Katz Amsterdam Foundation

During 2023, the Foundation continued its work to bring mountain resort communities together for shared learning around common challenges in building effective mental and behavioral health systems that serve the needs of community members. A special focus of this multi- community network this year was working with non-profit leaders to develop behavioral health peer network programs, to expand the number of people who can offer help needed in each community. The Foundation hosted our annual convening of over 70 behavioral health professionals from 10 different mountain communities in may, during which we discussed the specific needs of communities of color in mountain towns and shared best practices for community-based programs and solutions. We also added three new communities to our network in 2023 and re-focused our efforts on mountain resort communities in the western u.s. Katz Amsterdam also solidified our focus in two areas this year: civic engagement for communities of color and