Cheyenne WY Welfare Programs and Statistics

The United States Department of Agriculture's Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) plays a vital role in improving the quality of day care centers. The CAFP for Centers helps to subsidize the cost of food for day care centers allowing these day ...

The Wyoming Department of Education administers the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) for homes through two sponsoring organizations in Wyoming. Childcare homes can participate in this program and will receive funds to supplement the cost of ...

Head Start is a Federal program that promotes the school readiness of children from birth to age five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. Head Start programs provide a learning environment that su...

Kid Care CHIP is Wyoming's Children's Health Insurance Program. The program is designed to provide health, vision and dental insurance to Wyoming's children and teens through the age of 18. To be eligible, children must be uninsured and meet income a...

The Wyoming Department of Family Services (DFS) administers the Heating Assistance or Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP). Benefits are based on household size, household income and the type of fuel used as the primary heating source. Paymen...

Wyoming Medicaid is a joint Federal/state program established to pay for medical services for people with disabilities, people 65 years and older, children and their caretakers, and pregnant women who m...

The School Breakfast Program provides funding that makes it possible for schools to offer a nutritious breakfast to students each day. Similarly, the goal of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is to protect the health and well-being of the nati...

The Wyoming Department of Education administers the Special Milk Program for non-profit child care centers and after school care programs and certain school situations in Wyoming. This program reimburses sponsors for milk that is consumed by the chil...

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), serves to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, & children up to age five who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious supplemental foods, heal...

The Wyoming Department of Education administers the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Non-profit and for-profit organizations, schools, and camps can participate in this program and will receive funds to supplement the cost of the food that is serv...

Did you know that for every five people that are eligible for SNAP in Wyoming, only three are receiving benefits? The Wyoming SNAP is taking the necessary steps to reach all people that meet the 130 percent poverty level, by reaching out to all poten...

The Wyoming Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program provides financial assistance to keep children in their homes while the family is temporarily unable to support themselves. While receiving assistance, parents or caretaker relatives ...

Unemployment insurance benefits provide temporary financial assistance to workers unemployed through no fault of their own that meet Wyoming's eligibility requirements....

The Wyoming Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) provides funds to the States to assist with the weatherization of the homes of low-income elderly and disabled adults and families. Applicants must meet low-income eligibility guidelines based on es...