Company Profile
Shodair Children's Hospital
Company Overview
Shodair is creating a healthy and hopeful Montana through specialized psychiatric care for children and adolescents along with a nationally recognized genetics program providing care for all ages.
Shodair Children’s Hospital became a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital in 1987 and remains the only CMN hospital in Montana. Every penny of every dollar that is raised during a CMN fundraiser supports Shodair directly. Donated funds help cover costs for Montana families who cannot afford to.
In addition, Shodair first received Joint Commission accreditation in 1992, and has been continuously accredited since that time. Shodair’s education program is an accredited year-round school for elementary, middle, and high school students. Our team of educators are certified in special education and includes six teachers, six teaching assistants, a speech pathologist, a school psychologist, and a principal.
Company History
Shodair Children’s Hospital began as a home for orphaned and abandoned children in 1896. As Shodair evolved to meet the needs of Montana’s children, it became the first facility in the state to treat children with polio, the first facility with a department of medical genetics, and the first with a chemical dependency unit dedicated to adolescents.
Since that time, Shodair Children’s Hospital has stayed in step with the ever-changing needs of Montana’s children while providing a safe, therapeutic, and nurturing environment to promote positive change.
Shodair is a nonprofit organization overseen by a board of community members.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Shodair Children’s Hospital believes families in crisis should not have to wait for help and is on the cusp of the largest, most exciting, transformative building plan in its 125-year history. At the core of this $66 million initiative is urgency…to provide access for all Montana families who require the unique, broad spectrum of behavioral health and genetics services we provide, and to do so with greater flexibility in a more therapeutic environment.
Using all Montana based design and engineering firms, building industry subcontractors, and most of the materials, this $66 million construction project is well underway and expected to be completed by the start of 2023. It is nearly 131,000 square feet with classroom space, recreational space, family meeting space, a new pool, and individual rooms and attached restrooms for all inpatient residential and acute care programs.
The project has compelled the most significant fundraising effort in Shodair’s history, entitled Building Hope for Montana Families…A Campaign for Shodair Children’s Hospital. As you will see throughout this website, Shodair supporters from every corner of Montana from the highline to Yellowstone National Park and from Libby to Baker, donors have contributed millions of dollars to this project already. Shodair is seeking to raise $14 million to supplement secured bonds and make this urgently needed initiative a thorough success.