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Child Care Providers and Families, The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) is conducting an updated statewide needs assessment of the state’s early childhood system. To help with this assessment they need your help! Providers: Share your experience through this survey to help guide how programs and resources for children and families work in...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: March 11, 2024 Contact: Jon Ebelt, Communications Director, DPHHS, (406) 444-0936, (406) 461-3757 | jebelt@mt.gov DPHHS Urges Consumers to Discard and Not Purchase Recalled Cinnamon Products Montanans advised to check their homes, discard recalled products The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers to throw away and not purchase specific ground cinnamon products because...

Announcing the revised New Provider and Emergency Financial Assistance Program. This program supports new programs looking to be awarded a child care license or registration within six months or programs that have experienced an emergency that causes an interruption of child care services. Please click here for the application. The Provider Financial Assistance Program funds can be used...

The 2024 Family, Group & FFN Childcare Conference registration is finally open! Printable Flyer Registration link: https://www.mtecpregistry.mtecp.org/v7/conferenceevents/520233/register The Forge reservation link: https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.27084.html?groupId=3Y0VL9I8  Fairmont Hot Springs: Must call and book room under Group ID 29705. ...

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is recognized as one of the most common causes of childhood illness. More specifically, RSV is the leading cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in U.S. children aged less than one year, and especially infants born prematurely. Each year in the United States, approximately 75,000 to 125,000 children aged <5 years are hospitalized...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Nov. 16, 2023 Contact: Jon Ebelt, Communications Director, DPHHS, (406) 444-0936, (406) 461-3757, jebelt@mt.gov DPHHS Urges Providers to Monitor for Possible Cases of Lead Poisoning in Children Montanans advised to check their homes, discard recalled products Federal, state, and local officials are urging medical providers to be on the lookout for possible cases of lead poisoning in...