Formula Grant 2601MTSAVP

The Montana Department of Health and Human Services received a $100,000 formula grant award effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Grants to States for Access and Visitation Programs (CFDA 93.597). This award supports Montana's establishment and administration of programs designed to facilitate non-custodial parents' access to and visitation with their children through evidence-based service delivery models.

Under this grant, Montana will implement activities including mediation (both voluntary and mandatory), counseling, education, development of parenting plans, visitation enforcement with monitoring and supervision capabilities, and development of guidelines for visitation and alternative custody arrangements. The formula-based allocation, determined by the number of children in Montana living with a single biological parent, enables the state to deliver these services while maintaining compliance with federal requirements that grant funding supplement rather than supplant existing state expenditures. The state may sub-award portions of this funding to local health departments, tribal organizations, and community-based service providers to implement access and visitation programs at the community level throughout Montana.