social services

Mayor Andrea Davis's budget calls for a tax increase of 5.96%, or 11.08% when added to the fire levy approved by voters at the request of the city in June. A home with an assessed value of $450,000 – roughly the median price – would see a city-tax increase of $307 a year.

Communities in Montana won’t have offices that help connect low-income families to services if the state seals the deal on a $15 million contract that outsources the work to a Virginia company.

Missoula County this week signed a number of contracts with local providers that infuses the organizations with a combined $900,000 to provide a range of social services, from housing stabilization to transportation.