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Montana
Featured Providers
Grief support professionals and organizations who serve this state. Inclusion as a featured provider is a paid listing; Founding Members are lifetime complimentary listings. Neither constitutes a clinical endorsement.
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Grief and Bereavement Support
Tamarack Grief Resource Center
Visit →Montana's primary grief support organization, with locations in Missoula, Kalispell, and Browning. Offers adult support groups, retreats, and one-on-one grief companioning.
Offers wilderness-based grief retreats connecting the healing power of nature with grief work.
Partners in Home Care Hospice Bereavement
Visit →Hospice bereavement program offering individual and group support, memorial services, and grief education — open to the community.
Child and Family Grief
Looking for support for a grieving child or teen? NACG offers resources and a national searchable directory to help families find childhood-bereavement programs and services near them.
National resource. NACG maintains this directory independently; Grief Navigation does not verify or endorse the programs listed.
Tamarack Grief Resource Center — Youth Programs
Visit →Specialized grief support for children, teens, and families, including school-based groups, family camps, and one-on-one grief support for young people.
Camp Mend-A-Heart is an annual weekend camp for grieving children and families.
Shodair Children's Hospital — Grief Support
Visit →Mental health services for children and adolescents, including support for grief and loss. Located in Helena with outreach across the state.
Offers both inpatient and outpatient services for youth.
Traumatic or Violent Loss
Montana Office of Victim Services
Visit →State agency providing support, compensation, and advocacy for victims of crime, including families of homicide victims.
Administers the Montana Crime Victim Compensation Program.
Montana Native Women's Coalition
Visit →Provides culturally specific advocacy and support for Indigenous survivors of domestic and sexual violence and their grieving families.
Specialized Grief Support
Montana Mental Health Ombudsman
Visit →Helps Montanans navigate the mental health system, resolve concerns about care, and find appropriate mental health services.
Free and confidential service.
Find Professional Help
Montana DPHHS Behavioral Health
Visit →State Behavioral Health Division connecting Montanans to publicly funded mental health and substance use services, including crisis services and therapy.
Montana 211
Visit →Free, confidential information and referral service connecting Montanans to health and human services, including grief counselors and support groups.
Immediate Help in Montana
Montana 988
Visit →Montana's lifeline for anyone experiencing a mental health, substance use, or suicidal crisis. Connects to local crisis counselors.
Montana Warmline
Visit →Non-crisis peer support line for Montanans who need someone to talk to. Staffed by trained peers with lived experience of mental health challenges.
Available Monday–Friday, 8 AM–9 PM; Saturday–Sunday, 12 PM–9 PM.
National Resources
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Visit →Free, confidential support for anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. Available 24/7 via phone, text, or chat.
Also available in Spanish. Veterans: press 1. LGBTQ+ youth: press 3.
Crisis Text Line
Visit →Free crisis counseling via text message. Trained crisis counselors respond within minutes, 24/7.
Works on most major carriers. WhatsApp option also available.
The Compassionate Friends
Visit →National organization supporting families after the death of a child. Offers online support groups, a closed Facebook community, and local chapters.
Extensive library of grief resources specific to child loss.
SAMHSA National Helpline
Visit →Free, confidential treatment referral and information service for individuals and families facing mental health and substance use disorders.
Available 24/7, 365 days a year. English and Spanish.
NAMI Helpline
Visit →The National Alliance on Mental Illness provides free peer support, information, and referrals for people affected by mental health conditions.
Available Monday–Friday, 10 AM–10 PM ET. Text 'Helpline' to 62640.
Psychology Today Therapist Finder
Visit →Searchable directory of licensed therapists, psychiatrists, and support groups. Filter by location, insurance, specialty, and issue.
Free to search. Profiles include bios, specialties, and accepted insurance.
The Dougy Center
Visit →National center for grieving children and families. Offers resources, training, and a directory of children's grief programs nationwide.
Pioneering organization in children's grief support since 1982.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Visit →National organization offering support groups, education, and advocacy for suicide prevention and for those who've lost someone to suicide.
Local chapters in all 50 states. Annual Out of the Darkness walks.
Immediate Help — Available Nationwide
Call or Text 988
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week anywhere in the United States — free, confidential, and ready for anyone experiencing emotional distress or grief.
If this is a life-threatening emergency, call 911 immediately.
Grief Navigation provides these listings as a starting point. Inclusion does not constitute a clinical endorsement or guarantee of services. Programs, eligibility, costs, and availability may change. Contact each organization directly to confirm current information. If you are in immediate danger or experiencing a mental-health emergency, call 911 or contact 988.