What's Helping? These are the positive forces are work in our community and beyond that influence this issue in our community.

• Nearly 71% of adults reported that they remain hopeful, even in difficult times 2024 WNC Healthy Impact Community Health Survey, WNC Health Network, Inc. [Item 64]
• Nearly 40% of adults are currently receiving mental health treatment.  (2024 WNC Healthy Impact Community Health Survey, WNC Health Network, Inc. [Item 69])
• Strong partnerships with mental health providers. 

What's Hurting? These are the negative forces are work in our community and beyond that influence this issue in our community.

• Over 18% adults lack health care insurance coverage.  (2024 WNC Healthy Impact Community Health Survey, WNC Health Network, Inc. [Item 86])
• Nearly 13% of adults agreed or strongly agreed with this statement: in the past 12 months, a lack of transportation has prevented me from going someplace I wanted or needed to go in Haywood County.  (2024 WNC Healthy Impact Community Health Survey, WNC Health Network, Inc. [Item 325])
• Thirty nine percent of adults would not know where to go or where to refer someone else for substance use or mental health counseling.  (2024 WNC Healthy Impact Community Health Survey, WNC Health Network, Inc. [Item 313])

We are keeping an eye on access to care as a way of telling how we are doing as a community in mental health and build a community where we 'advance health and resilience by advocating for prevention, treatment, and recovery for people affected by mental health disorders,' We have also identified other data that is not currently available, but that we would like to develop to help us monitor progress on this result:

• Indicator 1: number of individuals who access mental health programs

• Indicator 2: the number of those individuals who accessed mental programs and remain in programs when indicated