Business View Civil and Municipal l December 2022

7 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 WYOMING LOOKS TO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS FOR SOCIAL SERVICES OPENING L INES Source Daily Yonder, Kristi Eaton, November 22, 2022 The state of Wyoming may soon have multigenerational resource centers sprinkled throughout the state to help individuals and families with a variety of measures of assistance.. The Family Resource Centers would offer a one-stop shop for people to take part in a variety of services, including signing up for SNAP benefits or for health insurance, said Daniell Marks, senior policy advisor for the Wyoming Department of Family Services. The goal of the program is to prevent people from having to travel long distances or spend a lot of time interacting with many different agencies. “This vision for supporting Family Resource Centers across the state of Wyoming was born out of the governor’s health task force. And that health task force came about during the pandemic,” Marks told the Daily Yonder. Initially, the task force was focused on adequate PPE and other immediate needs related to the pandemic. As it has subsided, the members continued to meet and discuss what was needed throughout the state. “Family Resource Centers, at the root, are about strengthening communities and families,” she said. “But they can take a lot of different forms. So we thought a network that brought different community resource centers together would be helpful as they really decide what works for them.” “In one county, it might mean that they work