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Family support service

Montana Chafee Foster Care Independence Program

Listed under Foster, adoption & kinship

About this service

The Montana Foster Care Independence Program (Chafee) is a part of the Child and Family Services Division of the Department of Public Health and Human Services. The services offered through the Chafee Program are intended to help Montana foster youth learn the life skills they need to make a successful transition into adulthood.

The services offered through the Chafee Program are intended to help Montana foster youth learn the life skills they need to make a successful transition into adulthood. By assisting youth in achieving self-sufficiency and obtaining future goals, the Chafee Program enables youth in the foster care system to create a healthy lifestyle and a successful future.

How to get help

Chafee services are provided to eligible youth through the contracted Chafee providers across Montana. For more information contact Child and Family Services Division at (406) 268-3790 or email Tonya Shumaker (tonya.shumaker@mt.gov).

Get help: Montana Chafee Foster Care Independence Program

Who qualifies

To be eligible for the Chafee Program, a youth must be: age 14 or older and currently in foster care; Was in foster care at age 18, "aged out" of foster care and is not yet 21 years old; or, Was in foster care and after their 16th birthday, permanency was established through a court ordered guardianship or adoption.