County/town asked for $6k to keep perinatal support hub and free gear swap going

If you’re pregnant, postpartum, or parenting a little one and feeling overwhelmed, one small budget line could decide whether a local “one-stop” perinatal support hub keeps growing next year. The nonprofit It Takes a Valley: Perinatal Resource Collaborative is asking Teton County and the Town of Jackson for $3,000 each (total $6,000) in FY27, according to its new funding request staff report: It Takes a Valley Perinatal Resource Collaborative Funding Request Staff Report.

The request covers three things families actually use: maintaining a directory of 110+ vetted perinatal resources (the group says its new online hub drew about 8,100 visits in 2025), outreach to grow the number of local providers trained in perinatal mental health, and coordination for the area’s big free Maternity/Infant/Child clothing and gear swaps (ITAV reports 1,200 parents served in 2025, plus 18,000+ pounds diverted from the landfill).

A piece that stands out for working parents: ITAV also says it’s collaborating with county leaders to add childcare navigation information to the same hub—aimed at that stressful handoff from parental leave to finding a slot. This isn’t a vote yet; it’s an application in the town/county Health & Human Services funding process, so the key question is whether elected leaders will treat “finding help early” (before a crisis) as worth a modest, ongoing investment.