Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary

Strong Families Strong Wyoming, LLC (doing business as Faith Initiative of Wyoming) received a $655,206 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086) on September 30, 2025. The five-year project period extends through September 29, 2030, with the place of performance in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

The project, titled "Youth! Thrive," delivers evidence-based relationship education and financial literacy instruction to high school students in seven Wyoming counties (Albany, Campbell, Hot Springs, Laramie, Park, Sheridan, and Uinta). The awardee will implement the Real Essentials Advance curriculum for relationship education and Foundations in Personal Finance for financial literacy, providing a minimum of 12 instructional hours to students in grades 9–12 across both traditional and alternative high school settings. Over the five-year period, the project expects to serve 2,012 youth, with 1,610 participants expected to complete at least 90% of the primary workshop. This initiative aims to equip young people with skills to form healthy relationships and make informed financial decisions to support successful transitions into adulthood.