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Title Description Department Internal Webpage URL External URL File
Plant Identification

In-office Identification – Anyone is welcome to bring a plant sample into our office for identification.  Please bring in a full-plant sample that includes roots, stem, leaves, and flowers.  In addition, you can bring in good-quality photos.

MSU Schutter Diagnostic Lab – If a plant cannot be identified in our office by our available staff we do have the ability to submit your sample to MSU for identification by mail at no cost to you.  In addition, anyone can submit a plant sample on their own. Check out this video.

Weeds & Parks
Medicare Benefits Counseling & Assistance

State Health Insurance Program (SHIP)
Assistance with Medicare/Medicaid and supplemental insurance. We help with finding the best Part D (prescription) plan to meet your needs.

Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP)
This is a project that recruits volunteers to learn about the Medicare system and teaches beneficiaries how to read their insurance statements. This program is meant to help fight fraud, waste, and abuse in the insurance field.

Agency on Aging
Web page about the Medicare Benefits Counseling & Assistance.
Teen Clinic

Teen Clinic every Monday from 3:00-5:00 PM and is for guys and girls 19 and younger. No appointment is necessary!

What if I can’t come to Teen Clinic during Teen Clinic hours?
No problem! Make an appointment to be seen during non-teen clinic hours.

Services

  • Birth Control Supply and Free Condoms
  • STD Testing and Treatment
  • Free HIV testing
  • Free Education and Sexual Health Counseling
  • Free Pregnancy Testing, Unbiased Options Counseling, and Referrals
Family Planning
Web page about the Teen Clinic.
Volleyball for Grades 3-6

Kalispell: Daybreak Rotary

  • 3rd and 4th-grade girls: $60
    • March-May typically plays on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and/or Fridays.
  • 5th and 6th-grade girls: $60
    • March - April, practices typically on Mondays, Tuesdays, or Wednesdays at Kalispell schools (Russell/Edgerton/Peterson),
    • Games on Thursdays, Fridays, and/or Saturdays at Kalispell Middle School
Parks & Recreation
Basketball for Grades 1-2

Kalispell: Sykes Lil’ Hoopsters

  • 1st and 2nd-grade Boys: $50
  • 1st and 2nd-grade Girls: $50

January - April, at Kalispell schools (Elrod/Russell), typically on Saturdays

Parks & Recreation
Basketball for Grades 3-4

Kalispell: The Brace Place Lil’ Hoopsters

  • 3rd and 4th-grade Girls: $50

January - April, at Kalispell schools (Elrod/Russell), typically on Saturdays

Parks & Recreation
Indigent Burial

A completed application must be received at the Commissioners' Office prior to burial or cremation and must meet indigent criteria. 

The deceased must be a resident of Flathead County.

Please contact the Commissioners' Office (phone: 758-5503) or contact the funeral home for an indigent burial application. When submitting an application you must also submit the statement cost from the funeral home.

We do not pay for funeral services, graveside services, memorial services, embalming, transportation of remains, caskets, urns, etc.  There is a flat fee paid for either cremation or burial.  Please contact the Commissioners' Office to obtain the fee information. 

Commissioners' Office
Homeowners Guide PDF

A guide to provide homeowners information on how to protect your home from a Wildland Fire

Fire Service Area
File about the Homeowners Guide PDF. Opens in a new tab.
Stolen Property

A list of stolen items like automobiles and firearms.  This information only goes back ONE YEAR from this date

Sheriff’s Office
External website about the Stolen Property. Opens in a new tab.
Ombudsman Program

Advocacy for all residents of long-term care facilities (nursing homes and assisted living facilities), assisting them in resolving problems or complaints. The program serves to monitor the quality of care and life for residents of long-term care facilities. For more information call 406-758-5730.

Agency on Aging
Web page about the Ombudsman Program.
Marriage License

All persons applying for a Montana marriage license must be in a position to provide proof of age - such as a valid driver's license or birth certificate - and must be single persons. This office does not require copies of dissolution papers, however, since the sworn application regarding your status as a single person is sufficient.

Clerk of Court
Web page about the Marriage License.
Encroachment Permit

An Encroachment Permit is needed to work on the county road or to work within the County right-of-way.

Road and Bridge
File about the Encroachment Permit. Opens in a new tab.
Tobacco Use Prevention

As a contractor of the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program, Flathead City-County Health Department’s approach toward tobacco use prevention includes the following:

  • Prevent tobacco use among youth
  • Eliminate disparities related to tobacco use among populations
  • Eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke
  • Encourage people to quit

Services

Population Health
Web page about the Tobacco Use Prevention.
Braveheart Chaplain Ministry

Besides responding to traumatic situations and providing emotional and logistical support to citizens in need, a chaplain to emergency services personnel also provides support to first responders in their daily duties. Because their vocation brings them face-to-face with crises, stress is a built-in part of a first responder’s vocation.

Sheriff’s Office
External website about the Braveheart Chaplain Ministry. Opens in a new tab.
Book a Job Service Coach

Book-a-Job Service Coach for a one-on-one session at ImagineIF Kalispell, Columbia Falls and Bigfork.

  • Explore job openings and training opportunities
  • Brush up your resume
  • Get help filling out unemployment RESEAs

Job Service Kalispell is ready to meet you where you are!

Library
External website about the Book a Job Service Coach. Opens in a new tab.
CARES Reporting Form

Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) was developed to help communities determine standard outcome measures for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), allowing for local quality improvement efforts and benchmarking capability to improve care and increase survival. The program seeks to save more lives from OHCA; strengthen collaboration between 911 centers, first responders, emergency medical services (EMS) agencies, and hospitals; provide a simple, confidential process for assessing patient outcomes in compliance with HIPAA; offer technical assistance to help community leaders identify and prioritize opportunities to improve EMS performance, and generate annual national and statewide reports for benchmarking capability.

EMS
External website about the CARES Reporting Form. Opens in a new tab.
File a Complaint

Click the link below to access the complaint form.  This form can be emailed to our office, or a hard copy can be mailed or delivered in person.  

Please keep in mind that a signature is required on the form for response by our office.  In addition, all forms submitted become public information. 

Weeds & Parks
External website about the File a Complaint. Opens in a new tab.
File about the File a Complaint. Opens in a new tab.
Communicable Disease

Communicable diseases are transmitted from one person to another through a variety of ways including direct contact, contact with a bodily fluid or blood, or indirectly by a vector (i.e. tick or mosquito). The Communicable Disease Program works to prevent, identify, and limit the spread of these diseases.

Population Health
Web page about the Communicable Disease.
COVID-19 Vaccine Appointment

COVID-19 vaccines will be available by appointment on Tuesdays at the Flathead City-County Health Department.

Please fill this form out for each individual who is in need of an appointment.

Immunize
External website about the COVID-19 Vaccine Appointment. Opens in a new tab.
Creativebug

Creativebug.com has thousands of award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Get unlimited access by creating an account today! Just enter your library card number and email address.

Library
External website about the Creativebug. Opens in a new tab.

Page Last Updated: Dec 15, 2022