Montana Children's Home And Hospital

Montana Children's Home And Hospital, doing business as Shodair Children's Hospital, is a tax-exempt nonprofit hospital in Helena, Montana that operates as a sub-recipient on federal grant programs rather than as a prime contractor, with 87% of its recent federal award footprint rooted in sub-grant work. The organization holds no federal contracts and has not competed for prime contract vehicles; its federal engagement is confined to sub-recipient status under state and territorial grantees administering U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services programs.

Shodair Children's Hospital's federal footprint comprises eight awards dating to 2008, with combined dollars obligated of $1.3 million across a five-year window. The vast majority of activity flows through sub-grants under the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (CFDA 10.555, School Nutrition Program), with six sub-grant awards from the Montana Office of Public Instruction as the prime grantee in 2021, 2024, 2025, and 2026. A single sub-grant under the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (NHS designation) came through the Montana Department of Health and Human Services in November 2024. The School Nutrition Program sub-awards are recurring, with four flowing in the February-to-May 2025 window and one in March 2026, indicating a pattern of annual or semi-annual sub-grant awards tied to the state's school nutrition administration. Recent award activity shows growth: one award in 2024, three in 2025, and one in early 2026. The organization's single prime federal award on record dates to August 2008 and falls outside the active recent window presented in the portfolio snapshot.

As a sub-recipient rather than a prime, Shodair operates within Montana's state grant infrastructure for nutrition and health programs. The organization serves as an implementing partner rather than a competitive bidder on federal vehicles. This posture — exclusively sub-grant work under state grantees for nutrition and health services delivery — indicates Shodair's role is operational execution of federally funded programs at the healthcare facility level rather than business development or contract competition. The organization has not pursued or held federal contracting vehicles (GWACs, BPAs, schedules) and does not compete directly for federal prime contracts.