MONTANA

MLI headquarters are in Butte, Montana. A local board of directors works with the MLI staff to provide program direction and to insure program quality. In response to the needs of patients and families in Southwest Montana, a group of nurses formed a subsidiary of MLI called the “Nurses Care Network.” The Nurses Care Network provides financial assistance to families with medical emergencies involving children who need special hospitalization available only outside of the region.

Montana Tech of the University of Montana is located in Butte and educates mining, petroleum, computer, and environmental engineers. Tech also has a National Health Informatics Center and an advanced nursing curriculum. MLI works with Tech professors to further its mission. 

Overlooking Butte is Our Lady of the Rockies, a 90-foot-tall statue of Mary the Mother of Jesus that recognizes the contribution of women, especially mothers, to society and mankind. Our Lady of the Rockies is an ongoing source of inspiration for MLI’s work.

To the northeast of Butte lies the capital city of Helena.  Here MLI works with Carroll College’s Cynthia Gustafson, Ph.D., R.N., Chair, Department of Nursing and Director, Parish Nurse Center. Dr. Gustafson has taken volunteer student nurses to Swaziland to see conditions first hand and to work with our “New Robe” program, which she helped to develop.