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Campbell County awards $95K in TANF funds to 4 organizations to help local families

Climb Wyoming participant and child. (File Photo)

GILLETTE, Wyo. — Campbell County has been awarded $95,000 to assist needy families with children through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Community Partnership Initiative grant program. The program is aimed at helping families to become self-sufficient and reducing out-of-wedlock pregnancies.  

The Campbell County Board of Commissioners has approved sub-award agreements with four organizations to provide services under the grant program. The organizations are:  

  • Council of Community Services: $26,575.75
  • Youth Emergency Services Inc.: $39,212.75
  • CLIMB Wyoming: $17,505.75
  • Personal Frontiers Inc.: $11,705.75

The sub-award agreements require the organizations to provide services that align with the goals of the TANF-CPI grant program. The organizations must also comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.  

The TANF-CPI grant program is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. The Wyoming Department of Family Services administers the program in Wyoming.

The documents related to the TANF agreement are attached below:

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