Mental Health and Peer Support

The Mental Health Support Specialist will assess and determine service(s) and/or intervention on a case-by-case basis.

If determined that the need is beyond the scope of mental health support services, an appropriate referral will be made as necessary. The Mental Health Support Specialist will provide consultation and help facilitate the referral process to higher level psychotherapeutic service(s) for those presenting with acute, chronic, or severe mental illness. 

In the case of an emergency situation : 

If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org You can also reach Crisis Text Line by texting MHA to 741741.

Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Dial 988

(Press 1 for Veterans Crisis Line)

Blackfeet Community College Mental Health Support Services:   Located in the Beaver Painted Lodge-Student Success Center and available in person, by phone (406) 338-5441, ext. 2211 or via email/zoom (toni.rf@bfcc.edu) on Monday through Friday from 8:00 am - 4:30 pm. 

In prioritizing health and wellness, a one-on-one consultation session with the BFCC Mental Health Support Specialist may be of great benefit for your mental and emotional health.  Using a short-term approach to identify individualized mental health prevention and/or intervention supportive services, a need assessment is conducted to help identify and determine if/when ongoing support is needed and the available resources.  If indicated, a referral for higher-level psychotherapeutic services (e.g., psychotherapy) services will be made for concerns that are outside the scope of practice of the BFCC Mental Health Support Specialist.  

Also available throughout the year are a variety of activities that promote holistic health and wellness via in-person and/or zoom/social media platforms.  The activities are designed to help optimize your health in nine dimensions of wellness:  emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical, cultural, environmental, financial, occupational, and social.  Encompassing all nine dimensions into one grand event is the annual Blackfeet Community College Health Day (ISK-SKOM-MITS-KOI-STOM) that is in the Spring Season and open to the entire community.   The Blackfeet Community College Health Day (ISK-SKOM-MITS-KOI-STOM)  includes over 75 activity hosts that provide wellness and self-care services and products to several hundred attendees each year.