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LIFTT is seeking a Finance/HR Manager!
Join our dynamic team! LIFTT current has an opening in our Billings Montana office for a Finance & Human Resources Manager As a member of the LIFTT Administrative Team, the FHRM primarily supports the following areas: financial, human resources, digital, and...

Flash Tattoo Fundraiser for LIFTT April 12 to May 1
Hey Tattoo Lovers and Supporters of LIFTT! LIFTT and Legendary Tattoo Studio and Art Gallery of Billings are teaming up to host a "Flash Fundraiser" for LIFTT between Saturday, April 12, and Thursday, May 1! Together, we've created a powerful series of empowerment...

Montana’s Disability History Demands your Attention
Equally Different, Unequally Remembered Let’s be honest. Disability is everywhere, yet historically, it’s been almost nowhere. Not in the textbooks, not in the museum wings, not in the official timelines of “how we got here.” Until now. From March to December 2025,...

Outnumbered: an interactive art protest to save Section 504!
What do 5,401 pencils and a civil rights law passed in 1973 have in common? They're both being slowly ground down in Montana. Disability Rights Montana has launched a bold, creative protest in response to Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s participation in a...

Empty Shelves, Louder Voices
What Happens When Food Security Becomes a Footnote? Let’s name the silence. Montana’s food banks are hurting. Not metaphorically. Not bureaucratically. But tangibly — like empty shelves where there used to be fresh produce, like waiting rooms that once had warmth and...

Thank you for supporting LIFTT in March!
Living Independently for Today & Tomorrow (LIFTT) would like to thank all of the people who showed up and donated at the two fundraising events we held during March. Your generosity made the Cheesecake Luncheon in Glendive and the Pizza Ranch Night in Billings...

LIFTT & Apex Fitness to hold workshop April 28
Join us at LIFTT's Billings office (1241 Crawford Drive) on Monday, April 28, for an empowering and informative event with Luke McLaughlin, co-owner and personal trainer at Apex Fitness and Personal Training! Luke will share his expertise on the importance of...

No More Exceptions: Rethinking Work, Worth, and Wages
Editor's Note: Last Month, We published a post explaining some basics about the subminimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, how and why it came into being and remains in force, subjecting hundreds of thousands, if not millions of disabled...

Disability Resource Fairs set for Eastern Montana
The Montana Statewide Independent Living Council (MTSILC) is partnering with community organizations, including LIFTT, to hold "Disability Resource Fairs" in three Eastern Montana communities this May. The fairs will allow people with disabilities, families,...
Carlos: From Fatigue to Flourishing
Editor's Note: LIFTT's overall success is measured in large part by the success of consumers and peers in achieving their individual goals. When a consumer or peer successfully completes a goal, their IL Specialist, Nutritional Health Coach, PCA facilitator, or Peer...