Community Services Programs
Who we are:
Community Services Programs (CSP) consists of four separate programs, all working toward the goal of improving the health, safety, and well-being of low-income residents in Wyoming and moving them toward self-sufficiency:
Tricia Dean (307) 777-8940
Federally funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Administration of Children and Families, Office of Community Services, at a level of approximately $3.7 million annually. The Program serves low-income residents and transients in all of the state’s 23 counties and the Wind River Indian Reservation, based on a funding formula that considers seven poverty factors in each county. Funds are administered at the county level by non-profit Tripartite Boards, made up of community volunteers who determine funding levels and who monitor and oversee various projects within their communities as conducted by local service providers.
Tricia Dean (307) 777-8940
Federally funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at a level of approximately $185 thousand annually. Those funds are allocated to six emergency shelters in the state, with minimal amounts going to Community Action of Laramie County (CALC) and the Yellowstone Country Assistance Network (YCAN) to provide support services for persons at risk for homelessness.
Cherame Serrano (307) 777-3527
The program was created by the legislature in 1971 to assist low-income persons with expenses related to chronic renal disease. The program has a $1.4 million biennial budget to reimburse eligible medical and travel expenses incurred by persons with renal disease up to 185% of federal poverty level.
Cherame Serrano (307) 777-3527
An organ donation program which operates on donations from Wyoming residents. The purpose of WCWS is to finance education and provide information on the importance of designated organ donation.