2006 Grant Recipients
| Grant Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Volunteers of America | Provides mentoring, life skills instruction, educational, and vocational assistance, and budget training to young women returning to the community from incarceration or treatment facilities. | $10,000 |
| Our Families Our Future | Assists low-income single mothers through job training in non-traditional, high-paying fields, life skills programming, and counseling. | $10,000 |
| University of Wyoming – UW Outreach School |
Supports female students with
living and childcare expenses
so that they might continue on
their path to higher education
and increased opportunity. |
$10,000 |
| Northwest Community College | Provides intensive life-skills training and support to single mothers attending Northwest Community College. | $7,576 |
| Teton Science School | Funds a week-long Young Woman in Natural Resources program to provide high school students from around the state the opportunity to explore careers such as ranching, land stewardship and others they might not have otherwise envisioned. | $7,000 |
| Converse County Coalition against Family Violence and Sexual Assault | Supports a curriculum-based program for a group of middle and high school girls designed to build their self-esteem, character, leadership, and self-sufficiency. | $3,000 |
| Girls Actively Participating | Provides financially-focused programming and mentoring to adolescent girls so that they might take the steps to lay the groundwork for long-term financial independence. | $1,500 |
| Zonta Club of Laramie | Funds the “Women to Women Festival” that affords women the opportunity to engage in networking and other various areas of career-advancement. | $1,000 |