Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana Health & Housing Needs Assessment
Project Profile
Client:
The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana
Project Location:
Great Falls, Montana
Project Time Frame:
May 2023 - February 2024
Services:
Household Survey
Focus Groups and Interviews
Analysis of Newly Collected Data
Needs Assessment
Areas of Focus:
Demographics
Housing Conditions, Needs, and Preferences
Income and Finances
Transportation
Health & Wellness
Child Care
Project Description
The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana was granted federal recognition in 2019 and has a mission to “[work] together to provide services to foster development, growth, innovation and sustainability of the Little Shell Tribe.”
The Little Shell Housing Needs Assessment project, which is funded in part by grants from the Montana Healthcare Foundation and Enterprise Community Partners, will involve surveys, focus groups, key informant interviews, and community meetings. These data collection efforts will be coordinated by Big Water Consulting and designed & developed in a collaborative manner with the Little Shell Tribe to allow for partnership development, collective capacity-building, and the generation of an individualized Little Shell Housing Needs Assessment dataset.
The design of this Tribal housing needs assessment project will also be informed by lessons learned from the needs assessment project recently completed on the Flathead Indian Reservation by the Salish & Kootenai Housing Authority.
