Northwest Montana Human Resources, Inc.

Northwest Montana Human Resources, Inc., operating as the Community Action Partnership of Northwest Montana, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient (57% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient (43%) to operate homeless services, housing programs, and community development initiatives across northwestern Montana. The organization has no federal contract work; its federal footprint is entirely grant-funded through the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Energy.

HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development dominates the award portfolio. The top five funding sources account for 89% of recent awards, led by HUD's CPD division with 43 awards, followed by HHS Administration for Children and Families (19 awards), USDA Rural Housing Service (7 awards), and Department of Energy (3 awards). The organization's prime grant work centers on the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267), which funds permanent housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and Homeless Management Information Systems. A representative CoC award from October 2025 carries $111,432 in funding through September 2026 to support housing and homeless services in Kalispell, Montana. The organization manages multiple overlapping CoC grants, with award dates clustered around October, November, and December of each calendar year, reflecting the federal fiscal-year cycle. Recent grant work also includes a Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance award from USDA (July 2021, completed August 2022).

As a sub-recipient, Northwest Montana Human Resources receives pass-through funding from Montana's Department of Health and Human Services under several federal programs, including the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF), the Department of Energy Weatherization Assistance Program, and the Low Income Home Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP). The organization also receives sub-award funding under the Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program. A capacity-building grant awarded in October 2025 supports the organization's housing development, affordable childcare, and community garden initiatives on a four-acre property that includes a licensed RV park project and expansion of preschool services to infant care. The organization's Home Again Project, LLC, a housing rehabilitation initiative at 1820 Highway 93 South, focuses on rehabilitation of existing residential units to create safe, stable affordable housing.

Activity has remained relatively stable over the past five years, ranging from eight awards in 2022 to eleven in 2025, with $19.4 million in combined dollars obligated across all 89 awards in the source data. Only four awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure for this grant-dependent organization.