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Wasatch County Health Department briefs Wallsburg council on 2025 annual report and youth survey findings
Summary
The Wasatch County Health Department presented its 2025 annual report to the Wallsburg council, noting a budget of about $4 million and that more than half of department income comes from state and federal grants. The SHARP youth survey showed top student concerns: peers' alcohol/drug use, suicide, and active-shooter/gun violence threats.
A Wasatch County Health Department representative (speaker 6) presented the department’s 2025 annual report at the May 7 Wallsburg Town Council meeting and highlighted programs, staffing changes on the board of health, and the department budget.
"More than 0.5 of the income to the health department is from state and federal grants," the representative said, and the 2025 budget was described in the presentation as a little over $4,000,000. The representative reviewed programs including environmental health (water and food safety), epidemiology (disease surveillance), nursing/clinical services (immunizations, STD clinic), WIC services, emergency preparedness and the Medical Reserve Corps, and health promotion programs for nutrition, injury prevention and substance-use prevention.
Colleen (speaker 10) summarized results from the SHARP student survey (an average of the prior three years from Rocky Mountain, Wasatch High School and Timpanogos Middle School). She said the top three student-reported concerns were: others' alcohol and drug use, suicide among peers and adults, and active-shooter/gun-violence scenarios at school or in public. "Number 1 was others using alcohol and drugs... Number 2 is suicide... and number 3 is gun violence," she said.
The council discussed ways to publicize the survey results and outreach options; members suggested sharing materials via town social channels and partnering with the community coalition (CCC) and local schools. Officials emphasized that some survey items (for example, questions about gender identity) are not asked locally and that Wasatch County does not include those questions. Councilors asked about local trends and how the county compares to other jurisdictions; the presenter noted Wasatch County generally ranks among Utah’s top three healthiest counties but still tracks areas for improvement such as depression and diabetes.
