We work with community partners to help hardworking families achieve financial security, make ends meet, and build a sustainable future.
- There are no homeless shelters in southwest Wyoming. Keeping families and domestic violence victims housed is essential.
- Affordable housing is the number one need in southwest Wyoming. A single parent with two children needs to earn $42.13 hr. to be able to meet their family's basic needs.
YWCA of Sweetwater County offers free financial education where people learn how to manage credit, reduce debt and build assets — make money management skills more accessible.
Last year, Sweetwater Family Resource Center provided 429 rental payments to prevent eviction, 87 rental deposits to obtain housing and 277 families received utility assitstance.