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Links to past Mental Health Minutes are below.
Your voice matters: Take a 10-minute survey to help shape the future of mental health services in the Yampa Valley.
Individuals ages 18+ who live and/or work in Moffat and Routt Counties are invited to participate in a community-wide survey to help improve and expand mental and behavioral health resources in the region.
Results will help local organizations understand where the greatest needs exist and identify ways to strengthen services and community connections to meet the mental health needs of our region.
Collaborating partners include: The Health Partnership, REPS, Northwest Colorado Health, UCHealth YVMC, Health Solutions West, and Warhorse Ranch.
The more responses gathered, the more informed we will be about potential next steps to enhance mental behavioral health efforts in our community. Have your voice heard!
The 10-minute survey is in English and Spanish at: www.prcsurvey.com/begin/YampaValley2026
Press Release from Yampa Valley Community Foundation.
MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SURVEY UNDER WAY IN THE YAMPA VALLEY
(STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO, November 19, 2025) ― Individuals who live and/or work in Moffat and Routt Counties are invited to participate in a community-wide survey to help improve and expand mental and behavioral health resources in the region. The survey, launched last week by the Yampa Valley Community Foundation (YVCF) with national research partner PRC, is in collaboration with several local agencies including The Health Partnership, REPS, Northwest Colorado Health, UCHealth YVMC, Health Solutions West, and Warhorse Ranch.
The confidential survey asks questions about community connections, quality of life, and health needs related to mental health and alcohol use. Results will help local organizations understand where the greatest needs exist and identify ways to strengthen services and community connections to meet the mental health needs of our region.
“While other community surveys have gathered important data regarding overall health and wellbeing, this survey will take a deep-dive into the critical topic of mental health,” says Brittney Wilburn, Executive Director of The Health Partnership.
An online survey is available now at www.prcsurvey.com/begin/YampaValley2026 until February 2026. Phone surveys of approximately 400 individuals in the area will be conducted by the research firm PRC from November 2025-February 2026.
“Because this survey focuses on behavioral health issues, it will augment the data previously collected,” says Tim Wohlgenant, YVCF CEO/President. “The intent is to conduct this survey every two years, which will give us baseline and ongoing data to validate what our communities and direct service providers have been saying anecdotally and to evaluate what new programs are working and what still needs to be addressed.”
Households that receive a phone survey will be selected at random, and both the online and phone survey will take less than 10 minutes to complete. Phone and online surveys will be available in English and Spanish. YVCF will be working with partner agencies and the community at large to encourage broad participation.
“It’s crucial to have a wide range of people across the valley participate; diverse input will be vital to creating a holistic view of what is happening with behavioral health in the region,” says Wohlgenant.
The survey is part of a larger collaborative effort that YVCF is embarking upon in partnership with the Katz Amsterdam Foundation, called the KAF Network. This network pulls together leaders and data on mental health resources and needs from 11 rural resort communities, presenting a unique opportunity for coordination, cooperation and shared learning across these communities.
To take the online survey, visit www.prcsurvey.com/begin/YampaValley2026.
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This is the continued Mental Health Minute, beginning July 7, 2025.
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- Nov. 16, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Time Change Blues
- Nov. 10, 2025 — Mental Health Minute – Navigating Changes in Midlife for Women
- Nov. 3, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Stress Management in Teens
- Oct. 28, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Day of the Dead
- Oct. 19, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Sacred Moments: Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary
- Oct. 13, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Talk Saves Lives: Empowering Our Community to Prevent Suicide
- Oct. 6, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Cost of Poverty Experience (COPE) comes to Northwest Colorado
- Sept. 29, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Get Immediate Support with the 988 Colorado Mental Health Line
- Sept. 22, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Theater as an Outlet
- Sept. 14, 2025 –Mental Health Minute — Connection in Times of Adversity
- Sept. 7. 2025 — Mental Health Minute – Sharing stories and building bridges at new event
- Aug. 31, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Message from Yampatika
- Aug. 25, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Mental Health After a Critical Incident: How to Help, What to Expect, and Taking Care of Yourself
- Aug. 17, 2025 — Mental Health Minute: Uncertainty Is Part of Life — But It’s Heavier for Some
- Aug. 11, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Re:generation: A Christ-Centered Path to Lasting Transformation
- Aug. 3, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Steps to Help Save A Life
- July 28, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Steamboat Kids & Phones
- July 24-2025 — Mental Health Minute — Starting with the basics
- July 15, 2025 — Mental Health Minute – Helping Others through Peer Engagement and The HOPE Initiative
- LINK to all previous Mental Health Minutes — DECEMBER 1, 2024, THROUGH JUNE 23, 2025