Community Programs Map
These health programs, offered in a community near you, can help prevent disease and injury as well as improve health.
1. Education Programs
Learning how to self-manage a chronic disease can keep you healthy and improve your quality of life.
Click on the following five tabs in this series to learn more about each type of health education program available in your community.
2. Exercise Programs
Exercise is an important part of managing arthritis and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Learn more about what exercise classes are available in your community.
Click on a tab above the map to learn more about exercise programs available in your community.
3. Quitting Tobacco Use
The Montana Tobacco Quit Line offers free cessation counseling via live chat and phone, free nicotine replacement therapy, and reduced cost cessation medications.
The Quit Line is available to all Montanans looking to quit any form of tobacco use, including cigarettes, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and cigars/cigarillos.
Click on a county to find contact information for the program in that area.
Visit the Montana Tobacco Quit Line website at:
Visit the American Indian Commercial Tobacco Quit Line website at:
Visit the youth program, My Life, My Quit, website at:
4. Cancer Screening
The Cancer Screening Program offers mammograms, Pap tests, some diagnostic tests to eligible Montana women. Eligibility is based on age, income, and insurance status.
- Office visit and time to complete screening test.
- Eligibility is open to women aged 21-64 years who are un- or under-insured and meet age/income guidelines.
Click on a county to find contact information for the program in that area.
Visit the Montana Cancer Control Program website at:
5. Living Well in the Community
Living Well in the Community (LWC) is a ten-week workshop within the Healthy Community Living Program for people who want to set goals to support their overall quality of life and wellbeing.
Information is available at the following websites:
Navigate to slide 33 to view a description of (LWC)
Montana Disability and Health Program website at: http://mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/
Click on a county to find contact information for the program in that area.
- Ability Montana, 800-735-6457, TTY/TDD 406-442-5755, website: abilitym t.org
- North Central Independent Living Services (NCILS), Voice/TDD 406-452-9834, Toll-free (800) 823-6245, webs ite: ncil s.org
- Living Independently for Today and Tomorrow (LIFTT), 800-669-6319, TTY/TDD 406-245-1225, webs ite: lift t.org
- Summit Independent Living, Voice/TDD 406-728-1630 webs ite: summitil c.org