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Missoula County approves $10,000 grant to support emergency overflow shelter network

Missoula County · January 6, 2026
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Missoula County approved a $10,000 Community Assistance Fund grant to the Missoula Interfaith Collaborative to staff rotating congregations that will host people on very cold nights through June 30, 2026. Funding covers primarily overnight staffing; transportation and other costs are covered by the collaborative.

Missoula County officials on Jan. 6 approved a $10,000 contract with the Missoula Interfaith Collaborative to support an emergency weather overflow shelter program that activates when shelters are full and temperatures fall to about 10 degrees or below.

Claire Biddickup, who introduced the item, said the grant would come from the county’s Community Assistance Fund and run through June 30, 2026. The Interfaith Collaborative operates a rotating network of congregations over a roughly 21-week period;…

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