LIFTT is building paths to independence across Eastern Montana (File Photo/Unsplash)
There are moments when the work we do invites us not only to look at what has been accomplished, but to reflect on where we are going.
At Living Independently for Today & Tomorrow (LIFTT), the past months have been filled with movement: quiet, steady, and meaningful movement. Behind every conversation, every service, and every program is something larger taking shape: a community where independence is not an aspiration, but a lived reality.
What we are witnessing is not simply growth in services, but a deepening of impact.
Each connection made through peer support, each individual who finds clarity navigating complex systems, each person who takes a step toward better health or greater stability. These are not isolated outcomes. They are part of a broader transformation. They reflect a shift from uncertainty to confidence, from limitation to possibility.
And yet, what is most compelling is not only what has been done, but what is becoming possible.
Across Southeastern and South Central Montana, the need for access, mobility, and support continues to grow. LIFTT is responding not by standing still, but by expanding its reach, strengthening its programs, and deepening its relationships with the communities it serves.
Transportation, for example, is no longer seen only as a service, but as a gateway. Through RideWell by LIFTT, individuals will not be simply getting from one place to another, but they will be accessing healthcare, maintaining connections, and reclaiming a sense of autonomy that is essential to daily life. What begins as a ride becomes something far greater: a pathway to participation, dignity, and belonging.
The same can be said of LIFTT’s educational and peer support programs. These are not just classes or services; they are spaces where knowledge becomes empowerment, and where individuals begin to see themselves not as recipients of support, but as active participants in their own lives.
Looking ahead, LIFTT’s work is guided by a simple but powerful understanding: independence is not built all at once. It is built over time through relationships, through access, and through the consistent presence of support when it is needed most.
The future, then, is not something distant. It is already unfolding in the lives of those who are choosing to take the next step, ask the next question, and engage with the resources available to them.
As LIFTT continues to grow, so too does its responsibility and its opportunity to shape that future. To expand access where it does not yet exist. To strengthen pathways where they are fragile. To ensure that no one has to navigate these challenges alone.
This is the work before us.
And it is work only possible because of the community that surrounds it: staff, partners, supporters, and participants, all contributing in different ways to something shared.
Together, we are not only responding to need.
We are building a future where independence is possible for all.
LIFTT’s Team
LIFTT Billings Office
1241 Crawford Drive
Billings, MT 59102
Phone: (406) 259-5181
Website: www.liftt.org
LIFTT Glendive Office
206 S. Douglas St.
Glendive, MT 59330
Phone: (406) 948-8500
Website: www.liftt.org
About Living Independently for Today & Tomorrow (LIFTT): LIFTT is a Montana 501(c)3 corporation organized as a Center for Independent Living (CIL). With team members based in Billings and Glendive, LIFTT provides aging and disabled members of the community with programs and services that help empower them to break down the physical, bureaucratic, and cultural barriers that prevent them from being fully independent participants in their lives and communities throughout 18 counties in southeastern and south-central Montana: Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield, Golden Valley, McCone, Musselshell, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Rosebud, Stillwater, Treasure, Wibaux, and Yellowstone. For more information, please visit liftt.org or download our mobile app for your Apple device.
Our Vision: Empowering aging and disabled individuals to LIFTT themselves above the barriers of life.
Our Mission: Living Independently for Today and Tomorrow – LIFTT’s mission is to empower aging and disabled individuals to live independently through education, support, and opportunities.