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Mental Health & Recovery Services of JH

640 E. Broadway | Jackson, WY | 307-733-2046 jhccc.org

The merger between Jackson Hole Community Counseling and the Curran-Seeley Foundation to create Mental Health & Recovery Service of Jackson Hole is nearly complete and is designed to give community members the best and most targeted help.

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For nearly 50 years, people in the Teton region have been trusting the Community Counseling Center and Curran-Seeley to provide comprehensive mental and behavioral health services to those in need.

The Community Counseling Center and the Curran-Seeley Foundation, a respected partner in alcohol and drug counseling, treatment and prevention services, joined forces a year ago to form a more interconnected program of behavioral health care and are excited about their new organization. The merger provides a spectrum of integrated services focused on mental health and substance use treatment. By integrating these services under one umbrella, the new collective is able to offer best-inclass care for the whole person within one, streamlined organization.

Executive Director Deidre Ashley, who has served as the executive director of the Community Counseling Center since 2011, said that with the

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“We are treating the whole person,” she said. “There is a good amount of overlap with mental health and substance abuse issues. Treating mental health and substance abuse separately is more of an outdated approach.”

Mental Health & Recovery Services is backed by many long-term and qualified staff providing full coverage, from peer specialists to case managers and therapists.

“Everyone is extremely dedicated and here because they are passionate about behavioral health,” Ashley said. “I feel like that's really one of our strengths: that we have a blend of people that have a lot of longevity within our organization.”

Ashley said that with the merger, they also have some “great and fresh perspectives” in their four pillars of programming. This includes the substance use program, Mountain House drop-in center (intensive services), the general outpatient mental health program and then last, but certainly no less important, 24/7 crisis services.

“We always have a therapist on call,” Ashley said. “If someone wants help, we are available.”

Expanded and remodeled NAPA storefront

NAPA Auto Parts of JH

990 US-89 | Jackson, WY | 307-733-2716

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Timing was everything for Jed Fawaz, owner of NAPA Auto Parts of Jackson Hole. He stopped into the store in 2015 to look for a part for his RV. “I thought I was going to have to drive to Idaho Falls,” he said.

After chatting about the business, Fawaz left his name and number for the owner, and two weeks later he called. “It was a handshake deal,” Fawaz said.

“The biggest part of the business is supporting businesses in town from repair shops to the emergency services — police and fire,” Fawaz said. “We supply auto parts to pretty much everyone in town.”

RV supplies are important for tourists and for residents. His purchase of the entire building allowed him to double the size of the store’s retail area to 5,000 square feet by taking down some walls.

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Fawaz is the fourth owner of the store, which opened in 1965. He bought it in 2016. It’s been locally owned for more than 50 years. “My dad and I owned one in the ’70s in Southern California,” Fawaz said. Nostalgia hit hard when he walked into Jackson’s store. “It smelled the same,” he said.

The NAPA store — also known as Aspen Automotive and Industrial Supply — now offers twice the retail square footage as it once did. Fawaz had the opportunity to buy the entire building, including Jackson Hole Cycle & Saw’s former home, and he expanded his store to offer more parts for more types of vehicles. A larger inventory than what he encountered in 2015 now awaits customers, including parts for RVs, farm and agricultural machinery, and marine. Customers can also find trailer and towing supplies, custom hydraulic hoses, dealer-only and heavy-duty parts, as well as welding supplies.

“We sell parts for anything with a motor,” he said. “We also expanded small engine parts.”

The store also is a distributor for Airgas. "A big benefit of the NAPA system is we get a dedicated delivery truck every night, Tuesday through Saturday, from the distribution center in SLC, so if we don’t have the part you need we can usually have it here the next morning without a delivery charge."

Since there are only a handful of new car dealers in Jackson, the store has cultivated relationships with dealerships throughout Utah, which allows it to provide next-day delivery of dealer-only parts at little or no extra charge.

One unique feature Fawaz’s store offers is loaner tools. It loans out, for no charge, specialty tools that would be expensive for the average person who only needs them for a one-time job.

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