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Grading the States 2009 Report Card: Wyoming
In 2006, Wyoming’s mental health care system received a D grade. Three years later, it receives an F, a disappointment for a state that has sought to make at least some investments in mental health services in recent years. Full narrative (PDF).
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Health Promotion and Measurement: F 25% of Total Grade
Basic measures, such as the number of programs delivering evidence-based practices,
emergency room wait-times, and the quantity of psychiatric beds by setting.
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Financing & Core Treatment/Recovery Services: D 45% of Total Grade
A variety of financing measures, such as whether Medicaid reimburses providers for all, or part of evidence-based practices; and more.
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Consumer & Family Empowerment: F 15% of Total Grade
Includes measures such as consumer and family access to essential information from the
state, promotion of consumer-run programs, and family and peer education and support.
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Community Integration and Social Inclusion: F 15% of Total Grade
Includes activities that require collaboration among state mental health agencies and other state agencies and systems.
Innovations
- "System of care" collaboration
- Veterans mental health outreach program
- Peer support specialists
- Crisis stabilization pilot programs
Urgent Needs
- Safe and affordable housing
- Expand crisis stabilization
- Workforce development
- Transportation
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"We are a very rural area and it is not uncommon to have to drive 50 miles to receive help. When a person needs care, it needs to be available and that is just not the case in my community."
"My employer (I was employed at a public mental health center) saw my improvement and offered me an opportunity of a lifetime. They asked me if I would like to be a peer support specialist."
"My family member has had two involuntary commitments in the past five years. Both times, he was forced to stay in a local jail because mental health beds were not available in local hospitals or in the only state mental hospital."
