CLIMB Wyoming

Rocky Mountain Power Foundation grant supports CLIMB Wyoming

March 23, 2012, Rock Springs, Wyo. — The Rocky Mountain Power Foun­da­tion has awarded a $2,000 grant to CLIMB Wyoming’s Sweet­wa­ter Area program to support efforts to help single mothers achieve self-sufficiency through training and placement in higher-paying careers.

According to Bridget Giovale, CLIMB’s Sweet­wa­ter Area program director, the grant will be used to continue the efforts of helping its par­tic­i­pants using a unique program model featuring a com­bi­na­tion of job training, job placement, coun­sel­ing and life-skills training.

Addi­tion­ally, according to the most recent findings from Kids Count Data Center, nearly 45 percent of all Wyoming children raised in single-parent families are living in poverty, making this a par­tic­u­larly important issue to support.

In the Sweet­wa­ter area, CLIMB is working to reverse this trend by training women in higher-paying fields including the health­care, con­struc­tion and extrac­tion indus­tries. Sta­tis­tics prove that the efforts are working. In this location:

• the CLIMB Wyoming program has a 90% graduate rate

• prior to joining the program, less than half of par­tic­i­pants are employed, all in low-wage jobs; two years following program com­ple­tion 83% are employed in higher-paying jobs before joining CLIMB, par­tic­i­pants’ average monthly wage income was $1,127; after com­plet­ing CLIMB, these women earn an average of $2,665 monthly.

“The Rocky Mountain Power Foun­da­tion is pleased to support CLIMB Wyoming and con­tribute to the success of families in our com­mu­ni­ties,” said Craig Nelson, Rocky Mountain Power customer and community manager.

“This grant award from Rocky Mountain Power Foun­da­tion provides an oppor­tu­nity to continue helping CLIMB par­tic­i­pants reach economic security,” Giovale said. “Through our part­ner­ship with the Foun­da­tion, we are able to strengthen families in the Sweet­wa­ter area through solid employ­ment and financial stability that will be felt for gen­er­a­tions to come.”

• Posted on March 27, 2012
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