CARES Act money helps Helena meat processor expand Videos By: Andrew Curtis and last updated 2021-03-04 11:33:36-05 As businesses across Montana looked for ways to get through the pandemic some found aditional help from programs like the Federal CARES Act. Matt Elvbakken, owner of Tizer Meats in Helena, was one of those that accepted some aid and put it to good use. But it took a little work. âWe did, and the first round of that we were turned down and i guess the state still had some of the cares money available and they had a second round that they administered and we were successful in getting some of that money during the second round," said Elvbakken. "We bought some equipment, we also put some additions onto both our slaughter facility and our store here to facilitate transporting carcasses back and forth in a more sanitary method, according to the federal government. We had to make those adjustments. So that was actually a pretty good boon to us. That would have never happened without it.â