The Wyoming Department of Family Services is a state agency of
Wyoming, headquartered on the third floor of the Hathaway Building in
Cheyenne.
The Social Services Division is responsible for managing cases involving abuse, neglect or exploitation of children and vulnerable adults. The division also manages juvenile probation and the state's two training schools, or juvenile correctional facilities, for youth. The division's two juvenile facilities are the Wyoming Boys' School in
Mc Nutt,
unincorporated Washakie County, near
Worland, and the Wyoming Girls' School in unincorporated
Sheridan County, near
Sheridan
Sheridan may refer to:
People
Surname
*Sheridan (surname)
*Philip Sheridan (1831–1888), U.S. Army general after whom the Sheridan tank is named
*Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), Irish playwright (''The Rivals''), poet and politician
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History
In November 1990 Wyoming voters approved a constitutional amendment that abolished the
Wyoming State Board of Charities and Reform
The Wyoming Board of Charities and Reform (BCR) was a state agency of Wyoming that operated the state's charitable and penal institutions.
History
Article 7, Section 18. Chapter 37, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1890-1891 of the Wyoming Constitution es ...
. The institutions of the former state agency were divided and given to other agencies; the Department of Family Services received the boys' and girls' schools and the Youth Treatment Center (originally the Wyoming Children's Home) in
Casper. The
Wyoming Legislature stopped funding the youth treatment center, which closed on July 1, 1996.
About the Department of Corrections
" Wyoming Department of Corrections
The Wyoming Department of Corrections (WDOC) is a state agency of Wyoming that operates adult correctional facilities. It is headquartered in Suite 100 of the 1934 Wyott Drive building in Cheyenne.
History
Wyoming entered the Union in 1890. As a ...
. Retrieved on August 22, 2010.
References
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TITLE 25 - INSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE, CHAPTER 3 - WYOMING BOYS' SCHOOL
" ''Legislature of Wyoming''.
Juvenile detention centers in the United States
State corrections departments of the United States
State agencies of Wyoming
Organizations based in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Government agencies with year of establishment missing
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