![Missoula, Havre Receive $250,000 in Affordable Care Act Grants](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2014/07/Clark-Fork-River1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula, Havre Receive $250,000 in Affordable Care Act Grants
Funds made available by the Affordable Care Act will be pouring into two Montana cities after an announcement today, July 31, by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"$54 million dollars in funding were announced for behavioral health services for community health centers across the nation, including Montana," said Health Resources and Services Administration Communications Director Martin Kramer. "Two health centers in Montana: one in Missoula and one in Havre, will both be receiving $250,000 in order to expand behavioral mental health and substance abuse counseling services."
Missoula County officials will have to decide where to spend the money.
"It will go to the county and then they will decide which of their health center sites will receive the actual funding, this funding is specifically for behavioral mental health and substance abuse services, so they will be able to hire more staff, integrate those services with their primary care services... those kinds of things."
There are 17 health centers and 81 service delivery sites in Montana. Centers in Havre and Missoula obtained the funding through a competitive grant process.
More From Newstalk KGVO 1290 AM & 98.3 FM
![Missoula Police Arrest Man for Kidnapping, He Put a Gun in the Victim’s Mouth](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2021/08/attachment-featured-image-45.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Montanans Need to Look Out for Child Tax Credit Scams](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2021/07/attachment-RS19732_GettyImages-1050886352-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![New Report Shows More Economic Stability is Needed for Montana Families](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2021/06/attachment-RS11609_120749510.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Governor Bullock Transfers $200 Million of federal CARES Act Funds](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2020/03/GettyImages-1163072731.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Yellowstone National Park Will Open, But Montana Gates Will Stay Closed](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2018/05/yellowstone-entrance.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Stockman Bank Has Been Working Around the Clock to Help Montana Businesses](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2015/08/472516086.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Missoula Search and Rescue Find Missing 80-Year-Old Hunter](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2017/11/IMG_1383.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Airline Competition Saved Missoula Passengers $14 Million This Past Year](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2019/03/GettyImages-912360406.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![New Imitation Census Survey Reaches Montana Residents, Asks for Money](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2019/10/featured-image-2019-10-01T122248.466.png?w=980&q=75)