County “Scenario 1” budget shows $241,748 gap to fully fund HHS asks

Teton County’s latest outside-agency funding worksheet lays out what it would cost to simply say “yes” to everything. The county’s Scenario 1 Full Funding Financial Report totals $2,506,165 across Priority 1–3 requests and flags a remaining “Difference” of $241,748 to reach full funding.

In the table, Priority 1 accounts for about 48.25% of the total ($1,350,251), Priority 2 is about 38.49% ($1,049,991), and Priority 3 is much smaller at about 5.43% ($129,786). The worksheet reads like a menu of human-services contracts and grants (mental health, food access, seniors, youth/family services, transportation support) and is useful for residents trying to understand what gets labeled “essential” versus “nice to have” once the money tightens.

For taxpayers and license holders who end up underwriting a lot of this through the county’s revenue mix, the key takeaway is that “full funding” isn’t a rounding error—it’s a quarter-million-dollar policy choice. If the county is going to ask more from tourism-related revenue streams (including lodging taxes and fees) or from property owners, the public should also expect clear performance measures and transparent reporting on what each allocation actually buys.