Active — funding available; contact program teamAtlas Opportunity Score 93/100
Montana Healthcare Foundation School-Based Health Initiative — Ongoing Grant Funding & Technical Assistance
Montana Healthcare Foundation provides grant funding and technical assistance to Montana health care organizations and school districts to develop or expand school-based health programs, including telehealth models. No fixed current deadline or award ceiling is posted on the initiative page.
FundingCurrent initiative page states grant funding is available but does not publish a fixed award ceiling.
DeadlineNo fixed current application deadline published; active inquiry-based funding pathway
Last verifiedSeptember 30, 2026
Required next actionEligible Montana health care organizations and school districts should contact the Montana Healthcare Foundation program team to confirm current participation timing, funding parameters, partnership expectations, and proposal requirements. Define the school-based service model, document the community need and partner roles, and confirm the allowability of proposed startup and implementation costs before submission.
Broad Eligibility
Montana health care organizations and school districts developing new or expanded school-based health programs in partnership. MTHF describes partnerships with rural health centers, tribal clinics, Urban Indian organizations, FQHCs and other providers; care may be delivered onsite, mobile or through telehealth.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 93/100. The Montana Healthcare Foundation School-Based Health Initiative supports partnerships between schools and health care organizations to create or expand school-based health services. Current program materials describe primary care, behavioral health, dental, vision, mobile, onsite, and telehealth delivery models, with grant funding and technical assistance available to health care organizations and school districts. Strong applications should be driven by documented community need, a clear school-provider partnership, practical implementation planning, and a sustainable service model.
Opportunity Overview
The Montana Healthcare Foundation (MTHF) School-Based Health Initiative provides grant funding and technical assistance to help Montana schools and health care organizations develop new or expand existing school-based health programs.
Funding Status
MTHF’s current initiative page states that funding is available for both health care organizations and school districts and directs prospective participants to contact the program team. The Foundation does not publish a current fixed application deadline or award ceiling on the initiative page. Atlas therefore treats this as an active inquiry-based funding pathway and does not invent a deadline or grant amount.
Eligible Partnerships
The initiative supports partnerships between schools and local health care organizations, including rural health centers, tribal clinics, Urban Indian organizations, federally qualified health centers and other providers. Services may include primary care, behavioral health, dental and vision care.
Telehealth and N9+ Fit
MTHF expressly states that school-based care may be delivered inside a school, on a school campus, in a mobile unit, or through telehealth. N9+ Fit: 92/100. A remote physical examination platform can be a legitimate component of a school-based telehealth model when it is clinically appropriate, budget-allowable, supported by the health care partner, and consistent with the specific grant scope. Atlas should position N9+ as enabling infrastructure, not as a forced requirement.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 93/100. This is a Montana-specific healthcare-and-school funding pathway with direct alignment to school-based telehealth, rural access, primary care and behavioral health. MTHF reports that the initiative has supported startup or expansion of 82 school-based health care sites serving 132 high-need schools as of 2025.
Dr. Miltie Direct Applicant Fit: 0/100. The direct funding recipients are health care organizations and school districts. Dr. Miltie/N9+ partner fit: 88/100 where an eligible applicant proposes a clinically justified telehealth/remote-exam model and the eventual grant budget permits the technology.
Next Action
Interested Montana school districts and health care organizations should contact the MTHF program team to confirm current participation timing, funding parameters, required partnership structure and proposal expectations before building an application. Atlas should then qualify the specific applicant, budget and N9+ use case against the Foundation’s current instructions.
Verified Source
Montana Healthcare Foundation, School-Based Health Initiative.
From Funding to Implementation · School Health Solution
Turn school-health funding into a clinically capable care model.
Dr. Miltie N9+ can support clinician-directed remote exams in school settings, helping care teams move beyond video-only encounters when a funded program calls for stronger pediatric access.
Source verificationReferenced source · mthf.orgAtlas last verified this record September 30, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
