Wyoming Child & Family Developement Inc
Together we grow children, families and staff
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Education for Children in low-income, at-risk populations as well as children with developmental disabilities and underserved communities. Wyoming Child & Family began administering programs for children and families in eastern Wyoming in 1965. Through many opportunities for growth and expansion, services are currently extended to over 700 children and their families in eight counties. Our program funding includes Head Start, Early Head Start, TANF Preschool (Discovery Preschool), and Developmental Disability Services birth to five. We enjoy an excellent reputation for providing high quality early childhood education, designed to meet individual and community needs. This reputation is due in part to our employees who care about the children and families we serve. Together we can make a difference in the lives of children and families.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Headstart and Early Headstart
Headstart (HS) is designed to provide services to children between the ages of 3 and 5 and their families, while Early Headstart (EHS) is designed to serve pregnant women and children from birth to 3 years of age. HS and EHS are divided into regional areas throughout the United States. Wyoming Child and Family provides services in Region 8 (which includes Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Colorado, and Montana). We serve 489 children in eight different counties in Wyoming.
Developmental Disabilities
Provides developmental disabilities services for families with special needs children from birth to age 5.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
National Head Start Association 2019
External reviews

Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of families reporting that their support plan includes or reflects things that are important to them
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Caregivers, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Headstart and Early Headstart
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Upon completing our 2018-2019 community assessment, we surveyed 403 families that were currently enrolled in our program.
Number of families who have to have health insurance for their children
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Headstart and Early Headstart
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
This is our cumulative number of children that have insurance calculated at the end of the enrollment year.
Number of families served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers, Families, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Headstart and Early Headstart
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Goal 1 - Stakeholder Engagement - increasing community and parent participation
Goal 2 - Service Success -Always striving for excellence in child outcomes
Goal 3 - Environments - continued funding searches to support aging facilities.
Goal 4 - Health and Wellness - Comprehensive health for children, families and staff
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Goal 1 - Our plan involves increasing public interactions through the use of social media. Opening a new, broader line of communication to the public. Our team also actively participates in community events that immerse and educate parents and community members alike. This is done through participating in regular city/county meetings to keep up to date with activities that occur within the areas that we service.
We also host/co-host events that allow parents to interact with their children and our team members in educational settings.
Goal 2 - We plan to continue having our team members attend trainings to make sure that everyone is up-to-date with current family service and education practices so that we better serve the families that participate in our programs.
Goal 3 - We implemented a monitoring system that allows all center coordinators to communicate the state of the buildings that they operate in. We use that information to look at businesses and funding sources near that specific location(s) to assess what options we have and what requirements we need to meet to obtain the necessary funding.
Goal 4 - We plan to update how we monitor our health and wellness information buy opening up lines of communication and utilizing software that allows us to better track changes as they happen.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Goal 1 - We have team members who are not only currently participating in these events but are constantly looking into new opportunities to educate and involve family and community members. We use regular meetings with community members and families to make sure that we are doing what we can to meet their needs. This is generally done through survey.
Goal 2 - We have access to health and education trainings as well as an open line of communication with multiple representatives that aid in making sure that our team members are up to date on all agency, state, and federal requirements.
Goal 3 - We have a Building & Grounds specialist that over seeing the monitoring and maintenance. He acts as the bridge between the Center Coordinators and Administrative team. Keeping them up informed of all maintenance interactions that he is performing as well as the the status of projects with contractors that service the areas our sites are located in.
Goal 4 - We have a Health & Safety Coordinator that coordinates with all levels of our agency to make sure that our team members understand not only what they need to do in regards to health and safety standards but why they are important as well. There is also a data specialist who has aided in internal monitoring for health items so that information can be assessed real time.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have grown in our public relation interactions through the use of social media, receiving almost five times the response rates on our annual family and community partner surveys. We have also successfully maintained our physical premise and will continue to do so. We are working on making our internal monitoring processes even more efficient so that we may better serve the community.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Wyoming Child & Family Developement Inc
Board of directorsas of 08/17/2022
Dan Sisson
First State Bank
Term: 2010 -
Mark Knickerbocker
Judy Mac
K-12 education
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes