[Anna Haslund YouTube video about Making Healthcare Decisions]

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To find a health care provider, contact Montana Primary Care Association or the Montana Office on Rural Health. If you are older or have a disability, you also can contact your local aging services or center for independent living at 406-443-4332

Applications for the 2021 Community Investment Fund are now being accepted! The Community Investment Fund is made available annually for innovative projects that help people with disabilities live, learn, work and play in their communities alongside people without disabilities. Any Montana organization, agency, non-profit group, or individual with a creative idea developed by/with people with disabilities to promote community inclusion is eligible to apply. To learn more, watch the CIF video and visit the CIF website.

Being a decision-maker for your own healthcare is important. Families and healthcare providers want children to become good decision-makers. For some children this takes more support, practice, and some special tools. Learning this skill should begin in childhood and continue into adulthood. The Skills and Strategies for Health Care Decision-Making guide helps families and healthcare providers support children to learn the skills they need.