Child Care Resources: - Administers the Best Beginnings Child Care Scholarship program to help families with low income pay for child care so they can remain in the workforce or attend school. - Provides access to Child Care Solutions MT, the statewide agency for child care referrals, for parents looking for child care. - Educates families on what to look for in a quality child care environment. - Provides training to child care providers and early childhood professionals to strengthen and improve the quality of child care programs. - Sponsors the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), which reimburses providers for serving nutritious meals to the children in their care.

I am a parent of a Hydro HERO. I know my son deserves the most I can possibly being to the table with his welfare as my constant goal. PHF gives me a fantastic starting place. As a hydrocephalus family in Montana, we know that 1 in something close to every 1000 babies is born with this condition. And yet, in more than 10 years of seeing doctors across this state (they are few and far between, here, for that matter, which is another issue), we have yet to meet even ONE other family who lives with Hydro-cephalus! We know that 'families in kind' are out there, in Montana. Now, we also know that not everybody feels they want support or someone to talk with about it. We, ourselves, have been through different stages of seeking or hiding from such support services. But I personally know that man