Katz Amsterdam Charitable Trust Donates $2.66 Million to Further Mental and Behavioral Health Access in Vail Resorts Mountain Communities
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"Watching the acceptance and conversations surrounding mental health continue to grow in our mountain communities is inspiring," said Rob Katz, co-founder and board president of the Katz Amsterdam Foundation. "We feel incredibly lucky to be able to help these organizations and support their collective missions to improve access to much-needed health services and reduce the stigma surrounding mental health."
Katz Amsterdam strives to be a catalyst for eliminating inequities, increasing access to opportunity, and improving outcomes for all. As a foundation, their priority is to support community-driven work that meaningfully improves the lives of all individuals and the social well-being of communities.
"The Katz Amsterdam Foundation has been an instrumental partner in addressing our community's mental health needs," said Stacy Caldwell, chief executive officer of the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation, a Katz Amsterdam grant recipient. The Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation connects people and opportunities to generate resources to build a more caring, creative, and effective community.
"With Katz Amsterdam's investment, we have developed a regional roadmap that identifies gaps and opportunities in our mental health supports," continues Caldwell. "The Katz Amsterdam network acts as an incubator in which mountain towns can gain invaluable insights from one another and employ approaches that have been tested and proven in similar environments. We are truly grateful for the meaningful impact that this unique partnership brings to our community."
The Katz Amsterdam grants are in addition to the annual EpicPromise grants from Vail Resorts, which support more than 400 nonprofits across mountain communities where the company operates. As reported in the recently released Environmental & Social Responsibility Report, Vail Resorts donated
In addition to their focus on mountain communities, Vail Resorts provides mental health support for employees, including six free counseling sessions per year for team members, their dependents, and roommates. The company also offers convenient no-cost tools including a wellness app, personal coaching, and virtual and in-person therapy.
The Katz Amsterdam Charitable Trust grant recipients announced today include:
to Gunnison Valley Health Foundation – Hiring of a Spanish-speaking Certified Peer Support Specialist for Gunnison Middle & High Schools and to expand the Spanish-speaking peer health navigator role to support connection to mental behavioral health services.$60,000 to CB State of Mind – Providing therapy and substance abuse treatment scholarships for Black and Indigenous People of Color communities.$70,000
to Eagle Valley Behavioral Health – Supporting collaborative efforts of three agencies in$545,000 Eagle County as they provide mental health, substance abuse, and peer support in Spanish.
to Building Hope – Supporting the$500,000 Summit County community through five organizations that provide substance abuse support and medically assisted treatment for adults and adolescents, supervision for integrated care services, and mental health scholarships and services in Spanish.
to Telluride Foundation – Gathering Telluride community and provider survey data for upload into the KAF Shared Measurement Framework data dashboard, where it will be used to track community mental behavioral health needs.$50,000
to Aspen Community Foundation - Surveying the$50,000 Aspen community's mental behavioral health needs in order to inform strategic decisions and improve the quality of life for residents.
to Park City Community Foundation – Supporting hiring of bilingual mental health professionals, expanding prevention, psychiatric, job training, and sober living services for youth and adults.$500,000
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to Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation – Supporting programs identified in the Tahoe/$250,000 Truckee community strategic plan including those that focus on youth, bilingual and bicultural mental health, substance use disorder, and more. to El Dorado Community Foundation – General mental behavioral health support.$100,000
to Vermont Community Foundation – Support mental and behavioral health and substance misuse prevention and treatment projects for seven subgrantees in the$250,000 Stowe ,Ludlow , andMt. Snow communities ofVermont .
to Upper Valley Cares - General mental behavioral health support.$35,000
to Whistler Blackcomb Foundation - General mental behavioral health support.$200,000
to the Community Foundation of$50,000 Jackson Hole – To gatherTeton County community and provider survey data about community mental and behavioral health needs to help inform strategic decisions and to use in the KAF Shared Measurement Framework data dashboard, where it will be foundational for shared learning with other mountain communities.
About Katz Amsterdam Foundation: The Katz Amsterdam Foundation strives to be a catalyst for eliminating barriers to health, increasing access to opportunity, and improving outcomes for all. The Foundation believes that everyone benefits from living in healthy and cohesive communities, but access to these benefits is unequal. KAF works in partnership with communities to advance just and equitable approaches to accessing mental, behavioral and reproductive health care and protect civil rights by increasing civic engagement and participation in a multiracial democracy. The Foundation does this work by addressing systemic injustice, racial and social disparities in mental health, reproductive health and civic engagement. KAF's priority is to support community-driven work that meaningfully improves the lives of individuals and the social well-being of our communities. For more information, visit www.katzamsterdam.org.
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