In response to Wyoming’s growing youth mental health crisis, Wyoming Families First (WFF) partnered with Cognitive Behavioral Theater LLC (CBT LLC) to launch the Project CogB Theater Pilot Program. This innovative initiative uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques integrated with theater exercises like improv, script analysis, and group discussions to help youth manage emotions and build resilience.

The program, funded by the Wyoming Community Foundation, featured tailored workshops for 5th–12th graders, empowering participants with practical skills to navigate mental health challenges through creative expression. Each workshop concluded with a group art project blending theater and visual arts, fostering emotional growth and community connection. By expanding its focus beyond juvenile justice, WFF is addressing a broader age range to equip Wyoming’s youth with tools for emotional well-being and creative problem-solving, even in rural areas with limited resources.

Wyoming Families First (WFF), in collaboration with Rite of Passage Meadowlark Academy, Youth Alternatives, Goodwill Wyoming Independent Living Services and the Community Prevention Division of Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, is pleased to be delivering a Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) program geared towards vulnerable youth referred from local juvenile courts and social service agencies from all over Wyoming.

Wyoming Families First (WFF), in collaboration with Rite of Passage Meadowlark Academy, Wyoming Department of Health, and the Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (WCADVSA), is pleased to be delivering a Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) program geared towards vulnerable youth referred from local juvenile courts and social service agencies from all over Wyoming.

Wyoming Families First (WFF), partnered with Rite of Passage Meadowlark Academy, Wyoming Department of Health, and the Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (WCADVSA), to deliver a Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) program geared towards vulnerable youth referred from local juvenile courts and social service agencies from all over Wyoming.

The program was designed to teach youth personal responsibility, self-regulation, goal setting, healthy decision-making, a focus on the future, and the prevention of youth risk behaviors such as drug and alcohol use without normalizing teen sexual activity.

We strived to help teens recognize healthy relationship behaviors vs. unhealthy behaviors. We believed preventative education in these matters not only guided teens in identifying potentially violent and unhealthy relationships, it also provided them with the skills, opportunities and information needed to create and sustain lifelong healthy relationships.

For nine years, Wyoming’s First Lady teamed up with partners from around the state to present Wyoming First Lady’s Family Night designed to help families make the most of their time together. Whether you’re cooking a gourmet meal or ordering food from your favorite take-out place, rest assured that what your kids really want at the dinner table is YOU! 

WFF (formerly WHMI Strong Families Strong Wyoming) in partnership with the WDFS strived to provide meaningful relationship skills training to students attending or living at the Wyoming Girls and the Wyoming Boys Schools.