Friends of Francis

Our mission is to perpetuate the ancient wisdom and cultural heritage of North America’s Native peoples, and to promote a greater understanding of that wisdom among all people.

Cohesion Dance Project is a non-profit dance production company whose mission is to enrich, inspire, and unite the community through dance. By creating collaborative performances and opportunities for dancers and non-dancers, Cohesion promotes a healthy community that fully embraces people of varying ages, abilities, backgrounds, and experiences and supports a multitude of dance forms and artistic experiences as essential to the human spirit.

The focus of our program is to teach families and friends how to teach skills to children and adults with special needs. In addition, the families and friends often request education regarding the disability and information about resources and services available. We work hard to ensure that children and adults in the Family Outreach program have the same opportunities that all Montanans have in education, in the community, in friendships, and in life.
Both our Child and Family, and Adult programs are voluntary, free of charge, and dependent on parent or individual choice. These programs are:

Primarily educational – we teach families and friends how to teach skills to children and adults with special needs. We teach families and individuals how to become advocates. We encourage the development of skills that move people towards greater independence and inclusion in their communities.

Supportive based on a family’s or individual’s chosen goals and expressed needs – we provide other support services and help families find appropriate services. We assist families and individuals in building their own resource and support systems. We help provide services that wrap around children and adults in their natural environments.

Child and Family Services:

1212 Helena Ave
Helena, MT 59601
Ph: 406-443-7370
Fax: 406-449-6062

Teri Lilletvedt – tlilletvedt@familyoutreach.org,
Helena Program Manager

Jackie Mohler – jmohler@familyoutreach.org,
Helena Program Manager

Annessa Baker – abaker@familyoutreach.org,
Administrative Assistant

Adult Services:

1236 Helena Ave
Helena, MT 59601
Ph: 406-442-1571
Fax: 406-443-3209

David Bristow – dbristow@familyoutreach.org,
Supported Living Program Manager

Zach Franklin – zfranklin@familyoutreach.org
Administrative Assistant

Michelle Boone – mboone@familyoutreach.org
Human Resource Specialist

Administrative Office:

1236 Helena Ave
Helena, MT 59601
Ph: 406-443-3083
Fax: 406-443-3209

Mike Mahoney – mmahoney@familyoutreach.org,
Executive Director

Tyler Tobol – ttobol@familyoutreach.org,
Operations Manager

Stephanie Schell – sschell@familyoutreach.org,
Information Systems Support Coordinator

Serving our neighbors in need by providing food in a respectful and dignified way and by working with others to eliminate hunger in the greater Helena area.

Landsnorkel.com celebrates nature and our connection to it by inviting people to post their nature experiences, find links to other nature websites, and peruse a list of books and articles to read that enhance our nature experience. First and foremost, we want to encourage people, young & old, to get out in nature!

Montana Natural History Center’s mission is to promote and cultivate the appreciation, understanding and stewardship of nature through education.

Ryan United strives to assist citizens and communities gain a better understanding of how to protect themselves against sexual predators. Ryan United is committed to helping victims of crime by bringing Justice to them through our strong network of resources. Ryan United works diligently with prosecutors, court systems, and lawmakers to ensure that our nation’s children remain protected and strives to prevent a fate such as Ryan’s from happening again.

The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

Splashes of Joy, Inc. is a Montana-based, nonprofit organization that provides gifts and services to ill or homebound people to help rekindle their internal joy that may have been temporarily lost in the maze of illness or age.

The Friendship Center provides emergency and transitional services to victims of domestic and sexual violence.

In the spirit of “neighbor helping neighbor”, annual contributions support charities that help the homeless, abused and neglected children and animals, veterans and active military and their families.

Watson Children’s Shelter is dedicated to providing emergency shelter in a safe, nurturing environment to children who have experienced abuse, neglect or family crisis. Founded in 1977, Watson Children’s Shelter serves children from Missoula and the entire western Montana region.