Current and Past Awardees

Wind River Family and Community Health Care (WRFCHC) “Education Excellence Division” is currently developing an in-house training program for Community Health Aides (CHA) to serve the Wind River Reservation, and created a pilot microcredential training within the CHA training focused on promoting maternal and infant health.

12 employees were enrolled in the microcredential trainings that covered topics on family planning, maternal mental health, maternal substance use, and supporting tobacco cessation. Knowledge and skills on these topics increased between pre- and post-course assessments. 

Based on this pilot, WRFCHC, plan to incorporate maternal health trainings into a broader CHA Program (CHAP) that they are developing and potentially providing input for developing currriulcum for a CHAP at the national Indian Health Service Office. 

The Hoskinson Health and Wellness Clinic (HHWC) launched a community health communication program to encourage safe sleep practices in parents of infants 0-12 months residing in Wyoming, which disseminated information via multiple media outlets including: 1) books and checklists distributed to parents during pediatric health care clinic visits; 2) clinic waiting room video monitor streaming; 3) online information and checklists via links to the HHWC website; 4) social media outlets, and 5) improved health care access and social support via an established Hoskinson Community Health Coalition (CHC).

HHWC implemented their safe sleep checklist (see the link below) with parents at their clinic for pediatric visits, launched a safe sleep campaign and the checklist online and on social media, and was able to make  relevant patient referrals for social support and/or specialty clinics all across Wyoming and Colorado. 

Check out their Infant Safe Sleep Checklist!

Northwest Health Care was funded for two years (2023 – 2025)  to improve annual visits for women at their clinic. Read on below to see what their project is!

The Empowerment Through Prevention Initiative aims to empower women to take control of their healthcare through preventive efforts. Northwest Health Care is a Title X(ten) clinic in Cody and Powell, Wyoming. They provide annual wellness exams on a sliding fee scale, meaning that patients are charged on their ability to pay – oftentimes, that rate is zero. With this initiative, they will work to increase annual wellness exams for women 18-44 who live in the Big Horn Basin through increasing advertising efforts, a small incentive program for those who receive their annual wellness exam, a reminder call, text, and postcard campaign, and by helping women navigate the current healthcare system if more testing is needed.

The Safe Sleep Program is a project that served at-risk or first-time families right at birth. Its goal is to educate and improve safe sleep practices and environments by giving these families safe sleep essential kits and completing monthly check-ins. Child Development Services of Fremont County (CDSFC) provides services to children from birth to five years of age. They provided developmental screenings, developmental and educational support to families, and services to children with developmental needs. On top of providing kits and monthly check-ins to participating families, CDSFC also brought this education and awareness on safe sleep to community baby showers and other community events in Fremont County.

The Women’s Annual Exam Promotion program is a project that raised awareness of the importance of women’s annual prevention visits and educate Wyoming communities on the low-cost services available through Title X (ten) clinics utilizing advertisement efforts, like social media, Google Ads, movie theater ads, etc. The Wyoming Health Council (WHC) is Wyoming’s Title X Federal grantee (funding is administered through the Office of Population Affairs in the US Department of Health and Human Services). WHC contracts with 8 delegate subrecipient agencies to provide Title X services to 10 service sites throughout Wyoming.