Nampa Hosts Its First Youth Well-being Data Walk
- Tara Woodward
- 1 hour ago
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On March 10th, the Communities for Youth Nampa Initiative hosted its first Data Walk, bringing together parents, providers, local leaders, and community members to learn more about how local youth are doing.Â
The event began with a presentation highlighting results from the 2025 Youth Well-being Survey, which was completed by Nampa students in grades 7-12. The survey explored youth experiences related to mental health, overall well-being, and substance use. One encouraging takeaway from the survey was that two-thirds of the students who participated reported feeling physically healthy 5-7 days a week.
Following the presentation, attendees participated in the Data Walk—an interactive experience where they explored posters showcasing key insights from the survey. Topics included risk and protective factors for mental health and alcohol/drug use for Nampa youth identified through the survey, such as feelings of loneliness, lack of sleep, self-awareness, and supportive relationships with family members.
The Data Walk encouraged attendees to ask questions, share perspectives, and brainstorm ideas for Nampa community-led prevention efforts. At the end of the event, community members voted on their top priorities for what 2C Kids Succeed and the Healthy Impact Nampa Coalitions should focus on for the next year. Based on the community’s input, these coalitions will set goals and develop an action plan—supported by a grant from Southwest District Health—to address these priorities and promote meaningful, locally driven change.Â
Additional Youth Well-being Data Resources
Unable to attend the Nampa Data Walk? No worries! You can explore the findings through our Virtual Data Walk and the 2025-2026 Youth Well-being Snapshots for depression and substance use.Â
The youth depression snapshot provides an overview of one of the mental health areas that is affecting a high number of middle and high school students in our county and investigates risk and protective factors for it (risk factors make a negative outcome like depression more likely, while protective factors protect against it/make it less likely). The substance use snapshot also provides valuable information about what areas of youth substance use are the biggest concern for our community and provides some actionable information for adults about how to help prevent youth substance use.
We invite you to download, print, and share these resources (available in both English and Spanish). Whether you’re a parent, teacher, coach, faith leader, student, or just a concerned community member, this data has meaning for you and can be used to help build the best possible community for Nampa’s young people.
Depression Focus
Substance Use Focus
If you have any questions or would like to get involved in the current work of the Communities for Youth Nampa Initiative, please contact Community Lead Tara Woodward at Tara.Woodward@swdh.id.gov.
