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The Montana state health department has inked a contract that will likely pay millions of dollars to a private consulting group to coordinate a mammoth two-year effort to reform mental health, addiction treatment and developmental disabilities services across the state.

The Montana state health department has inked a contract that will likely pay millions of dollars to a private consulting group to coordinate a mammoth two-year effort to reform mental

The two-year agreement tasks New York-based Alvarez & Marsal with steering a sprawling reform effort under Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte.

The event was part of a series of events held this month in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month in May.

Flathead County Mental Health Collaboration Specialist Jerramy Dear-Ruel said the area is experiencing a mental and behavioral health crisis, along with many other communities nationwide, so it’s important to take time to learn how to address the issue.

A Dallas, Texas, business owner recognized his stolen pickup in surveillance video of a Grand Prairie, Texas, tattoo break-in.