Behavioral Health Action Dashboard

Clear information, with a practical place to turn.

A free public resource from Invest Hamilton County that turns local behavioral health data into action for families, employers, providers, the workforce, and policymakers. Not a clinic; a place to start.

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Free to useOne email opens every tool
Warm informationInformational, never clinical
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Hamilton County
Information What the local data shows Sourced and dated, in plain language.
Support A place to turn next Crisis lines, providers, and programs.
Boundary Not screening or treatment The limit is always explicit.
The story, in five numbers
It starts with a call.
21,432
mental health crisis events, 2024 · 3.4x since 2017
Our kids are climbing fastest.
+767%
under-18 crisis events since 2017
And when a crisis peaks, there is no local bed.
Zero
psychiatric inpatient beds in the county
0
So police become the front door.
319 vs 8
referred into the county provider by law enforcement or the justice system vs a crisis line, SFY2025
319via police / courts
8via a 24-hr crisis line
The whole system is carrying it.
1 in 9
EMS runs are behavioral health · double the 2017 share
Start the story at stop 1 →20 national research findings tested against this data: 12 present here, 1 moving the other way. See the verdicts →

Who it's for

Five front doors, one dashboard. Pick the one that fits. The data is open to everyone.

Data & policymakers

Aggregated dashboards on capacity, crisis & 988, workforce, SUD/opioid, youth, and equity, plus a tract-level map and the Policy Lever Simulator. No access code for the data.

Families & individuals

Crisis lines, a provider finder, naloxone & harm-reduction locations, insurance & parity, and workplace rights. The crisis lane is always open, no login.

Employers

Model the ROI of behavioral-health benefits, then get the playbooks and templates to put them in place, grounded in BLS and Lightcast wage data.

Providers

A practice self-assessment, the provider directory, and operational playbooks for BH organizations across the county.

BH workforce & careers

Career explorer, clinical credentialing, peer-recovery tools, education pathways, and recruitment intelligence for a field in shortage.

Built on real data

Every figure is sourced and dated. A sample of what's inside:

172population indicators across all 57 Hamilton County census tracts
22.9%adult depression prevalence (CDC PLACES 2026)
21,432mental-health crisis events in 2024, 3.4× since 2017 (Indiana MPH)
19/25mental-health HPSA shortage score (HRSA, designated 09/2025)
328treatment facilities in the provider finder (SAMHSA)
9thof 292 large U.S. counties for lowest frequent mental distress, a strength to build on

One email opens the whole dashboard

  • Free access to every dashboard, tool, playbook, and the downloadable Behavioral Health Needs Assessment.
  • We ask for an email so we can send you relevant updates from Invest Hamilton County. That's it.
  • Cookieless analytics. We don't store health information. Unsubscribe anytime.
  • The 988 crisis lane and the full Needs Assessment stay open with no login.
Get free access →   Read the Needs Assessment

Invest Hamilton County publishes this dashboard as a public benefit. It informs, connects, and equips. It does not diagnose, screen, or treat. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 or text HOME to 741741.