Opening 2026
See progress, social media, or at 1005 Autism Lane, Off of llama Lane in
Ronan, MT 59864
Phone:(406) 515-9850
Opening 2026
See progress, social media, or at 1005 Autism Lane, Off of llama Lane in
Ronan, MT 59864
Phone:(406) 515-9850
Volunteers Needed September 20, 2025 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Supporting Proactive Living Facility Means Supporting Your Community
Making a difference starts with a single step. We are planning a volunteer working weekend needed for small internal jobs at the facility. 1 hour or 10 hours, everything helps.
Volunteers needed for exterior and interior painting, placing mirrors, door handles, bathroom fixtures, window and door trim placement, and many other items to reduce the cost of construction as the facility becomes open to clients in the future. Painting, door handles, bathroom fixtures, internal finish work around windows and doors, any help appreciated. email jakenjen@ronan.net or call 406 261 7580
Executive Director - Dennis Toney (406) 515-9850
Application Process Opening Soon
Contact Dennis Toney for more information as we get closer to the application process opening at the number above or current email at tonedenn3@gmail.com
About Proactive Living Facility
Our Mission
At Proactive Living Facility, our mission is to provide a warm, stable, and supportive home to Montana Individuals with Autism whom have a Montana Medicaid Waiver. We believe that everyone deserves a safe and comfortable place to call home, and we work tirelessly to make that a reality.
If you want to help on the continued building of the home until completed in 2025, please call our project manager Kole Cordier at (406) 871-6584 or email at cordiercontracting@gmail.com
As we get near completion we will begin taking applications for the four room home. Please contact us further for more information. God bless you and know that you as parents of adult children with Autism are not alone in this continued struggle.
Our Passion continues.......
Jake passed on April 5, 2023 but his legacy will live on with Farm in the Dell at Proactive Living Facility, our vision will create a community where adults with Autism can flourish as individuals and build lasting relationships while accessing the resources they need to achieve the lives they desire and want.
Vision Statement
Jakes Farm in the Dell is a home that empowers and enables its residents with Autism to grown, learn, foster individuality, and independence.
Donate Now for Ongoing Building & farm needs 2025-2026
Your generous gift will help us fund our mission to help those in need. Together, we can make a difference. We are a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization so all donations are tax deductible.
Radio interview with KLTZ in Glasgow, MT
October 2019
Listen to Julie's interview with Haylie & Stan on Live under the Big Sky radio show with her hometown radio station KLTZ 1240-AM in Glasgow, MT.
Future home for adults with autism
(picture above) Mission Mountain Range, Ronan, MT
Proactive Living Facility , Inc is a Internal Revenue Code Section 501 (c) (3) Assisted Living Facility. The facility will be a licensed, non-denominational assisted living facility that will be located in Ronan, Montana, in the heart of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Reservation. This facility will be a new building specifically designed and equipped to meet the needs to adults with developmental disabilities in a comfortable, secure location, irrespective of race or health condition.
Proactive Living Facility is a non-profit organization with skilled staffing coming from the area with any and all skills needed to provide above-mentioned needs of our clientele. We firmly believe and are passionate in ensuring that the developmentally disabled population of adults ranging in age from 18 to 45 are not lost in a society that is lacking housing options and services that provide those needs. Our main focus in this facility will be adults with autism. Advancing Futures for Adults with Autism (afaa-us.org) shows devastating statistics for this population and the generations to come.
Adult with Autism Services in Demand
During the past decade, the prevalence of autism has increased to 20 to 70 per 10,000 with the current rate estimated at 1 in every 68 children - 1 in 42 boys and 1 in 189 girls (Centers for Disease Control). With this increase in prevalence has come an increased demand for effective services for adolescents and adults with autism and for accurate information on what constitutes appropriate evidence-based intervention and practice. Unfortunately, the need continues to far exceed the available resources leaving a generation of people with autism and their families in a programmatic, financial, and personal limbo and society-at-large economically diminished.
New Plans are Needed
"The potential of young adults and adults (14 years of age and older) with autism to become employed and engaged citizens of the U.S. is not so much limited by their disability itself but, rather, by the failures of the system charged with supporting them.
We need to consolidate and focus our efforts to develop and drive the agenda for lifelong living and learning with autism THIS COMING YEAR. We cannot afford 10 to 15 years to get clarity and take meaningful action on this challenge, like it did with advancing the agenda for early intervention and insurance coverage. This agenda needs to be accelerated into a tidal wave that represents real change in the quality of life for adults with autism.” - Advancing Futures for Adults with Autism (aafa-us.org)
Proactive Living Facility New Homes for Adults with Autism does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, ancestry, disability, military status, veteran status or other non-merit reasons, in admissions, educational programs or activities and employment and complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination.
Get Involved
Are you passionate about what we're doing? Let us know! We are always looking for volunteers to help us make our vision a reality. We'll help you find a way to volunteer that best suits you. We're excited to have you join the team!
Thank You
Whether you help through monetary donations, volunteering your time, or spreading our mission through word-of-mouth, thank you. We couldn't accomplish our goals without the help of supporters like you.