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• Privately Owned Subsidized Housing  - HUD helps apartment owners offer reduced rents to low-income tenants.
  
• Public Housing  - affordable apartments for low-income families, the elderly and persons with disabilities. To apply, contact a public housing agency.
  
• Housing Authorities  - information about and links to Montana's Housing Authorities.
  
• Housing Choice Voucher Program  - find your own place and use the voucher to pay for all or part of the rent.
  
• HUD in Montana  - a wide range of useful information for renters
  
• Essential Services  - connection to important community services.
  

• Montana Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP)  - pays part of winter energy bills for income eligible people.
  
• Montana Weatherization Program  - helps participants to improve the heating efficiency of their home and thus reduce their energy consumption.
  
• Energy Share of Montana  - Energy Share of Montana is a private nonprofit organization. Our primary purpose is to help Montanans faced with energy emergencies meet their needs and move towards self-reliance. Since its inception in 1982 Energy Share has distributed 10.5 million dollars in energy assistance to more than 34,000 families.
  

• Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, M.C.A. 2009, Title 70, Chapter 24 
  
• Montana Human Rights Bureau   - The Montana Department of Labor and Industry is the state agency which enforces Montana's discrimination laws. The Human Rights Bureau of the Department receives and investigates complaints of illegal discrimination. This link takes you to all the information you need to know your rights in Montana and to file a complaint, if necessary.
  
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Website   - The Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) administers and enforces federal laws and establishes policies that make sure all Americans have equal access to the housing of their choice.
  

• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)  - TANF cash assistance is a program providing temporary financial assistance to needy families. Eligibility for TANF cash assistance is determined by evaluating specific nonfinancial and financial criteria established by federal and state regulations.
  
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program  - Providing supplemental food and nutrition assistance to low income people. SNAP recipients use EBT cards, which are similar to debit cards, to purchase food in authorized retail stores and farmer's markets. SNAP offers participants nutritional information and education opportunities. The goal of the program is to help individuals and families develop skills and behaviors leading to improved nutritional well-being.
  
• Early Childhood Services Bureau  - Montana's Early Childhood Services Bureau is dedicated to helping children and families succeed by increasing the affordability, accessibility and quality of early care and education.
  
• Adoption in Montana  - Includes information for adopting and fostering in Montana, along with links to other useful resources for families.
  
• Medicaid in Montana  - To be eligible for Montana Medicaid, you must meet financial requirements that take into account your income and resources. You must be a Montana resident, and you must have proof of U.S. citizenship or alien status and identity.
  
• Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children  - The goal of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is to give children the best possible start in life by ensuring that they get proper nutrition both in utero and during their preschool years. The program provides nutritious foods, such as iron-fortified cereal, milk, eggs, peanut butter, and dried beans, as well as formula for mothers who choose not to breastfeed. It also provides nutrition education to improve eating behavior.
  
• Social Security Online  - Individuals can; apply for benefits, verify qualification to receive benefits, estimate future benefits, update your personal contact informaton, get a replacement card, request proof of income letter. Businesses can; report wages, verify Social Security numbers, submit records.
  
• Addictive & Mental Disorders Division  - The mission of the Addictive and Mental Disorders Division (AMDD) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services is to implement and improve an appropriate statewide system of prevention, treatment, care, and rehabilitation for Montanans with mental disorders or addictions to drugs or alcohol.
  
• Miscellaneous Related Resources and Information  - Includes information about State and Federal Government Sites, Caregiving, Legal and Financial, End of Life, and Advocacy.
  

• Senior and Long Term Care  - Montana's Senior and Long Term Care Division of DPHHS administers aging services, adult protective services, and the state's two veterans' homes. It also helps to fund care for elderly and disabled Montanans who are eligible for Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Their mission is to advocate and promote dignity and independence for older Montanans and Montanans with disabilities.
  
• Area Agencies on Aging  - Montana's Area Agencies on Aging are public or private non-profit agencies, designated by the Aging Services Bureau, to address the needs and concerns of older Montanans at the local level. This link will help you find your local Area Agency on Aging. Every Area Agency on Aging is required to have an advisory council, comprised primarily of older persons, to review and comment on all programs affecting the elderly at the community level.
  

• Statewide Homeless Coalition 
  
• Homeless Shelters in Montana 
  
• Homeless Prevention - Rapid Rehousing Funds   - These funds will be used to help families or individuals that are currently housed but are at risk of becoming homeless and need temporary rent or utility assistance to prevent them from becoming homeless. These funds will also be used to help families or individuals who are experiencing homelessness and need temporary assistance to obtain and retain housing. This is a new program to be operated by the HRDC's.
  
• Homeless Prevention - Emergency Shelter Funds   - These funds will assist shelters throughout the state as identified in the present Emergency Shelter Grant. Funds could support essential services to homeless families, one-time payments for homeless prevention services, maintenance in support of existing emergency shelters and rehabilitation or conversion of buildings for homeless shelters. Funds will be distributed via the HRDC's.
  

• Montana Veterans Affairs  - Information about support and services available to Montana veterans and their families. Offices are located across the state.
  

• Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence 
  
• Domestic Violence Shelters in Montana 
  
• Montana Domestic Violence Crisis and Support Resources 
  

• Montana Legal Services Association  - providing, protecting and enhancing Montanan's access to justice.
  
• MontanaLawHelp.org  - Legal information and resources for Low to Moderate Income Montanans.
  

• Montana Department of Health & Human Services 
  
• Montana Public Housing Authorities 
  
• Senior and Long Term Care 
  
• Housing Programs offered by the Montana Board of Housing 
  
• Multi-family Housing Rentals List by County - USDA Rural Developments 
  
• Low Income Housing Tax Credit Rental Properties in Montana 
  
• Census and Economic Information Center 
  
• Montana Association of Community Disability Services (MACDS)  - a professional organization comprised of thirty-three community-based organizations in Montana that provide residential services, employment and day activities primarily to people with developmental disabilities.
  

• Links to Montana's Online Newspapers 
  
• Local Rental Marketplace for Communities in Montana 
  
• Homes, Houses, Apartments for Rent in Montana 
  
• Find a Rental House in Montana 
  
• Bozeman Montana Rental Homes 
  
• Find Montana Rental Homes, Townhouses, Condos and Duplexes 
  
• Find Apartments in Montana 
  
• Subsidized Apartment Search 
  
• Montana Apartment and Rental Listings 
  
• Montana Apartments, Houses, and Roommate Rental Archive 
  
• Yellowstone Riverside Vacation Rental Homes 
  

This list does not include all possible resources. If you would like to add your resource to this page, send the information to resources@socialserve.com.