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"How can we help enhance the workforce in Wyoming?"
“What are other communities doing to address the child care shortages in Wyoming?”
 We hear these questions as we travel the state sharing information about how the lack of child care in Wyoming hurts our economy, our workforce, and our families. Following are some stories about communities and businesses that have partnered to address the critical shortage of child care. Some communities are just beginning to form partnerships to address the shortage, while others, like Sheridan opened a child care center in September, 2009. We share these stories here to inspire further discussion, exchanges, new ideas, and problem solving.
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Did you know that in Wyoming:
- Women earn 30% less than men, on average.
- Women-owned businesses rank in the bottom five nationally.
- 27% of all households are headed by a single female.
- Single mother families constitute 44.2% of all Wyoming families in poverty.
- Women are more likely to die from suicide than women in all but three other states.
- 21.9% of women between the ages of 18 and 64 are without health insurance.
- 18 out of 23 counties have been partially or completely designated as Health Professional Shortage areas.
- Only 14 of the 90 available legislative seats are currently held by women.
- Teens have sex earlier than the national average.
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 Wyoming Women's Foundation
313 S. 2nd St.
Laramie, WY 82070
Phone: (307) 721-8300
Fax: (307) 721 -8333
The Wyoming Women's Foundation is a component of the Wyoming Community Foundation
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