Earlier this year, HRDC applied for a special federal grant to help enhance its public transit service through Streamline.
Now the nonprofit organization will be getting a good chunk of change. HRDC received over $450,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Federal Transit Administration.
The explosion of urban camping across the state tells us that the number of people needing emergency shelter is beyond our capacity.
HRDC’s Olivia Smart says the program distributes lunches to seven sites in Bozeman including Storymill Park and Hyalite Elementary. They serve around 600 meals a day.
Tuesday, in the sun-beaten parking lot of the Whole Foods Market, a small group of people gathered around a refrigerated van.
Last year HRDC’s Big Sky Community Food Bank was recognized by the Big Sky Chamber for the great work we are doing in Big Sky, and this year, our Manager, Sarah Gaither Bivens, was recognized as Big Sky’s non-profit person of the year!
HRDC’s Housing Director, Brian Guyer, was recently interviewed and spoke about soaring housing costs have caused so many of our community members to become unhoused.
The Human Resource Development Council, or HRDC, announced a new partnership and merger with the Livingston School District to deliver early education to area children, per a recent news release.
HRDC’s Early Childhood Education program to merge with the district’s 2-year kindergarten program.
The HRDC Warming Center is now open for the summer months, but workers there say warmer weather doesn’t mean the number of guests will slow down anytime soon.
Workers at Bozeman’s HRDC go around to urban camping areas once a week offering help to the homeless population.
Since 2015, Brooke has been working with Allergan Aesthetics, Body Contouring. In 2018, Brooke began her role as Senior Manager of Training. Brooke graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Commercial Photography from Appalachian State University in 2011.
Brooke began her role on our Board in 2019. However, she feels it’s more fitting to say that she gets to serve on our Board. For Brooke, an evening at our Fork & Spoon was her first glance into our organization’s powerful work. As Brooke states, joining the Board has only expanded her appreciation for the caliber of people leading our mission and the impact of our vast ecosystem of services. While metrics alone are impressive, Brooke likes to visualize each number as an individual example of support – an extension of a helping hand, a moment of relief – given to one of our neighbors. She is grateful for the opportunity to participate in shaping HRDC’s future.
Although Brooke spends most of her volunteer time with HRDC, she was fortunate enough to build with Habitat for Humanity over the course of the summer in 2020. Her favorite place to spend time is anywhere under the Big Sky, although Hyalite may be her favorite place on Earth.
