CHCM Members

About YWCA Helena

YWCA Helena works to prevent homelessness and provide safe, supportive housing for women and children experiencing instability. Their programs include transitional housing, family advocacy, supervised visitation, SafeExchange services, mental health and substance use treatment, health and wellness education, and resource navigation — all grounded in dignity, compassion, and restoring hope.

About the AmeriCorps Project

YWCA Helena is seeking one CHCM AmeriCorps member to strengthen community engagement, volunteer coordination, and resident support services. This role helps YWCA Helena expand its reach, improve resident experience, and enhance the resources available to families transitioning toward stability.

Key Service Activities

Community Engagement & Communications

• Support the Development & Communications Director with outreach and awareness

• Assist in producing social posts, stories, and community updates

Volunteer Coordination

• Recruit, schedule, and support volunteers

• Coordinate volunteer activities such as:

  • Furnishing rooms for new residents

  • Stocking kitchen spaces for families

  • Organizing food and clothing donations

  • Supporting events and drives

Resident Support & Events

• Help staff plan family events such as birthdays, recovery anniversaries, holidays, and celebrations of accomplishments

Data & Engagement Tracking

• Manage YWCA engagement information in Bloomerang, a nonprofit CRM

• Track participation, volunteer support, and outreach activities

Training & Resource Navigation

• Support relevant trainings for program participants

• Assist with expanding resource navigation and community referrals

Ideal Candidate Traits

• Compassionate, grounded, and people-centered

• Strong communication and organizational skills

• Comfortable coordinating volunteers and interacting with families

• Interested in housing stability, community health, or social services

• Approaches service with humility, steadiness, and reliability

About Sidney Health Center

Sidney Health Center is a rural, patient-centered health system dedicated to improving the wellbeing of individuals and families across eastern Montana. With services that include an acute care hospital, primary and specialty clinics, a cancer care center, wound care and hyperbaric services, rehabilitation, radiology, extended care, and comprehensive care management, Sidney Health supports patients at every stage of life.

The AmeriCorps member will join Sidney Health Center’s care management team to strengthen chronic disease support, improve patient access to resources, and help advance innovative care coordination strategies.

About the AmeriCorps Project

Sidney Health Center is seeking a CHCM AmeriCorps member to support chronic care management, remote patient monitoring, and patient resource navigation. This role is ideal for someone interested in rural health, care coordination, or community-based patient support.

Key Service Activities:

Enhance Chronic Care Management

• Support care managers in coordinating services for patients with chronic illnesses
• Assist with patient outreach, follow-up, and care plan tracking

Implement Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Support

• Help utilize RPM tools and technology to monitor patient progress
• Assist staff with early-intervention workflows and data-related tasks

Address Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)

• Help patients identify social needs such as housing, food, transportation, or financial barriers
• Support referrals and connection to community resources

Strengthen Community Resource Navigation

• Build or update a resource directory for patients and families
• Support care managers in warm handoffs to local partners and service providers

Ideal Candidate Traits

• Compassionate, steady, and relationship-focused
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Interested in rural health, care coordination, or public health
• Comfortable learning new systems and tools (RPM technology training provided)
• Approaches service with humility, reliability, and a desire to help others

About STEP, Inc.

STEP, Inc. supports families across Yellowstone County by providing services for children with developmental delays or disabilities, as well as individuals and families in recovery from substance use. Their family-centered, strengths-based approach helps parents build stability, regain independence, and work toward healthier futures.

They recently launched a Pregnant & Postpartum Women and Children’s Home, where many mothers are working through intensive treatment, court requirements, CPS expectations, and recovery milestones — often with very limited time for their own personal needs. STEP is creating a volunteer childcare support program to help fill this gap.

About the AmeriCorps Project

STEP, Inc. is seeking one CHCM AmeriCorps member to develop and launch a volunteer-based childcare support program that helps mothers in recovery access personal time, complete required appointments, and engage in self-care.

Key Service Activities

• Develop volunteer recruitment, screening, and scheduling processes

• Create program materials, policies, procedures, and training content

• Coordinate volunteer activities such as childcare support, room setup for new residents, organizing food pantries, and donation drives

• Assist staff with family-focused events and celebrations

• Strengthen partnerships with community organizations that support mothers in recovery

• Build sustainable systems so the program can continue beyond the service term

Ideal Candidate Traits

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Comfort working in family-centered, recovery-oriented environments

• Organized, proactive, and able to take initiative

• Interested in community health, family services, or program development

• Approaches service with empathy, reliability, and curiosity

About the CSKT Food Sovereignty Program

The CSKT Food Sovereignty Program works to protect, restore, and sustain traditional and locally produced foods, ensuring Tribal members have access to nutritious, culturally relevant meals. Guided by Salish, Pend d’Oreille, and Kootenai values, the program supports food security, cultural food knowledge, intergenerational learning, and local producers—upholding inherent rights to hunt, fish, gather, and grow food within Tribal homelands.

About the AmeriCorps Project

CSKT is seeking a CHCM AmeriCorps member to support community-based food sovereignty efforts through data support, garden coordination, education, volunteer engagement, and culturally grounded outreach. This role blends hands-on service with relationship-building and systems support, contributing to long-term community health and wellbeing.

Key Service Activities

Produce Rx Data & Program Support

• Assist with tracking and summarizing Produce Prescription (Produce Rx) program participation and outcomes
• Support basic reporting and visualization to help demonstrate program impact

Healthy Eating & Food Access Support

• Help implement Healthy Eating Research (HER) nutrition guidelines at food banks and pantries
• Assist with training materials and technical support for participating sites

Community Garden & Food Systems Support

• Support seasonal work in community gardens (planting, maintenance, harvesting)
• Help coordinate volunteer garden days and community workshops
• Assist with seedling propagation and seasonal planning

Cultural Outreach & Education

• Collaborate with the Elders Program on culturally relevant signage and educational materials
• Support youth and elder participation in food-related activities
• Assist with storytelling, photography, and documentation of program activities

Volunteer Coordination & Community Engagement

• Help recruit, orient, and support volunteers
• Assist with scheduling and coordination for gardens, food distribution, and preservation activities

Ideal Candidate Traits

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Cultural humility and interest in working in Tribal communities
• Comfortable with hands-on, community-based work (indoors and outdoors)
• Organized, reliable, and eager to learn
• Interest in food systems, public health, community wellbeing, or Indigenous food sovereignty

About the NAPA Program & Tribal Partnerships

The Montana Nutrition & Physical Activity (NAPA) Program works to make healthy eating and active living easier for all Montanans, with a strong focus on communities that have historically faced barriers to access. A central part of this work is NAPA’s partnership with Tribal communities across Montana through the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) initiative.

In collaboration with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Fort Peck Tribes, and Rocky Boy Health Board, NAPA is working to ensure nutrition and physical activity resources are culturally grounded, community-informed, and locally relevant. This AmeriCorps role is focused specifically on supporting that work—helping translate existing public health tools into resources that reflect Tribal values, priorities, and ways of knowing.

About the AmeriCorps Project

DPHHS is seeking a CHCM AmeriCorps member to support Tribal-led health promotion efforts by adapting materials, supporting community feedback processes, and strengthening culturally responsive communication and implementation tools.

Rather than creating programs for communities, this role centers listening, relationship-building, and collaboration—supporting Tribal partners as they guide how nutrition and physical activity resources are shaped, shared, and used.

This opportunity is ideal for someone interested in public health, Tribal health, community engagement, or culturally responsive program design.

Key Service Activities

Cultural Adaptation of Health Resources

• Support the adaptation of nutrition and physical activity materials to reflect Tribal values, traditions, and community priorities

• Help revise print materials, toolkits, and policies so they are culturally relevant and usable in Tribal community settings

Tribal Partnership & Community Engagement

• Participate in regular meetings with Tribal partners to support collaboration and trust-building

• Assist with listening sessions and community feedback processes

• Help document insights and themes shared by community partners

Evaluation & Learning Support

• Help design and distribute surveys and feedback tools

• Track progress and identify barriers to implementation

• Support learning loops that allow materials to evolve based on community input

Communications & Storytelling

• Assist with culturally appropriate outreach materials, social media content, and newsletters

• Help document success stories, community events, and examples of adapted resources in use

Implementation & Curriculum Support

• Support development of practical implementation guides and “how-to” tools for communities

• Provide input on adapting the Montana Family Healthy Weight program curriculum in ways that meaningfully reflect Tribal culture and practices

Ideal Candidate Traits

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

• Cultural humility and a genuine interest in working alongside Tribal communities

• Thoughtful listener who is comfortable supporting work guided by community voice

• Organized, reliable, and able to manage multiple projects

• Curious about public health, nutrition, physical activity, or Indigenous health promotion

About Big Sky Youth Empowerment (BYEP)

Big Sky Youth Empowerment is a nonprofit adventure-based mentoring program serving vulnerable teens in the Gallatin Valley for nearly 25 years. BYEP combines weeknight social–emotional learning workshops with weekend outdoor adventures, ensuring youth in grades 7–12 have access to belonging, purpose, and supportive community—at no cost to families.

BYEP is preparing for future program expansion and is seeking a CHCM AmeriCorps member to help build the systems, stories, and tools needed for that next chapter.

About the AmeriCorps Project

This opportunity is made possible through Community Health Corps Montana (CHCM), an AmeriCorps program connecting service-minded individuals with organizations working to improve health and well-being across Montana.

The AmeriCorps member will support BYEP’s storytelling, operations, and curriculum organization efforts. This role is perfect for someone creative, organized, and excited about youth development, outdoor adventure programming, and community-based service.

This role is ideal for someone who is a creative, organized, and adventure-ready individual who loves youth development, outdoor programming, and capturing meaningful stories.

Key Service Activities:

Storytelling & Communications

• Photograph and film workshops and adventure outings

• Create and edit content for social media, newsletters, and a new blog

• Help support BYEP’s brand and messaging as the program explores expansion

Operations & Adventure Support

• Assist with planning and preparing weekend adventures

• Help develop systems for gear organization, food donations, and transportation logistics

• Support events and document operational processes for future use

Curriculum Organization

• Organize BYEP’s curriculum materials

• Build easy-to-use toolkits with activities, prompts, and SEL resources

• Categorize materials and document adaptations for consistent use across locations

Ideal Candidate Traits

• Creative and organized

• Strong communicator and relationship-builder

• Comfortable with outdoor adventure settings (no expertise required)

• Excited about youth development and community engagement

• Approaches service with humility, reliability, and a willingness to learn