Help Center, Inc., 699 Farmhouse Lane, Bozeman, MT (2026)

12/30/2025

Your Year-End Gift Ensures Care in the Year Ahead

Throughout December, we have shared how Help Center, Inc. shows up for our community throughout the stages of crisis and healing. From the first call for help, to coordinated care and advocacy, to specialized support for sexual assault survivors, and ongoing follow-up long after the immediate crisis, each step reflects our commitment to safety, stability, and community well-being.

The programs highlighted this month form a continuum of care for our communities. Whether through our 24/7/365 crisis lines, 211, the Child Advocacy Center, the Sexual Assault Counseling Center, or the Follow-up Program services, our team ensures that individuals and families have access to skilled, comprehensive support when they need it most.

This work is only possible because our community believes in the importance of accessible, responsive, trauma-based crisis intervention, advocacy, counseling and support services. Every call answered, every child supported, every survivor guided through complex systems and dynamics, and every follow-up contact made to prevent people from falling through the gaps is strengthened by the generosity of those who choose to invest in this mission.

As we approach the final hours of the year, we are asking for your support to help us continue this essential work into the year ahead. Your contribution ensures that Help Center, Inc. remains an enduring presence for anyone experiencing crisis, navigating trauma, or seeking a safe and nurturing place to turn when the need for care and connection is greatest.

Thank you for standing with us, for recognizing the importance of this work, and for choosing to Support When It Matters Most.

Your year-end gift ensures Help Center, Inc. can continue providing care, safety, and connection in 2026.

To read our full newsletter, visit the link in our bio.
Illustration: Jeremy Smania

12/23/2025

Support When It Matters Most Helps People Find Their Way Forward

Every day across Southwest Montana, someone reaches out because they are overwhelmed, unsure where to turn, or facing a moment that feels impossible to navigate alone. Our 211 program exists for that moment. A real human answers the call, listens with care, and helps guide people toward what they need next.

211 strengthens community stability by connecting individuals and families to essential services early, reducing crisis escalation, and helping systems respond smarter and faster. Calls may involve housing and shelter, food access, financial stress, health care, transportation, behavioral health support, and more. Every interaction is confidential, human-answered, and available 24/7/365.

Behind every conversation is relief. Sometimes it is immediate and tangible. Other times it is quieter but just as meaningful: clarity, direction, empathy, and a step closer to stability.

This year alone, our 211 team responded to over 2,400 calls from individuals and families seeking trusted information, guidance, connection, and a way forward. Approximately 70% of those calls were related to basic needs, with more than 800 individuals reaching out for housing and shelter support and over 800 callers seeking help related to financial stress. These calls reflect the growing pressures families are facing across our region.

Together, this work ensures people are connected to the right support at the right time, before challenges escalate.

Your support makes this possible. When you give, you help ensure every call for help is met with clarity, guidance, and compassionate care.

To read our full newsletter, visit the link in our bio.
Illustration: Jeremy Smania

12/16/2025

Trauma-Informed Care That Helps Survivors Heal

Every day in Southwest Montana, someone reaches out after experiencing sexual assault, and the moments that follow are filled with fear, uncertainty, and the overwhelming question of where to turn. Support When It Matters Most means that no one has to face that moment alone and that help is available the instant someone needs it.

As we move through our year-end campaign, we are highlighting the programs that form Help Center, Inc.’s response to crises across our region. Our Sexual Assault Counseling Center (SACC), the only direct service, designated r**e crisis center in the state of Montana, for decades has remained a cornerstone of trauma-informed services, offering care that is confidential, immediate, and rooted in dignity and respect for every survivor.

We provide survivors with a safe, confidential space to regain their footing, make informed decisions, and access the resources they will need in the days, weeks, and months ahead.

Our team of trained Counselor-Advocates offer medical, personal, and legal advocacy, trauma-based counseling, crisis support, referrals, and survivor-centered guidance at every stage of the healing process. This includes accompanying survivors to medical exams, helping them navigate reporting options and the criminal and civil justice systems, and providing ongoing emotional support and access to both short- and long-term, sexual violence-informed ther**eutic resources.

This year, our SACC team supported survivors as they navigated complex emotions, safety considerations, legal processes, and personal recovery. These services are provided at no cost and are guided by the belief that every survivor deserves care that is grounded in dignity, privacy, and understanding.

Together, we can ensure that survivors throughout our region continue to have access to the comprehensive support they need to navigate healing and recovery.

Stand with survivors by supporting trauma-informed care in our community.

To read our full newsletter, visit the link in our bio.
Illustration: Jeremy Smania

12/09/2025

When a Child Needs Help, Every Moment Matters

As we continue our Support When It Matters Most campaign, we turn our focus to one of the most delicate and all-important areas of our work: supporting children and families at the moment sexual abuse is disclosed. What happens next determines whether victimized children feel safe, believed, and protected. The Gallatin County Child Advocacy Center, a program of Help Center, Inc., ensures that no child or family navigates that moment alone.

Our CAC operates on a foundation of trauma-informed care. Every interview, conversation, and advocacy is guided by an understanding of how trauma affects children’s bodies, minds, and sense of safety. We create an environment where children feel supported and where families can access clear information, skilled guidance, and a coordinated response under overwhelming circumstances.

A multidisciplinary team of trained professionals including law enforcement, medical providers, forensic interviewers, prosecutors, child protection specialists, advocates, and others gather around the needs of each child to reduce the number of times they must recount what happened and to ensure families receive immediate support. This approach minimizes further trauma, strengthens communication and coordination between systems, and reinforces a community-wide commitment to child safety.

From guiding families through forensic interviews to coordinating with medical and legal partners, to providing child centered counseling and advocacy, the CAC offers a stable anchor during deeply difficult times.

The strength of this work lies in preparation, training, and collaboration. It also relies on something just as vital: community support. Your generosity ensures that our CAC remains a place where children are met with care, where families are offered guidance without judgment, and where healing can begin. It allows us to provide a coordinated response that protects children not only in the moment of disclosure but throughout their journey forward.

YOUR GIFT ENSURES EVERY CHILD HAS A SAFE AND CARING PLACE TO TURN.

To read our full newsletter, visit the link in our bio.

Illustration: Jeremy Smania

12/02/2025

Support When It Matters Most

When someone reaches out in a moment of fear, confusion, loneliness, or uncertainty, there must be someone ready to answer. This year, more than ever, our community has relied on that promise.

Across Southwest Montana, people are facing increasing layers of hardship. Families are struggling to find mental health support in communities where essential systems are stretched thin. In response, Help Center, Inc. has stepped forward with expanded crisis response, strengthened community partnerships, and programs designed to meet people exactly where they are.

24/7/365 our crisis counselors answer calls that range from acute suicidal intent to long-standing struggles intensified by isolation, economic pressure, and systemic gaps. Through our local crisis line, 988 Lifeline, 211 information and referral lines, walk-in support, and postvention services, we provide grounding in moments of acute distress, followed by steady guidance, clear information, and immediate connection to care.

This year alone, we have supported more than 12,000 client contacts through crisis calls, walk-ins, and follow-up care. In the midst of these challenges, one thing remains unwavering: Help Center, Inc. continues to answer the call.

As Giving Tuesday arrives, we invite you to stand with us. Your generosity ensures that when someone reaches out, there will be a trained professional ready to guide them toward safety and support.

To read our full newsletter and to support on Giving Tuesday, the link is in our bio.

Illustration: Jeremy Smania

12/01/2025

THE HELPING HOUSE

For nearly thirty years, the little house on Peach Street held the heart of Help Center, Inc. It was a place where thousands found steadiness in moments that felt anything but steady. Its rooms carried late-night conversations on crisis lines, quiet mornings of counseling, and the unmistakable comfort of being welcomed without question. Within those walls, our community found safety, clarity, and someone ready to listen.

As we root ourselves in our new campus, the meaning of that home has only grown. This house shaped generations of care in Southwest Montana. It held stories of courage, moments of relief, and the first steps toward healing for so many who walked through its door. Its legacy continues in every service we provide today.

This past year, the extraordinary artist created a piece that captures the spirit of that home with remarkable depth. She didn’t simply illustrate a building; she distilled its essence—warm light, deep roots, and the quiet sense of refuge that defined our work there. Her artwork honors the place that has meant so much to so many in our community.

As the holiday season arrives, Sarah’s “Helping House” card is now available through her shop. It is a beautiful way to share a piece of Help Center, Inc.’s history with loved ones or to keep a reminder of what compassion looks like in practice. Each print carries the feeling of that front porch, the shelter of the old trees, and the hope held inside.

We are deeply grateful to Sarah for capturing the soul of this home and the generations of care it supported.
To explore the Helping House print—and many more of her stunning works—please visit .

Her art reflects what the Peach Street home taught us for nearly three decades:
a community grows stronger when care has a place to live.

11/25/2025

Help Us Create a Warm, Welcoming Space for Children

As we near the completion of our new Child Advocacy Center, we are filled with gratitude for the community that helped make this project possible. Every step of this renovation has been guided by one goal. To create a safe, child-centered space where comfort, stability, and healing can begin.

As our team prepares the counseling rooms and family spaces, we are adding the final touches that help transform a building into a place of warmth. These small details matter. A soft sofa where a child can sit with a trusted advocate. A chair that helps a parent feel grounded during a difficult moment. A bookshelf that offers stories of courage and hope.

With holiday sales underway and so many people planning their seasonal giving, we have created a curated Amazon Wishlist featuring the final pieces of furniture needed to open our doors with the care and intention that every child deserves. If you feel inspired to support this final step, we invite you to explore the list and consider contributing an item that will help make these rooms welcoming and comforting for the children and families who walk through our doors.

Thank you for standing with us as we prepare to open a space built entirely around safety, dignity, and healing. Together, we are ensuring that every child in Southwest Montana who has experienced sexual abuse or extreme physical violence has a place where they feel held, supported, and safe.

Link in bio.

11/25/2025

Help Us Create a Warm, Welcoming Space for Children

As we near the completion of our new Child Advocacy Center, we are filled with gratitude for the community that helped make this project possible. Every step of this renovation has been guided by one goal. To create a safe, child-centered space where comfort, stability, and healing can begin.

As our team prepares the counseling rooms and family spaces, we are adding the final touches that help transform a building into a place of warmth. These small details matter. A soft sofa where a child can sit with a trusted advocate. A chair that helps a parent feel grounded during a difficult moment. A bookshelf that offers stories of courage and hope.

With holiday sales underway and so many people planning their seasonal giving, we have created a curated Amazon Wishlist featuring the final pieces of furniture needed to open our doors with the care and intention that every child deserves. If you feel inspired to support this final step, we invite you to explore the list and consider contributing an item that will help make these rooms welcoming and comforting for the children and families who walk through our doors.

Thank you for standing with us as we prepare to open a space built entirely around safety, dignity, and healing. Together, we are ensuring that every child in Southwest Montana who has experienced sexual abuse or extreme physical violence has a place where they feel held, supported, and safe.

Link in bio.

11/15/2025

International Survivors of Su***de Loss Day is a time for those who have lost someone to su***de to gather, honor their loved ones, and be held in community.

On Sunday, November 23, Help Center, Inc. is joining, , , Project, and .flower to offer an afternoon of connection, reflection, and gentle support.

Counselors will be present, and light snacks and beverages will be provided.

All survivors are welcome.

Register here:
https://bozeman-montana.isosld.afsp.org/

(Link also in bio.)

10/23/2025

Pups at RFYL — A Beloved Tradition, With Care

Since the very beginning, our four-legged friends have been part of Run For Your Life. Between the costumes, strollers, kids sprinting past in superhero capes, and neighbors cheering from the sidelines, pups have trotted alongside their people — tails wagging, often in costume themselves — adding joy to the day.

It’s a tradition we love and hope to keep. But it only takes one incident to lose the privilege of having dogs at the race. So we ask you to pause, and truly consider:

• Does your pup do well in big crowds, with loud noise, and lots of stimulation?

•  Can they remain calm around kids, strollers, and other dogs?

•  If your pup has a tendency to get reactive or overwhelmed, this is the year to let them sit it out. Their safety — and the safety of our community — comes first.

For those pups who can join in the fun:


• Please use a short leash at all times.

•  Stay mindful of runners, kids, and others around you.

•  Keep water on hand and watch for signs of stress.

We want every wagging tail to be part of the joy — not the stress. With your care, we can keep this tradition alive for years to come.

10/23/2025

RFYL Packet Pick-Up — New Location! New Location! New Location!

Tomorrow is Packet Pick-Up. The moment where race weekend truly begins. Costumes still wait on hangers, bibs are unclaimed, sneakers not yet laced, but the energy starts here.

This year, we gather at a new home: Help Center, Inc’s campus. It’s the place where shirts and bibs are handed out, where friends wave across the room, where the promise of Saturday comes alive before a single step is taken.

Friday, October 24th
11:00am – 6:30pm
695 Farmhouse Lane – Help Center, Inc Campus

If you cannot make it tomorrow, you can still grab your packet on race morning. Just be sure to come early so you’re ready to join the start.

Mark it down, say it twice: 695 Farmhouse Lane. The new home where Run For Your Life begins.

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