SWEETWATER COUNTY — An Election Day Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners meeting will see the commissioners consider accepting a grant for use by various organizations within the county.
The Wyoming Department of Health allocated a $257,965.78 Community Services Block Grant to the county, which will be distributed to four organizations if approved. A breakdown in the commissioners’ meeting packet reveals $148,100 is earmarked as housing assistance and will go to the Sweetwater Family Resource Center’s Independence Program and the YWCA of Sweetwater County for its Victim Advocacy Center. The family resource center would see $126,500, with the YWCA receiving $21,600.
Another $58,065.37 is earmarked for the Young at Heart Senior Center in Rock Springs as health/social/behavioral assistance. The center’s in-home assistance program would receive $44,480.37, while its meals program would receive $13,585.
The Sweetwater County Transit Authority will receive $13,500 for bus passes, while the remaining $38,300.41 will go to grant management and agency capacity building.
A second grant amendment will also be considered, which will bring $50,000 to Climb Wyoming through the Wyoming Department of Family Services’ 2025 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Community Partnership Initiative. The additional funding brings the total amount received through the grant to $150,000, with the original award and a first amendment to the grant generating $100,000. According to meeting documents, all of the funds will be passed through to Climb Wyoming.
Climb Wyoming supports programs designed to train single mothers in high-paying careers that they can sustain their families with. Meeting documents state the organization had strong outcomes in the past year, with 100% of Sweetwater County participants completing the training program, with 93% employed and earning an average monthly salary of $4,143.54.
The commissioners’ meeting takes place at 9 a.m. at the Sweetwater County Courthouse in Green River. The meeting is open to the public and will be streamed on the county’s YouTube channel. An agenda can be found here.
