Mental Health Awareness Month Community Calendar

May 1, 2026 

JACK­SON, WY – This May, com­mu­ni­ties across the coun­try will observe Men­tal Health Aware­ness Month, a nation­al effort to reduce stig­ma, increase under­stand­ing, and expand access to men­tal health resources. The Teton Behav­ioral Health Alliance, an ini­tia­tive of the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion of Jack­son Hole, is lead­ing local efforts to con­nect com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers with infor­ma­tion, sup­port, and oppor­tu­ni­ties for engagement. 

The Alliance has launched a Men­tal Health Aware­ness Month Com­mu­ni­ty Cal­en­dar. The cal­en­dar serves as a cen­tral­ized hub for events, work­shops, and resources offered by orga­ni­za­tions through­out Teton County.

“This effort is about vis­i­bil­i­ty and con­nec­tion,” said Kate Schelbe, Back­bone Leader of the Teton Behav­ioral Health Alliance. ​“There is incred­i­ble work hap­pen­ing across our com­mu­ni­ty to sup­port men­tal health. We want to make it eas­i­er for peo­ple to find it, engage with it, and feel supported.” 

“More Good Days, Togeth­er”

Men­tal Health America’s Men­tal Health Aware­ness Month’s theme this year is; ​“More Good Days, Togeth­er.” The Alliance is align­ing with this theme as it encour­ages indi­vid­u­als and com­mu­ni­ties to reflect on what a ​“good day” looks like and how col­lec­tive action can help make those days more common. 

Local Data High­lights Progress and Need

Recent find­ings from the 2026 PRC Com­mu­ni­ty Engage­ment & Behav­ioral Health Sur­vey con­duct­ed by Teton Behav­ioral Health Alliance show both progress and ongo­ing chal­lenges in Teton Coun­ty. In 2026, 50.1% of adults report­ed expe­ri­enc­ing three or more days of poor men­tal health in the past month, an improve­ment from 62.1% in 2021 and 69.0% in 2024. How­ev­er, dis­par­i­ties per­sist, with high­er rates report­ed among women, young adults, Latine res­i­dents, and LGBQ and gen­der-diverse individuals. 

“These find­ings show mean­ing­ful progress, espe­cial­ly in reduc­ing stig­ma,” Schelbe added. ​“At the same time, they remind us that many peo­ple in our com­mu­ni­ty are still strug­gling and that access, inclu­sion, and con­nec­tion remain critical.” 

Data analy­sis is still under­way, and sur­vey results will be shared at a Town Hall in late September. 

Get Involved

Com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers are encour­aged to take part in Men­tal Health Aware­ness Month in ways that feel mean­ing­ful. You can: 

• Explore and attend events list­ed on the Com­mu­ni­ty Cal­en­dar

• Share per­son­al sto­ries to reduce stig­ma and encour­age open dialogue 

• Pro­mote men­tal health tools and local resources 

• Par­tic­i­pate in com­mu­ni­ty aware­ness efforts and social media campaigns 

• Check in with friends, fam­i­ly, and colleagues

To view the cal­en­dar vis­it https://​www​.cfjack​son​hole​.org/​m​e​n​t​a​l​-​h​ealth and fol­low along through­out May. 

Let’s have more good days, together. 

About Teton Behav­ioral Health Alliance

The Teton Behav­ioral Health Alliance, an ini­tia­tive of the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion of Jack­son Hole, works to improve the behav­ioral health care sys­tem in Teton Coun­ty, Wyoming at a sys­tems lev­el through high-lev­el, cross-sec­toral col­lab­o­ra­tion. As such, the Teton Behav­ioral Health Alliance facil­i­tates com­mu­ni­ty-wide actions that enhance pre­ven­tion, treat­ment, and cri­sis response efforts while address­ing the gaps and inequities in the sys­tem to ben­e­fit all who live and work in Teton Coun­ty. Well-being is not only a result of indi­vid­ual choic­es; it is also deter­mined by the qual­i­ty of con­nec­tions and con­nec­tiv­i­ty we have to oth­ers, our sense of belong­ing, and our abil­i­ty to access resources. The Teton Behav­ioral Health Alliance rec­og­nizes that togeth­er we have the pow­er to shape our expe­ri­ence and tra­jec­to­ry as a community.