Problems with a Statewide Sales Tax: Montana Needs to Help (Not Hurt) Families

MBPC is here to provide you with the facts that those in power are using to shift tax responsibility away from big
business and the wealthy and onto the backs of everyday Montanans.

Montana Children's Health Data Dashboard

The Montana Children's Health Data Dashboard highlights ten shared measures identified by early childhood health stakeholders. Stakeholders and early childhood coalitions can use these measures to track outcomes and demonstrate the impact of their work.

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Read more about the Montana Children's Health Data Partnership Project led by Health Mothers Healthy Babies, The Montana Coalition.

Montana’s Medicaid Keeps Counties Healthy

In 2015, the Legislature passed the bipartisan Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP) Act to expand Medicaid to adults living below 138 percent of the federal poverty line.  The program (also known as “Medicaid expansion”) was reauthorized in 2019. In 2025, legislators must act to ensure adult Montanans living on low incomes do not lose their access to health care.

Montana KIDS COUNT - County Data

County-specific information is some of the most needed and accessed data from Montana KIDS COUNT. It is used by local leaders as they make decisions for their communities, nonprofits or other groups when writing grants, and policymakers as they decide how to use public dollars.​

Below is an interactive map highlighting 12 key indicators in Montana. These county profiles make it easy for users to track data across different domains of child well-being within a local community. To download a PDF of a county profile, click the “Download the PDF” button. If you don’t see an indicator on the county profile that is of interest to your work, more county-level data is available on the KIDS COUNT Data Center. If you have difficulty locating data or information, please contact us with questions.