STRONGER TOGETHER
Our nonprofit partners are local organizations doing critical work across Laramie County. Through collaboration, shared goals and strategic funding, we support 24 programs that advance Healthy Community, Youth Opportunity, Financial Security and Community Resiliency; helping individuals and families thrive.
Healthy Community
Improving health and well-being for all
HealthWorks is dedicated to providing premier medical and pharmacy services to all residents of Cheyenne and Laramie County, Wyoming. We provide acute, chronic, and preventative health care services to our patients and strive to be “Your Health Care Home.”
The mission of Meals on Wheels of Cheyenne is to support the independence, health and well-being of individuals living in Cheyenne and Laramie County with an expressed need for nutritional support through the delivery of nutritious meals, friendly visits, and safety checks.
Recover Wyoming strives to increase the occurrence and quality of long-term recovery from substance use disorder across Wyoming communities through education, advocacy, training, and peer recovery support services.
The Friday Food Bag Foundation (FFBF) is a volunteer-powered nonprofit dedicated to addressing weekend food insecurity for children in Laramie County School Districts 1 and 2. Our mission is to partner with the community to provide nutritious food to children who might not eat well – or at all – on the weekends.
The mission of Lion’s Disability Transport Service (LDTS) is to provide transportation to the elderly and disabled throughout Laramie County, Wyoming. LDTS is committed to professional and friendly service to give the elderly and disabled who cannot drive themselves the opportunity to be included in our community for work, shopping, appointments, and anything else they wish to do.
Youth Opportunity
Helping young people realize their full potential
The Boys & Girls Club of Southeast Wyoming serves children ages 6 through 18 out of our clubhouse in South Cheyenne, WY. Our mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.
Our mission here at the ASK (After School for Kids) Program is to provide a safe, effective, and enriching after school program. At ASK, we strive to inspire and empower youth, while also aligning with the school day, supporting families, and strengthening our community. The ASK Program utilizes many resources to provide students with exciting and educational experiences.
The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. We have been the leader in one-to-one youth service for more than a century, developing positive relationships that have a direct and lasting impact on the lives of young people.
The AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program provides opportunities for men and women 55 and older, with limited income, to serve as mentors and tutors to children in schools and other human service settings. The program helps guide students to higher academic achievement. Foster Grandparents help prepare at risk children for kindergarten, tutor students in reading and math, mentor challenged youth and serve as positive role models.
Youth Alternatives provides adult volunteer mentors for youth, ages 6 – 14 in Cheyenne and the surrounding areas. Mentors spend at least three hours a week with their mentee for a period of three to twelve months. The program has approximately 100 volunteers from all walks of life who volunteer in many capacities and are dedicated to the youth of our community.
USI provides a home for homeless teens that live in a variety of unsafe, temporary situations – including cars, parks, shelters, motels, and couch surfing. They provide a support system for participants in the USI program, allowing the youth to focus on obtaining their high school diploma or equivalent. USI teaches life skills, such as resume writing, budgeting, goal setting and achievement, and personal advocating, so that once students graduate from the USI program, they become productive, independent members of society.
Financial Security
Creating a stronger financial future for every generation
Family Promise of Cheyenne, with support from faith and community partners, offers children and their families in crisis safe shelter, resources, education, and fellowship to achieve sustainable independence. We address the issue holistically, providing prevention services before families reach crisis, shelter and case management when they become homeless, and stabilization programs once they have secured housing to ensure they remain independent.
Climb Wyoming’s mission is for low-income single mothers to discover self-sufficiency through career training and placement. At Climb, single moms living in deep poverty find support from the first moment they connect with us through their journey to reach financial self-sufficiency as professionals in the workforce. These individual moments of success and triumph change their families’ lives and have a collective impact on our communities…and the entire state of Wyoming!
Habitat for Humanity of Laramie County builds affordable housing for income qualified partner families to call home. In addition to building homes, Habitat for Humanity of Laramie County also offers Habitat Repairs, a program to assist existing low-income homeowners with repairs to keep their homes safe and secure. Supporting all of these programs is the Habitat ReStore, a home improvement outlet that sells deeply discounted tools, building materials, furniture and home decor items
My Front Door empowers Wyoming working families to achieve successful home ownership. Once accepted to My Front Door, participants attend courses designed to understand finances and the homebuying process so they can begin to build their wealth in a sustainable, accessible manner. Participants continue to receive support after purchasing a home for five years. This allows homeowners to continue learning, budgeting, and planning for the future.
It is the mission of COMEA to provide a safe, secure, and temporary shelter to men, women and children who are homeless. COMEA collaborates with community programs and resources to create opportunities for independent living.
Community Resiliency
Addressing urgent needs today, for a better tomorrow
Wyoming 211 is a trusted and responsive provider of information, referrals and support regarding health and social services in partnership with communities. Wyoming 211 is a statewide helpline and website which provides free, confidential, health and human services information and referral.
Bethel Outreach Ministries is a faith-based, non-profit, 501 (c) (3) that provides a comprehensive array of mental, emotional, and financial support services for men and women who have experienced incarceration. Even though we are a Christian ministry, we are happy to extend our services to men and women from diverse social and religious backgrounds.
Safehouse Services is a not-for-profit organization that operates a shelter, facilitates support groups and advocacy programs, assists with protection order filings, and provides 24-hour crisis care and safety planning. Our services are confidential, free of charge and available to anyone, including women, men, and families.
Needs Inc. provides food, essentials, and resources to Laramie County residents during their times of adversity. Today, we continue our mission to provide the most essential needs of our communities through our food pantry, clothing store, and our low-cost thrift store.
We’re a comprehensive, child-focused program based in a facility that allows law enforcement, child protection professionals, prosecutors, and the mental health and medical communities to work together when intervening in child abuse cases. The main goal of all Child Advocacy Centers is to make sure that children are not further victimized by systems designed to protect them.
The mission of CASA of Laramie County is to provide a court-appointed voice for abused and neglected children-protecting their fundamental right to be safe, treated with dignity, and the opportunity to grow in a safe environment.
Our mission at Veterans’ Rock is to support all service members and their families in their time of need by providing the capacity and tools for self-sufficiency and a good quality of life. We help support those with food insecurities with our food pantry as well as have the ability to assist with clothing, furniture when getting settled into housing, a computer lab as well as laundry and shower facilities. Our goal is to give back to those that have given so much to us for our freedom.