Mental health impacts everyone. As a community we are struggling with numerous areas of behavioral health including substance use, loneliness, and access to care. Opening the door to this data is critical to creating viable community solutions.
The Behavioral Health Dashboard is a data tool collaboratively created by community invested partners and supported by the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole and the Teton Behavioral Health Alliance. This shared data tool will help inform and guide future behavioral health supports for Teton County.
Dr. Kent Corso, a renowned suicidologist, trained local first responders on Crisis Response Planning and presented at a Policy Summit for decision makers in Teton County in October 2023.
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The Behavioral Health Dashboard is a project in partnership with the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole and the Teton Behavioral Health Alliance.
Link takes you to the Teton County Health Department’s Credible Mind website.
Link takes you to Healthy Teton County's Network of Care for health data and a social service directory.
Link takes you to the Behavioral Health Dashboard’s Partner Page directory.
Behavioral Health is a field of health that promotes mental health, resilience and wellbeing, the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders, and the support of individuals who experience and/or are in recovery from these conditions, along with their families, friends, and communities.
Source: samhsa.gov, Katz Amsterdam Foundation
Behavioral Health Continuum of Care
The full continuum of care includes Promotion (prior to Prevention) and Recovery (after Crisis).
Source: 2024 Behavioral Health Continuum of Care, Teton Behavioral Health Alliance
“Collaboration allows us to better allocate resources and build capacity into our systems to create an efficient, effective and sustainable behavioral health model our community members deserve. The data is one step closer to being able to understand the behavioral health needs of our community, so we can respond promptly and effectively.”
Prevention
Prevention is community. While we have many resources to support preventative measures in Teton County, WY, we rely everyday on our community to engage with each other and support one another as an initial form of prevention. This is hope, this is opportunity, this is our community being invested.
Source: 2024 Teton Behavioral Health Alliance’s Community Needs Assessment
Program Spotlights:
JH Responsible Sip Tips: 0013. A comprehensive media campaign by the Community Prevention Coalition of Teton County (CPCTC) promoting responsible alcohol consumption and preventing substance misuse in Teton County.
"Underage drinking and adult overconsumption are concerns for Teton County, based on our adult overconsumption rates compared to the rest of Wyoming. The 0013 campaign aims to change the favorable attitudes around alcohol use and promote responsibility. Choosing not to drink is perfectly okay, but if you choose to drink then by learning to make healthy choices, we succeed in targeting shared risk and protective factors. 0013 means choosing 0 drinks if you are under the age of 21, 0 drinks if driving - no DUI's, 1 drink per hour, and no more than 3 drinks per occasion. Following 0013 ensures enjoying alcohol responsibly and safely."
-Beverly Shore, Community Prevention Coordinator, Teton County Health Department
Latina Empowerment Circle. A prevention program of Community Safety Network in partnership with Teton Behavior Therapy and the Teton County Health Department.
“Latina Empowerment Circle began as a direct request to VoicesJH of the Latina community after the first Behavioral Health Needs Assessment showed that Latinas had more poor mental health days than their white counterparts, higher rates of domestic violence, and less knowledge of community resources. It is a successful partnership between Community Safety Network, Teton County Health Department, and Teton Behavior Therapy. We use a strengths and evidenced-based model to build connection, share resources, and discuss the unique challenges facing Latina women in our area. It is a safe space to unpack cultural challenges and build knowledge around hard topics like parenting, healthy and unhealthy relationships, depression, and anxiety. Participants come out of the nine-week program empowered, knowledgeable, capable, hopeful, and connected.”
-Adrian Croke, Director of Education and Outreach, Community Safety Network
Treatment
Treatment data allows Teton Behavioral Health Alliance to recognize shortcomings and create avenues for more culturally aware and affordable treatments.
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Provider to Population Comparison
Source: 2024 Teton Behavioral Health Alliance’s Community Needs Assessment
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Treatment services in Teton County, WY include:
Crisis
Crisis data incorporates intervention as well as acute care. If you feel as though you are in crisis, you are not alone.
Source: 2024 Teton Behavioral Health Alliance’s Community Needs Assessment
Program Spotlights:
View client and community member perspectives on the work happening at Teton Youth and Family Services (TYFS) to support community members in crisis:
Keanu Talks About Finding His Way (7:37)
"I had all these people that cared about me, wanting to push me to be a better person - I was feeling like a better person. They had me feeling like I could do anything." -Keanu
Taylor Shares Her Story (6:26)
"Kids and families do need help, and it's okay to ask for it, even in a town like Jackson." -Taylor
Parent talks about the staff at TYFS (1:10)
"Hope is an amazing gift"
Van Vleck Home and Adams Canyon Crisis Shelter Programs by Arty Polo (6:29)
"I think there is a feeling for folks that Jackson is a great place to live, there’s fun things to do here, we live in a beautiful area, and people don’t have problems here. That’s not true." -Arty
Interactive Behavioral Health Data
Use the interactive charts below to explore prevention, treatment, crisis, and outcomes data in Teton County, WY. Use the toggles to look at behavioral health needs assessment data and compare across metrics. All terms are defined in the Glossary. Use the embedded toggle for Spanish-language access to this important tool. This data is most easily accessible in desktop format.
The 2024 Teton Behavioral Health Alliance’s (TBHA) Community Needs Assessment is based on a community-wide survey that asks individuals to identify themselves by a variety of demographics. The demographics of respondents are identified in the Survey Response Demographics tab. Across the interactive data dashboard, responses are shown for demographics with sufficient sample size as defined by a third party survey administrator. Response demographics that fall under this threshold are indicated in purple on the Survey Response Demographics tab. Survey responses are NOT reported by these demographics, but are included in other demographic groupings. For example, while respondent gender identities other than male/female are currently under the threshold, all responses are used in age breakdowns. All responses are used and weighted to describe the community as a whole.
Sources: 2021, 2024 Teton Behavioral Health Alliance’s Community Needs Assessment (data analyzed by Third Horizon Strategies); Mental Health and Recovery Services Crisis Data; Teton County Coroner Suicide Data
Want to know how Teton County, WY compares to other mountain communities?
Since 2019, the Katz Amsterdam Foundation has been developing a shared measurement framework aimed at enabling learning across mountain communities. In partnership, several communities have developed a shared set of indicators and gathered data to track these indicators which together provide a comprehensive picture of prevention, treatment, and outcomes of mental health in these communities.
Community Members Making a Difference
Behavioral Health is a complex challenge that requires community coordination and action. Below are quotes from a few members of the Teton Behavioral Health Alliance (TBHA), speaking to the collective work (see Partner Page for a full list of TBHA members).
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Charlotte Alexander
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE MENTAL WELLNESS COLLABORATIVE
“At The Mental Wellness Collaborative, we strongly believe that working together creates more effective change. This is why we have created a space for mental health providers with diverse perspectives to collaborate. It's also why we participate in The Teton Behavioral Health Alliance—so we can actively collaborate with other organizations in the valley to address the significant mental health needs of our community.”
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Adrian Croke
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, COMMUNITY SAFETY NETWORK
“Domestic and sexual violence can be life-altering traumas that negatively affect the behavioral health of survivors, their children, and their communities; without accessible and effective behavioral health resources and support, cycles of violence continue in perpetuity. CSN envisions a world free of violence, and to get there requires collaboration like the Behavioral Health Alliance. Only through working together to improve behavioral health outcomes can we create a community where people are happy, healthy, and safe – a crucial step on our way to a world without violence.”
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Kellie Fishpaugh
POLICE SOCIAL WORKER, JACKSON POLICE DEPARTMENT
“Jackson Police Department is proactive in their approach of mental wellness for their officers and the community they serve. Training, maintaining community resources, and involving their social worker in more in-depth contacts are all part of their approach to strengthening the community they serve.”
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Rosie Read
LEGAL DIRECTOR, WYOMING IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY PROJECT
“Although we have a robust network of therapists and social services in the Teton area, data shows that we’re not meeting the behavioral health needs of many of those with marginalized identities in our community. These individuals, who primarily include immigrants and non-English speakers, LGBQ+ and gender diverse folks, low-wage earners, and people of color, struggle with discrimination, awareness and stigma, and equitable access to behavioral health services. In order to address these disparities and make sure everyone in our community feels welcome and cared for, we need to identify gaps in our existing system, explore the local impact of those gaps on marginalized groups, and then get to work on creating actionable solutions. The Wellbeing Dashboard is a critical first step.”
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Kris Shean
BUSINESS COMMUNITY
“Like most mountain towns, Jackson Hole struggles with mental and behavioral health. Specifically alcohol and substance abuse. Having an organization like TBHA to collaborate with mental health professionals and organizations in the valley is key to fighting these serious problems.”
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Adam Williamson, LPC
ADULT/CHILD/FAMILY TEAM PROGRAM MANAGER, MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES OF JACKSON HOLE
“The Behavioral health good data will help us to better understand all the barriers to treatment and in turn, get more people help when they need it. This will give us more information to know where to put our efforts in improving treatment options."
Teton County, WY Behavioral Health in the News
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Natural sounds can ease stress June 5, 2024, jhnewsandguide.com
Consider diet for mental health May 29, 2024, jhnewsandguide.com
County sees DUIs increase May 13, 2024, jhnewsandguide.com
Connections key to mental health May 12, 2024, jhnewsandguide.com
Turning loss into awareness: Physicians face higher risk of suicide February 23, 2024, jhnewsandguide.com
The art of therapy February 21, 2024, jhnewsandguide.com
Police officers receive mental health support February 8, 2024, buckrail.com
Mental health calls, suicide rate alarming July 12, 2023, jhnewsandguide.com
Community invited to Gender Spectrum conversation February 17, 2023, jhnewsandguide.com
Teton Interagency Peer Support (TIPS) hosted a peer support training in collaboration with Responder Alliance on September 26, 2023 with 33 people in attendance, representing 10 different agencies. TIPS provides mental health support and stress management for First Responders through education, confidential peer support, and a direct link to mental health professionals.
Beta Version Feedback
You are viewing a beta version of the Teton Community Wellbeing Dashboard. Many focus areas are currently under construction and others will be developed in the near future. Regardless of where they are in their development, each of the focus area dashboards are engaging in cycles of continuous improvement.
You are our community. Help us make this better! Each user brings a unique perspective to the dashboard. We value your participation and invite you to provide feedback on your user experience.