Partners, Funders & Donors



- Disability Rights Montana
Tal Goldin, Staff Attorney - DPHHS
Christine Twardoski, Associate Administrator
Shannon McDonald, Acting Deputy Director/Branch Manager
Robert Runkel, Economic Services Branch Manager - DPHHS - Children & Family Services Division
Theresa Callahan Becker, Foster Care Program Supervisor - DPHHS - Children's Mental Health Bureau
Theresa Holm, Regional Resource Specialist
Laura Taffs, Clinical Supervisor - DPHHS - Child Support & Enforcement Bureau
Amy Pfeifer, Attorney - DPHHS - Early Childhood Services Bureau
Leslie Lee, Child Care Quality Program Manager - DPHHS - Aging Services
Kerrie Reidelbach, ADRC Program Manager and State Lifespan Respite Coordinator
Jackie Stoeckel, Program Officer - DPHHS - TANF & SNAP Community Service
Stephanie Wilkins, Education and Training Manager - The Family Tree Center
Julie Christensen, Author and Facilitator, Voices of Incarceration Project - Montana AARP
Tim Summers, State Director - Montana Budget & Policy Center
Heather O'Loughlin, Co-Director - Montana Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Peggy Callentine, Bozeman
Shirley Chambers, Butte - Montana Legal Services Association
- Montana Office of Public Instruction
Heather Denny, State Coordinator for Homeless Education
Carrie Kouba, Foster Care Point of Contact
Terry Kendrick, Special Projects Director - Montana State Legislature
Senator Mary Caferro, Montana State Senate - District 41
Representative Jean Price, Montana House of Representatives - District 24 - Montana WIC Program
Kelly Aughney, Admin/Monitoring Specialist - MSU Extension
Mackenzie Stiff, Montana Kinship Navigator Program, Program Manager
Sandy Bailey, Montana Kinship Navigator Program, Program Director - PLUK
Diane Hawbaker-Tavary, Leadership Team - State of Montana Department of Justice - Division of Criminal Investigation
Traci Shinabarger, Child & Family Ombudsman - Stone Child College
Mary Ruth St. Pierre, Extension Program Director - ^
- MSU Extension
Montana AARP
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
Montana PBS
Various Tribal Partners
Montana Child Care Resource and Referral
Montana Head Start Collaboration
Montana Office of Public Instruction
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Montana Youth Challenge Academy
Disability Rights Montana - ^
- AA Craftsman, Inc.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Gallatin County
Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne Nation
Bozeman Public Library
Butte 4-C's
Eagle Shield Center
Family Life Institute
Gallatin Valley YMCA
HRDC District IX, Inc., Senior Programs
Jane Mersen
Little Big Horn College
The Nurturing Center, Inc.
Parent Place, Hardin
Rocky Mountain Development Council
Stone Child College
Thrive - ^
- The Brookdale Foundation of New York
The Montana CYFAR Building Community Strengths Project
The Montana Children's Trust Fund
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
Beim Foundation
MSU College of Education, Health and Human Development
Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation
Montana AARP
Kappa Omicron Nu
Various Individual Donors - ^