May is National Foster Care Appreciation Month. To all the foster families, thank you for what you do every day! You are greatly appreciated! On May 3, 2023, Governor Gordon signed a proclamation supporting May as Foster Care Appreciation Month in Wyoming.
Stories from the Field
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
On Monday, April 10, 2023, representatives from the Governor’s Office, the Division of Victim Services, Safe Harbor, the Department of Family Services and others “planted” pinwheels in the Capitol Lawn to raise awareness of April being Child Abuse Prevention Month. The “planting” of pinwheels represents unity and awareness of child abuse prevention.
Emergency Rental Assistance Program Success Story
The following is a story by Hope Mead, an ERAP attorney at the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. It certainly helps to put a real story to some of what we do and bring a smile to our faces!! I was working with a victim of domestic violence. Thanks to the ERAP funds she was able […]
Reunification Success Stories: Children Safe at Home
The following are accounts from DFS caseworks, highlighting the tremendous work done by families to reunify as a whole. Congratulations to all families who overcome addictions, abuse, domestic violence and other untold difficulties. We value the work you have put in as well as the support from your community resources. Our collective hats off to […]
Janet Prosser 2020 Golden Award Winner
Congratulations goes out to Janet Prosser, caseworker from the Lovell DFS Office, for being the 2020 Wyoming Supreme Court Children’s Justice Project Golden Award winner!!! The award was presented at the 2020 annual Wyoming Joint Symposium on Children and Youth. The award is to recognize an individual involved in the Child Welfare system that has […]
The Stovall’s Adoption Story
The picture is an exact image of how we feel about our daughter MaryKate, she is literally the center of our life. We got MaryKate on a cool December day in 1996. She had fire engine red hair, was less than 4 pounds and had lungs that could wake the dead. It was love at […]
Angels in Adoption
Congratulations to foster parents Melissa and Melinda Stevens from Laramie County for being nominated by Senator Mike Enzi, and chosen as a 2019 Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) Angels in Adoption Honoree. The Stevens are the first Wyoming family to be honored as a National Angel in Adoption. The Stevens are invited to attend […]
