Our Partners
Childcare subsidy program
The Child Care Subsidy Program helps low income families pay for the cost of care when the parent(s) are working or in school or training. Based on the family’s income, the parents may be responsible for paying for part of the cost of care. The Department of Family Services’ Child Care Subsidy Program uses a combination of state and federal funds to assist eligible families in paying for the cost of child care while the parent(s) is working or attending an approved educational activity. If the family meets the eligibility criteria, the Department of Family Services pays a portion of the cost of care. Parents are free to choose a child care arrangement that best fits their needs as long as the provider chosen meets certain health and safety requirements.
Supplemental nutrition assistance program
The cornerstone of the federal food assistance program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides crucial support to needy households and to those moving from welfare to work. SNAP benefits are distributed electronically through the Wyoming Card. SNAP supports better nutrition for low-income households.
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
TANF helps needy families achieve self-sufficiency. This is done through a block grant states get to build and run programs, which help needy families. TANF support helps many parents reduce their dependency on government benefits by helping them find and enroll in career training programs while promoting work and marriage and preventing out-of-wedlock pregnancies. All of that encourages the formation and maintenance of two-parent families.
Medicaid and Kid Care CHIP
We connect people and health care benefits such as Medicaid/Kid Care CHIP and WIC (a nutrition program for young children, pregnant and breast feeding women), programs administered through the Wyoming Department of Health.
Wyoming kids first
Wyoming Kids First is a statewide nonprofit that primarily works on behalf of children up to eight years of age. We help families, communities and Wyoming identify and meet the needs of children at this critical age in their development by connecting services, supports, and resources around:
Family Support & Strengthening
Early Learning
Health
Raising readers in wyoming
Raising Readers in Wyoming encourages parents to read to their young children by providing beautiful new books as part of their well child health care visits.
Align TEam
Align’s mission is to create strong communities by partnering with nonprofits, government and businesses for more impactful, successful organizations and programs.
We are proud to provide professional services with our unique and focused approach to finding solutions. We bring over 30 years of strategic management and organizational development experience to the table, helping organizations and employees thrive. We accomplish this by remaining true to to our mission, our culture, and our shared desires to facilitate the improvement of individual lives, communities, and businesses.
UW Echo/ early childhood
UW ECHO in Early Childhood increases the capacity of early childhood professionals to identify and implement best practices in areas that include early literacy, transitions, behavior support and identification, and referral detection.
Network participants include case managers/family service coordinators, general educators, home daycare providers, paraeducators, related service providers (OT’s, PT’s, SLP’s, etc.), school administrators, school directors, school counselors, school psychologists, social workers, special educators, state agency staff and all others interested in improving outcomes for students in the early childhood setting.