The Department of Justice (US DOJ) is looking into what barriers Montana’s children with behavioral health conditions and their families have faced barriers to Montana mental health services in their communities. 

US DOJ will be holding community meetings throughout Montana to hear from young people, families, service providers, and others.  US DOJ will also have virtual/phone meeting invites available for individuals who want to join by computer or phone.  If you prefer to speak with US DOJ privately, please contact Annabelle van der Hulst at annabelle.vanderhulst@usdoj.gov or James Fletcher at james.fletcher@usdoj.gov ato set up a phone interview.

We searched for a long time to find the right platform to host "Treatment Scout" - our resource guide to help people find intensive or niche behavioral health care around the United States. We eventually landed on creating a Custom GPT with Chat GPT.

One of the coolest things about that is how the model can dramatically improve and our Treatment Scout GPT will automatically improve with it.

Here is the first response that it made based on a simple inquiry for the five highest ranked treatment facilities that offer TMS care in California.

NAMI Montana applauds DPHHS’s draft HELP Demonstration Waiver and its emphasis on indirect validation to prevent unfair disenrollments. It recommends three adjustments: (1) postpone any direct validation until most indirect methods are working; (2) reduce the disability threshold for exempt veterans from 100 % to 50 % to more adequately reflect employment challenges; and (3) add mental-health recovery programs, such as NAMI’s peer and family supports, to the healthy-behavior plans that shield enrollees from premium-related disenrollment.