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Walworth County presents behavioral health annual report; staff cite crisis response, program growth and testimonials
Summary
The county’s behavioral health manager described a continuum of services — crisis response, outpatient care, comprehensive community services (CCS), community support program (CSP) and case management — presented utilization figures for 2024 and 2025, and introduced consumer testimonials about program impact.
Amy Hart, behavioral health division manager, told the Health and Human Services Board on July 16 that the division serves more than 1,000 Walworth County residents across a continuum of care that ranges from crisis services to long‑term community supports.
Hart gave a data‑driven overview: in 2024 crisis services logged more than 10,000 contacts, including 925 risk assessments; about 14% of those risk assessments resulted in inpatient admissions, totaling about 130 admissions and 1,245 hospital days, she said. Outpatient services completed roughly 506 new assessments in 2024 and about 3,700 individual sessions, with 265 family sessions. The division recently hired a full‑time advanced practice nurse prescriber to restore full medication‑management capacity,…
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