Scaling the Summit of Mental Health Needs in Ski Towns: Using Community and Provider Research to Inform Strategic Efforts
Wednesday, February 4 at 1 p.m. CT
Hosted by:
- Heather Trish, NCC, LPC, LMHC, LPCC, Mountain Behavioral Health Network Director at Katz Amsterdam Foundation
In mountain resort communities across the West, mental health and substance use challenges are often magnified by isolation, high costs of living, and fragmented care. The Katz Amsterdam Foundation (KAF) is tackling these systemic issues head-on through its innovative Shared Measurement Model, featuring multiple health assessments/data collection from multiple tools/avenues.
Join us for a session with Heather Trish to learn how KAF’s small but mighty team supports a network of 11 mountain communities to turn behavioral health data into policy wins. This isn’t just about collecting stories; it’s about understanding needs relative to the entire behavioral health ecosystem—providing the deep, focused data necessary to move from awareness to action.
Key Highlights:
- The Shared Measurement Model: Discover how KAF utilizes community and provider surveys to create a “data dashboard” that identifies specific gaps in the behavioral health continuum.
- Success in Action: Hear a case study that reveals private practitioners weren’t accepting insurance—exhausting scholarship funds—and how the community used that data to force insurers to provide equal reimbursement for mental health services.
- Closing the Implementation Gap: A first look at KAF’s 2026 initiative to provide facilitated “data sense-making” support, helping local leaders translate findings into strategic implementation.
- Beyond the CHNA: Learn why this model serves as the essential “follow-up specialist” to traditional community health needs assessments, offering the granular detail required for true systemic change.