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2018 strategic plan updates What a roller coaster of a year! Sure, we reeled from the impact of the 2017 statewide budget cuts, but the Mountain Home community came together in a bold way to ensure that moms and kids continued to get the support they need to not only survive, but thrive.

In our goal to serve more, many of our services were no

longer reimbursable by Medicaid, so our service numbers rose

only slightly for a total of 160 mothers and children. However,

we beat even our highest expectations for our mobile baby-

clothes thrift store, Rattle and Roll, interacting with over 1,100

individuals, including many parents in need of supports like ours.

In our goal to serve better, we invested in better data management, adopting

an evidence-based Life Skills Progression tool to measure 40 different aspects

of family functioning. Highlights are included in the fold-out of this report, but

spoiler alert: 92% of Mountain Home residents moved out of our program into

safe and stable homes!

In our goal to serve securely, we focused on diversifying our funding away

from unstable government sources, increasing our private funding from 21%

to 46% of our overall budget. As well, we reached our goal to pay down the

mortgage in full—meaning we now own our own home!

With our past debts paid off and with supporters like you on our side, the

opportunities for the moms and kids we serve grow brighter every year!

Warm regards,

Crissie McMullan, E X E C U T I V E D I R E C T O R

a meaningful purpose Our mission is to provide a safe home and nurturing community where young mothers discover their strengths and their children thrive.

programs that ignite changeThrough our services, we empower young mothers to overcome adversity, so that their children can experience the joy of childhood.

basic needs

• 7 bedrooms in

group living home

• 5 independent

living apartments

• 15,330 healthy meals

• Access to prenatal

and early-childhood

healthcare

• Baby clothes,

diapers & wipes

critical services

• Outpatient support

before, after, and

sometimes instead of

residential care

• On-site mental

health therapy

• 20 hours per week of

drop-in childcare

• 2,100 hours of

case management

• 24/7 residential care

life skills

• Individualized education

& employment services

• 194 life skills classes

• 40 participants used

our community center

per month

(including fathers,

family and friends)

• Evidence-based

parenting classes

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healthy futures, two generations at onceBefore Mountain Home, more than 40% of Mountain Home moms were a part of the foster care system themselves, more than 65% were homeless, and more than 90% had suffered childhood trauma. By providing basic needs, therapeutic services, and life skills coaching, we change a mother’s life, as well as her child’s.

poverty & homelessness

lack of skills, experience & Education

trauma & mental illness

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One of Mountain Home’s five-year priorities is to serve better, meaning we

want to incorporate the best research on parenting, child development, and

mental health into our everyday services. To better measure outcomes in

2018, we adopted a Life Skills Progression tool, an evidence-based system

for measuring more than 40 different aspects of family functioning. We’re

excited to share here some highlights from 2018!

we served 160 young moms and children in 2018

“I HAVE MY SON because of Mountain Home. They were going to take him

when I was in the hospital because I was homeless. It made a big impact in

my life being here and having the support.

— KATIE, AGE 20

the proof is in the outcomesIt is one thing to have smart programming. It’s another to demonstrate results. We are excited to share with you some of our impressive outcomes from 2018!

Within just six months of care,

ALMOST 80% OF CHILDREN

HAD IMPROVED THEIR

OVERALL HEALTH through

appropriate well care, sick care,

dental care, and immunizations.

A nearly doubled rate of families

with access to stable and educational

childcare—35% AT INTAKE TO

ALMOST 65% by six months.

In our residential program, 92% EXITED

OUR GROUP HOME INTO SAFE AND

STABLE HOUSING, while only 15%

of residents had access to housing at

intake—an almost 6 fold reduction in

the rate of homelessness.

During participants’ first six months in the program, we

measured a 23% INCREASE in the number of mothers

who have at least one “close friend that can be counted

on for support.” Less than half of participants reported

having this kind of a relationship at intake.

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In the first six months of services, the rate of mothers

demonstrating self-initiative, recognizing their own

competence, and expressing emerging confidence

almost DOUBLED FROM JUST 34% AT INTAKE TO

OVER 60%.

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“Mountain Home is a place where people

don’t look at you and feel sorry for you.

Instead they look at you and they see potential—

THEY SEE A FUTURE.— ASHLEY, AGE 18

by the numbers 2018 Income Private grants, individuals, events: 46%

Government grants: 36%

Insurance billing and other earned income: 18%

2018 ExpensesSupportive housing: 37%

Therapeutic Services: 26%

Life Skills, Outreach: 20%

Admin, fundraising: 17%

we couldn’t brighten futures without you

Big thanks to our 2018 supporters!

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Community Medical Center

Copper Run at Reserve Apts

First Interstate Bank

First Security Bank

Five on Black

Gap Employee Matching Program

Garden City Funeral Home

Garlington, Lohn, & Robinson

Good Food Store

Liberty Mutual

Missoula Downtown Association

Missoula Federal Credit Union

Missoula Fresh Market

Missoula Power Equipment

Montana Cancer Specialists

Northern Rockies Orthopaedics

Parkside Credit Union

PayneWest Insurance

Professional Property Management

Pyramid Printing

Riverside Contracting Inc.

Sirius Construction

Southgate Mall

Stockman Bank

UMIA

Vanguard Charitable

Water Rights, Inc

Western Montana Clinic

Wozniak Hebdon Freeman Jensen Group of Wells Fargo Advisors

Zip Beverage

Administration for Children & Families

Appleseed Foundation

Cadeau Foundation

Crocus Fund

Cross Charitable Foundation

First Interstate Bank Foundation

Gilhousen Family Foundation

Headwaters Foundation

Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Kiwanis Club of Missoula

M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust

Margaret V. Ping Foundation

Max & Betty Swanson Foundation

Missoula County’s Community Assistance Fund and Prevention Fund

Montana Community Foundation

Montana Healthcare Foundation

Montana State Fund ACE Grant

Montana’s Department of Public Health and Human Services

Muralt Family Foundation

O.P. & W.E. Edwards Foundation

PacificSource Foundation

Sample Foundation

Statesmans Foundation

The Charles Engelhard Foundation

The Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation

The Louis L. Borick Foundation

The Llewellyn Foundation

UofM Office of Civic Engagement, Learning by Giving

US Bank Foundation

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Sheila and Tom Barrett

Rick Beck

Brittany and David Bell

Carol and Brad Beniger

Judith and Ben Bledsoe

Ellen and Blaine Bloomgren

Lauren Wilson and Thomas Buchholz

Kelly and Taylor Buckley

Stephanie Callisto

Kim and Roy Chacon

Sally Ann Chisholm

Barbara Cobler

Sarah Cobler and Matt Leow

Mary Beth and John Cook

Karen and Kenneth Dial

Heidi and Briar Diggs

Robert and Lucy Deaton

Phill Guay and Martha Des Georges

Adam Fleck

Kathy and Steven Gaskill

Joan and Shane Giese

Richard and Mary Giuliani

Alysha Goheen

Gail and Stephen Goheen

Anna-Margaret Goldman

Carolyn Grimaldi and Rich Clow

Gail and Lyle Grimes

Charles and Kathy Hamilton

Phil Hamilton and Janet Whaley

Tami Harmon

Jim Hewes

Dr. Janet Hiller

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Ken and Judy Hotchkiss

William and Jean Igel

Beth and Bob Jaffe

Sepp Jannotta

Shannon Joyce

Mark and Rebecca Kobos

Bernice and Fred Konkell

Dr. Kevin & Heather Kronner

Caroline and Willis Kurtz

Stephanie and Dr. Anthony Lambert

Craig and Ellen Langel

Lisa and Mike Langston

Michael Lem

Helena Maclay

Samuel Mandell

Crissie McMullan and Jeremy Smith

Katherine and Ron Messer

Kimberly and HR Murray

Martha Newell and Mike Kadas

Susan and Roy O’Connor

Marlee Ostheimer

Ashley and Sean Parks

Terry and Patt Payne

Richard and Jane Pierce

Sarah Pohl

Tim Polich

Virginia and Ed Reilly

Dr. John and Ann Remien

Lynn Riley

Barbara Roe

Laura and Jim Scoville

Suzanne Shaw

Gail Shepard

Pippa Browde and Stephen Siegel

Cara and Lawerence Simkins

Ruth Singer

Kristen Sohlberg

Carl and Jane Smith

Jane K. Smith

Dr. Michael & Laura Snyder

Skander Spies and Abigail Adams

Carla and Andrew Squires

Eve Teipel and Josh Engelman

Trevor and Mary Thompson

Peggy Tonon

Terrance and Rene Tritz

Pam & Sandy Volkmann

Sharon and Thomas Walsh

Daniel and Vicki White

Dr. Gary and Lynne Willstein indi

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