- Program Education
- Program Area Advancing Afterschool
- Grant Amount $225,000
- Grant Period October 1, 2022–September 30, 2026
- Location Laramie, WY, United States
- Geographic Focus Wyoming
About this grant
This grant will support the Wyoming Community Foundation to continue development of policy, partnerships and funding to benefit youth in afterschool programs. In addition to Wyoming’s state innovation project described below, this grant also provides support to further policies, improve quality practices and develop strategies to reach more students and families. Specific initiatives will: 1) support the development of school-age health and safety rules; 2) provide professional development and leadership around the development of healing centered engagement and trauma informed strategies; 3) work with policymakers to design and implement education recovery funding to help Wyoming youth recover and thrive; 4) work with the Mott Foundation to design future afterschool programs and ecosystems; and 5) support the promotion and distribution of Mizzen by Mott.