Substitute care facilities in Wyoming are licensed by the Wyoming Department of Family Services. Substitute care is any person who operates a business to keep or care for any minor at the request of the parents, legal guardians or an agency which is responsible for the child. They are required to provide; room, board and counseling to children on a 24-hour a day basis away from the child’s own home environment.
The following programs fall under the umbrella of substitute care:
- Adoption Agencies; private non-profit agencies that provide pre-services or plan for adoptive home placements for children; services to parents who are considering relinquishment of their child; study and screening process for adoptive home applicants; post-placement supervision of adoptive home placements to adoptive families and post placement services to biological families.
- Child Placing Agency; contracts with private family homes to provide foster care services. They recruit foster families; provide training for the families; and supervise the placement.
- Therapeutic Foster Homes; family based intensive treatment as an alternative to residential, hospital, or institutional care that would otherwise be necessary for a severely emotionally disturbed child or adolescent. The Child Placing Agency for Therapeutic Foster Care are located in the County Mental Health Centers. The Child Placing Agency is responsible for: recruitment of foster parents; training of foster parents; and on-going consultation to the Therapeutic Foster parents.
- Crisis Centers
- Group Homes; home like group setting for children with emotional, social, physical, and/or behavioral needs, who do not require a more restrictive facility for their own protection or that of others.
- Maternity Homes ; group setting pregnant females that provides substitute care, emotional support, counseling and education during the pregnancy and assists the mother in planning for the birth of the child and subsequent aftercare.
- Residential Treatment Centers (RTC) programs; service for children who require a combination of therapeutic, educational, and treatment services in a residential group care setting.
- Detention Centers; facility to provide temporary care to children in secure care, pending court disposition or execution of a court order for placement or commitment.
Substitute Care Out of State (Central Registry) Background Checks Forms and Instructions
Please note, click on each individual state for the form or instructions as each states submission is different.
Alabama Form – Instructions
Alaska Form – Instructions
Arizona Form –Instructions
Arkansas (online portal submission) – Instructions
Colorado Form – Instructions
Connecticut Form – Instructions
Delaware Form – Instructions
District of Columbia Form – Instructions
Florida Form – Instructions
Georgia (online portal submission) – Instructions
Guam (Email on entity letterhead) – Instructions
Hawaii Form – Instructions
Idaho Form – Instructions
Illinois Form – Instructions
Indiana (online portal submission) – Instructions
Iowa Form – Instructions
Kansas Form – Instructions
Kentucky Form – (online submission) – Instructions
Louisiana Form – (online submission) – Instructions
Maine Form – (online submission) – Instructions
Maryland Form – Instructions
Massachusetts Form (Entity letterhead) – Instructions
Michigan Form – Instructions
Minnesota Form – Instructions
Mississippi (online submission) – Instructions
Montana Form – Instructions
Nebraska Form – Instructions
Nevada Form – Instructions
New Hampshire Form – Instructions
New Jersey (online submission) – Instructions
New Mexico Form – Instructions
New York Form – Instructions
North Carolina Form – Instructions
North Dakota Form– Instructions
Ohio (Email submission) – Instructions
Oklahoma (online submission) – Instructions
Oregon Form – Instructions
Pennsylvania Form – Instructions
Puerto Rico (online submission)- Instructions
Rhode Isand (Release of Information on entity letterhead) – Form – Instructions
South Carolina (online submission) – Instructions
Tennessee Form – Instructions
Texas Form – Instructions
Utah Form – Instructions
Vermont Form – Instructions
Virginia Form – Instructions
Washington Form – Instructions
West Virginia Form – Instructions
Wisconsin (online submission) – Instructions
The following state will not conduct child abuse and/or neglect screens submitted by the Wyoming
Department of Family Services:
- California
- South Dakota
- Missouri
Therefore, providers do not currently need to submit screens for those states. Please see the Exempt States Letter for more information.
Questions, please contact Tania Trujillo at 307-777-7290 or via email at tania.trujillo@wyo.gov.
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