A Hoarding Alliance local resource guide

Hoarding support in Glendive, Montana.

A respectful place to start when clutter, safety, housing, health, or family stress is becoming too much.

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Start with the next safe step

You do not have to solve everything at once. Begin with a conversation, a safety concern, or one practical need. Ask what is available before traveling; local hours, eligibility, fees, and capacity can change.

A respectful first conversation about what is happening, what feels urgent, and which next step may fit.

Role: nonprofit first-conversation and virtual peer-group front door; geography: remote, ask about Glendive or Dawson County; cost/eligibility: confirm current program fit and availability; emergency limit: nonclinical support is not therapy, crisis response, shelter, or cleanup.

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For immediate danger

If there is immediate danger, a fire, a medical emergency, or a threat to life, call 911. This guide is not emergency response, therapy, legal advice, or a promise of housing or cleanup availability.

First conversations

A few good places to start

You do not need to know the perfect service name before reaching out. These organizations can help you understand the landscape and identify a next step.

Role: private-pay hoarding-disorder support, organizing, decluttering, and deep-cleaning pathway; geography: remote or service area by arrangement; cost/eligibility: private-pay, confirm scope, rates, travel, and scheduling; emergency limit: not emergency response, medical care, or a substitute for public services. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

The Peer Tree

A private-pay option when a household needs more hands-on support or a pace that is outside grant-funded availability.

Review private-pay support
Role: digital peer support, groups, guidance, and structured tools; geography: online; cost/eligibility: confirm current access and features; emergency limit: not therapy, crisis counseling, medical care, or emergency support. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Unburied

A private, judgment-free digital pathway for people directly affected and friends or family supporters who want ongoing peer support.

Explore digital peer support
Role: statewide health and human-services information and referral; geography: Montana, including Dawson County; cost/eligibility: free referral service, confirm each program's rules; emergency limit: call 911 for immediate danger and 988 for a mental-health crisis. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Montana 211

Call 211 or use the resource search for housing, food, utilities, transportation, behavioral health, and other local referrals.

Find a current referral 211

Safety and stability

When the concern involves safety, housing, or crisis

These pathways serve different situations. Read the labels carefully before calling, especially when a response may involve crisis care, protective services, shelter, housing rules, legal advocacy, or emergency dispatch.

Role: county government and department navigation; geography: Dawson County, with offices in Glendive; cost/eligibility: ask the department about applicable fees, forms, and jurisdiction; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Dawson County government

Use the county site to identify public-health, senior-services, court, sheriff, records, and other county contacts.

Find a county department 406-377-3058
Role: city government and local-service navigation; geography: City of Glendive; cost/eligibility: confirm city limits, forms, fees, and department hours; emergency limit: call 911 for immediate danger. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

City of Glendive

For questions about city services, public works, utilities, permits, or local contacts, start with the city information channel.

Contact city government 406-377-3318
Role: public-health, WIC, home-health, environmental-health, and prevention contact; geography: 207 W. Bell St., Glendive; cost/eligibility: confirm program eligibility, fees, and appointments; emergency limit: not emergency medical care or crisis response. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Dawson County Health Department

Ask about public-health programs, home-based services, WIC, environmental-health questions, or the right county health contact.

Ask about public-health services 406-377-5213
Role: qualified medical behavioral-health counseling, evaluation, and medication-management pathway; geography: Glendive Medical Center, 202 Prospect Dr.; cost/eligibility: confirm insurance, payment, intake, and telehealth availability; emergency limit: call 911 for medical danger and 988 for a mental-health crisis. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Glendive Medical Center Behavioral Health

The center lists inpatient and outpatient behavioral-health services, counseling, psychiatric evaluation, and medication management. Ask what fits your needs.

Ask about behavioral health 406-345-8901
Role: qualified community mental-health and substance-use services; geography: Glendive office, 2016 N. Merrill; cost/eligibility: confirm assessment, payer, hours, and program fit; emergency limit: crisis line and clinic are not a substitute for 911 when there is immediate danger. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center

The Glendive office lists assessment, individual and group therapy, case management, medication management, and substance-use services.

Contact the Glendive office 406-377-6075
Role: hospital urgent-care and emergency-department contact; geography: Glendive Medical Center, 202 Prospect Dr.; cost/eligibility: confirm current department guidance and billing; emergency limit: call 911 for life-threatening danger rather than waiting for an online or routine appointment. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Glendive Medical Center urgent and emergency care

For a health or injury concern, use the center's current urgent-care or emergency-department contact information and ask where to go.

Contact medical care 406-345-3314
Role: county law-enforcement, welfare-check, civil-process, and public-safety contact; geography: areas served by Dawson County; cost/eligibility: ask about the correct non-emergency process; emergency limit: call 911 for an immediate threat or emergency. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Dawson County Sheriff

For a county public-safety concern or welfare check, use the sheriff's current contact guidance.

Contact county public safety 406-377-5291
Role: city law-enforcement and public-safety contact; geography: City of Glendive; cost/eligibility: use the current non-emergency route for routine questions; emergency limit: call 911 for an immediate threat or emergency. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Glendive Police Department

When a concern is within city limits, ask the city or dispatch for the correct public-safety contact.

Find the city safety contact 406-377-2364
Role: immediate emergency response; geography: Glendive and Dawson County; cost/eligibility: call 911 when there is immediate danger, fire, medical emergency, or threat to life; emergency limit: not a routine cleanup, housing, or resource-referral line. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Emergency services

Call 911 for immediate danger, fire, serious injury, medical emergency, or a threat to life.

Call 911 911
Role: mental-health crisis call, text, and chat support; geography: Montana and the United States; cost/eligibility: free crisis support, confirm the current channel; emergency limit: call 911 when there is immediate physical danger or medical emergency. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Montana 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

Call or text 988 for immediate emotional distress or a mental-health crisis; use 911 for immediate physical danger.

Call or text 988 988
Role: poison-exposure information and triage; geography: United States; cost/eligibility: free phone guidance, confirm the current instructions; emergency limit: call 911 for collapse, breathing trouble, seizure, or immediate life threat. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Poison Control

Call Poison Control for guidance after a suspected exposure; do not delay 911 for severe symptoms.

Call Poison Control 1-800-222-1222
Role: community-action, energy-assistance, and family-support pathway; geography: Dawson County and eastern Montana; cost/eligibility: programs have their own income, household, and documentation rules; emergency limit: not emergency response or guaranteed same-day aid. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Action for Eastern Montana

The Glendive field agency serves Dawson County and neighboring counties with programs that can include energy and practical assistance.

Ask about current assistance 406-377-3564
Role: public-housing and housing-assistance contact; geography: Glendive and Dawson County; cost/eligibility: housing programs use their own application, income, waitlist, and documentation rules; emergency limit: not a shelter or guarantee of immediate placement. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Dawson County Housing Authority

Use the housing-authority contact to ask about current public-housing options, applications, waitlists, and reasonable-accommodation questions.

Ask about housing assistance 406-433-1978
Role: state public-benefits, adult-protection, health, and human-services navigation; geography: Montana, including Dawson County; cost/eligibility: each program sets its own rules and verification; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services

Use the state department to locate benefits, adult-protection information, and statewide program contacts.

Find a state program
Role: state adult-protection reporting and information pathway; geography: Montana; cost/eligibility: ask about the current reporting process and what information is needed; emergency limit: call 911 for immediate danger, injury, or crime in progress. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Montana Adult Protective Services

For suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult, use the state's current reporting guidance; do not investigate danger yourself.

Review adult-protection guidance
Role: statewide housing, rental, and home-repair program navigation; geography: Montana; cost/eligibility: programs vary by income, property, and availability; emergency limit: not emergency shelter or immediate placement. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Montana Housing

Review Montana housing programs and confirm which applications, waitlists, or local partners serve Dawson County.

Review housing programs
Role: civil-legal-aid intake and housing-law information; geography: Montana, subject to service-area and case rules; cost/eligibility: free or reduced-cost help depends on eligibility and capacity; emergency limit: not emergency response or a substitute for 911. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Montana Legal Services Association

Ask whether a housing, eviction, benefits, safety, or disability-related legal question fits current intake criteria.

Check legal-aid eligibility
Role: local code and land-use information; geography: City of Glendive; cost/eligibility: confirm current ordinance, complaint route, permits, and jurisdiction; emergency limit: code information is not emergency response or a cleanup service. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Glendive city code and ordinances

Review the current city code, then contact the city before assuming a county rule or a city rule applies to a property.

Review city code
Role: environmental-health and sanitation information; geography: Dawson County, with the office at 207 W. Bell St., Glendive; cost/eligibility: confirm which questions and inspections the office handles; emergency limit: call 911 for immediate fire, medical, or life safety danger. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Dawson County Environmental Health

For environmental-health questions involving sanitation, water, food, or public-health conditions, ask the county health department for the correct route.

Ask an environmental-health question 406-377-5772
Role: state environmental-regulation and public-information pathway; geography: Montana; cost/eligibility: confirm which complaint, permit, or technical-assistance path applies; emergency limit: not emergency response or private cleanup. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Montana DEQ household guidance

Use the state environmental agency when a question extends beyond local property or sanitation contacts; confirm the correct program first.

Find environmental guidance

People and practical help

Housing, food, care, transportation, and ongoing support

These listings connect the local community with housing, food, behavioral health, benefits, transit, survivor advocacy, disability support, peer support, and practical resources. Ask about current availability, cost, scope, consent, and safety before relying on them.

Role: aging services, meals, transportation, homemaker, respite, and in-home support referral; geography: Glendive and Dawson County; cost/eligibility: confirm age, care, fee, donation, and scheduling rules; emergency limit: not emergency response or medical care. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Dawson County Senior Services

The county lists meals, homemaker help, respite, home-health connections, and transportation information for older adults and caregivers.

Ask about senior services 406-377-5213
Role: local food-pantry and emergency-food resource; geography: 112 W. Benham St., Glendive; cost/eligibility: confirm hours, household rules, and what to bring; emergency limit: not emergency medical care, shelter, or crisis response. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Dawson County Food Bank

The Montana Food Bank Network lists this Glendive pantry and its current contact information; confirm access before traveling.

Ask about food access 406-941-0202
Role: local church-based food, fuel-card, and limited emergency-assistance contact; geography: Glendive; cost/eligibility: confirm current limits, documentation, and schedule; emergency limit: not emergency shelter, medical care, or 911 response. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Loaves and Fishes Fund

The Dawson County resource guide lists this contact for limited food, gas-card, and financial assistance; confirm current availability.

Ask about practical assistance 406-377-3369
Role: community-action programs, energy assistance, and regional practical-support referral; geography: Glendive office serving Dawson County and surrounding counties; cost/eligibility: income, household, and program rules apply; emergency limit: not a guarantee of same-day assistance. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Action for Eastern Montana programs

Ask the Glendive field agency about current energy, weatherization, food, or family-support programs and required documents.

Ask about community-action programs 406-377-3564
Role: demand-response public transportation; geography: Glendive and immediate surrounding area; cost/eligibility: confirm fare, reservation, accessibility, and service area; emergency limit: not emergency medical transport or 911. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Dawson County Transit

The state transit listing describes door-to-door demand-response service, Monday through Friday, with advance scheduling recommended.

Schedule a ride 406-377-5024
Role: state benefits application and eligibility pathway; geography: Montana, including Dawson County; cost/eligibility: income, household, and verification rules apply; emergency limit: not emergency food delivery or crisis response. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Montana SNAP and public benefits

Use Montana's benefits portal to review SNAP and related programs, then confirm application status and required documents.

Review benefit applications
Role: nutrition-support and WIC program information; geography: Montana, with local contact through Dawson County Health Department; cost/eligibility: program and household eligibility must be confirmed; emergency limit: not emergency medical care or crisis response. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Montana WIC

Review state WIC information and ask the county health department about appointments and local access.

Review WIC information 406-377-5213
Role: statewide emergency-food and food-distribution information; geography: Montana; cost/eligibility: each program sets its own rules, schedule, and documentation; emergency limit: not emergency medical care or shelter. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Montana emergency food programs

Use the state food-program information to find current options, then confirm local distribution details before traveling.

Find food-program information
Role: statewide referral for food, housing, utilities, transportation, health, and human services; geography: Montana, including Dawson County; cost/eligibility: referral is free, while each program sets its own rules; emergency limit: call 911 for immediate danger. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Montana 211 resource search

Use 211 when you are not sure which local program fits, especially for changing housing, utility, food, or transportation needs.

Search local referrals 211
Role: statewide rental, home-repair, and housing-stability program navigation; geography: Montana; cost/eligibility: income, property, and program-specific rules apply; emergency limit: not emergency shelter or guaranteed placement. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Montana Housing programs

Review state housing programs and ask which local partner, application, or waitlist serves Dawson County.

Review housing options
Role: city utility, public-works, and solid-waste navigation; geography: City of Glendive; cost/eligibility: confirm service area, fees, pickup rules, and appointment requirements; emergency limit: not emergency response or private cleanup. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

City of Glendive utilities and public works

Ask the city which public-works or utility contact handles a property, waste, or service question before assuming a county agency is responsible.

Ask about city services 406-377-3318
Role: city permits, forms, and local-process information; geography: City of Glendive; cost/eligibility: confirm current permit, inspection, and fee requirements; emergency limit: forms are not emergency response or a cleanup service. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Glendive city forms and permits

Use the city contact route to ask about current forms, permits, inspections, and the right department for a property question.

Ask about forms and permits 406-377-3318
Role: environmental-information and state technical-guidance pathway; geography: Montana; cost/eligibility: confirm the correct program, complaint process, and any regulated-material requirements; emergency limit: not emergency response or private cleanup. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Montana Department of Environmental Quality

Use state environmental guidance when a household or property question involves waste, water, air, or regulated conditions beyond a local contact.

Review environmental information
Role: aging and disability information, options counseling, and service referral; geography: Montana, including Dawson County; cost/eligibility: ask about local availability and program eligibility; emergency limit: not emergency medical care or crisis response. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Montana Aging and Disability Resource Center

Use the state's aging and disability resource network to find in-home, caregiver, long-term-support, and accessibility information.

Find aging and disability options
Role: federal benefits and Social Security office locator; geography: United States, with Montana service options; cost/eligibility: benefit eligibility and appointment rules apply; emergency limit: not emergency response or crisis support. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Social Security local-office locator

Use the locator or online services for Social Security questions, then confirm whether an appointment or phone service is required.

Find Social Security help
Role: civil-legal-aid and housing-law information; geography: Montana, subject to intake area and capacity; cost/eligibility: free or reduced-cost help depends on eligibility; emergency limit: not emergency response or a substitute for 911. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Montana Legal Services housing help

Ask whether a housing, benefits, disability, or landlord-tenant question fits current legal-aid intake.

Check legal-help options
Role: local college and adult-learning pathway; geography: Glendive; cost/eligibility: admissions, program, and tuition rules apply; emergency limit: not emergency response, clinical care, or housing placement. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Dawson Community College

A local education contact may help with skills, training, student-support navigation, or community connections; confirm current programs directly.

Explore local education
Role: employment, training, and workforce-service pathway; geography: Montana, including eastern Montana; cost/eligibility: programs and training may have eligibility rules; emergency limit: not emergency response or guaranteed employment. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Montana Job Service

Use Montana's workforce system for job-search, training, and employment-support information when practical stability is part of the next step.

Find workforce support

A note from the Alliance

Start with the person. Then decide what the situation needs.

This guide is anchored in Glendive, Montana, and includes city, county, state, nonprofit, national, and independent pathways. A listing here does not mean Fight the Blight endorses every provider or can guarantee availability. The Hoarding Alliance is not a city or county agency, therapy practice, emergency service, or cleanup company. We will keep reviewing this page, but please confirm details directly before relying on them.

Need help choosing a path? Contact Fight the Blight