Wyoming Department of Family Services
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The Wyoming Department of Family Services is a state agency of Wyoming, headquartered on the third floor of the Hathaway Building in Cheyenne.[1]
The Social Services Division is responsible for managing cases involving abuse, neglect or exploitation of children and vulnerable adults. The division also manages juvenile probation and the state's two training schools, or juvenile correctional facilities, for youth.[2] The division's two juvenile facilities are the Wyoming Boys' School in Mc Nutt,[3] unincorporated Washakie County,[4] near Worland,[5] and the Wyoming Girls' School in unincorporated Sheridan County, near Sheridan.[6][7]
History
[edit]In November 1990 Wyoming voters approved a constitutional amendment that abolished the Wyoming State Board of Charities and Reform. The institutions of the former state agency were divided and given to other agencies; the Department of Family Services received the boys' and girls' schools and the Youth Treatment Center (originally the Wyoming Children's Home) in Casper. The Wyoming Legislature stopped funding the youth treatment centre, which closed on July 1, 1996.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Contact Information." Wyoming Department of Family Services. Retrieved on August 22, 2010.
- ^ "Juvenile Services Division." Wyoming Department of Family Services. Retrieved on August 22, 2010.
- ^ "CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: MC NUTT CDP" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
Wyoming Boys Sch
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Washakie County, WY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 10 (PDF p. 11/24). Retrieved 2022-08-22.
Wyoming Boys' Schl
- ^ "Wyoming Boys’ School." Wyoming Department of Family Services. Retrieved on August 22, 2010. "Wyoming Boys’ School 1550 Highway 20 South Worland, WY 82401"
- ^ "Wyoming Girls’ School." Wyoming Department of Family Services. Retrieved on August 22, 2010. "Wyoming Girls’ School 3500 Big Horn Ave Sheridan, WY 82801"
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Sheridan city, WY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 5 (PDF p. 6/6). Retrieved 2022-08-22.
Wyoming Girls' Schl
- ^ "About the Department of Corrections." Wyoming Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 22, 2010.
Further reading
[edit]- Lane, Anthony (2005-09-06). "Boys School no picnic". Casper Star-Tribune.
External links
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- Official website
- "TITLE 25 - INSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE, CHAPTER 3 - WYOMING BOYS' SCHOOL." Legislature of Wyoming.
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