Teton County HHS grants: FY2027 requests jump $237k (9%)

Teton County’s Health & Human Services outside-agency funding requests total $2,743,628 for FY2027, up $237,463 (9%) from the FY2026 adopted $2,506,165, according to the county’s year-over-year comparison spreadsheet. That’s the kind of steady “ratchet” that matters in a general fund world where almost everything else is competing for the same property-tax-supported dollars. See: FY2027 HHS Requests Yearly Comparison Financial Report.

The increase isn’t spread evenly. The biggest notable adds/bumps in the table include $85,000 for the Education Foundation of Jackson Hole (new in this comparison), $69,500 for Good Samaritan Mission (new), and a 50% increase for Immigrant Advocacy Project, Wyoming (from $25,000 to $37,500). On the smaller-but-real side: Community Safety Network rises $10,000 to $110,000, Seniors West of the Tetons rises $4,000 to $24,000, and Youth & Family Services climbs $18,963 to $651,078.

What’s missing from this “numbers first” view is the accountability side: the spreadsheet shows dollars by organization, but it doesn’t show what measurable outcomes the public is buying for that added $237k—especially for the new line items. If commissioners are going to treat this as ongoing base budget, each increase should come with a plain-language metric (clients served, nights housed, relapse reduction, reduced ER utilization, etc.) and a checkback at year-end on whether the extra money actually moved the needle.