May is National Foster Care Appreciation Month. On May 21, 2024, Governor Gordon is pictured with a signed proclamation raising awareness of the need and importance of wonderful foster families.
Stories from the Field
April 11, 2024 Proclamation Signing
On April 11, 2024, Governor Gordon signed a proclamation raising awareness of April being Child Abuse Awareness Month.
November is National Adoption Month
On Monday, November 1, 2023, Governor Gordon signed a proclamation recognizing November as Adoption Awareness Month in Wyoming. Those attending were DFS staff, various adoption agencies and numerous families who have grown in size and love through adoption! In Wyoming during the last calendar year, DFS and Wyoming certified adoption agencies have facilitated approximately 108 […]
May is Foster Care Appreciation Month
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.
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.
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 […]