History
CLIMB Wyoming, a non-profit organization, trains and places low-income single mothers in careers that allow them to successfully support their families. CLIMB Wyoming’s research-based model is based on more than 25 years of successfully helping single mothers achieve and maintain self-sufficiency.
The model was developed in Cheyenne in 1986 for, single mothers ages 16–21 under the name of the Fleming Young Parent Program. Recognizing this successful paradigm and the need to reach more single mothers, Wyoming community partners collaborated to aggressively expand the Young Parent Program model to serve low-income single mothers of all ages across the state.
In late 2003, the organization received a one-year TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) bonus grant from the Department of Family Services to expand the program model across Wyoming. Under this expansion, the program name was changed to CLIMB Wyoming and services were expanded to serve low-income, parenting single mothers of all ages. In the same year, the non-profit Our Families Our Future was established to administer the CLIMB programs across Wyoming. Our Families Our Future changed its name to CLIMB Wyoming in 2007.
CLIMB Wyoming currently operates six program sites that serve low-income single mother families across Wyoming. The Cheyenne site, established in 1986, serves Laramie County families. The Casper site, established in 2004 serves families in Natrona and Converse Counties. The Laramie site, established in 2004, serves Albany County families. The Gillette site, established in 2004, serves families from Campbell, Crook and Weston Counties. The Teton Area site, established in 2004, serves families from Lincoln, Sublette, and Teton Counties. The Sweetwater Area site, established in 2007, serves families from Sublette and Sweetwater Counties.
In 2011, CLIMB Wyoming expanded its services in Casper and Cheyenne to more than double the number of families that could be served in those areas.
